Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well…
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‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’
Former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms AbdulRasheed Maina, says he is ready to reveal top secrets to President Muhammadu Buhari. In…
View More ‘I’ll give you documents that can fetch over N3trn’Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen
Seven US protesters have been arrested at a demonstration over Connecticut authorities’ handling of the case of a teenager killed by police. The protesters were arrested on…
View More Seven protesters arrested over US police shooting of teen8 prison officers sacked for smuggling
The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline including smuggling of prohibited items into prison yards for inmates.…
View More 8 prison officers sacked for smugglingYewande Oyediran husband killer gets away
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, to seven years imprisonment for stabbing her husband, Lowo, to…
View More Yewande Oyediran husband killer gets awayLulu-Briggs escapes assassination attempt
The Acting Chairman of Abonnema Council of Chiefs, Chief O.B Lulu-Briggs, yesterday, escaped an assassination attempt at his hometown, Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Council of…
View More Lulu-Briggs escapes assassination attemptStop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa
With a large number of his subjects, mostly women, seeking solace abroad, the revered Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has appealed to South African Government…
View More Stop hostility against Nigerians, Monarch tells South Africa235 killed in Egypt mosque attack
At least 235 people have been reportedly killed in an attack that took place at The al-Rawda mosque in Egypt. The mosque, which is situated in…
View More 235 killed in Egypt mosque attackDeath toll rises to 56 in Mubi suicide attack
The death toll from Tuesday’s suicide bombing of a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, has risen to 58. Initial reports had stated that about 50…
View More Death toll rises to 56 in Mubi suicide attackFG brings back toll gates
The Federal Government has concluded arrangement to reintroduce toll gates across the country, according to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The…
View More FG brings back toll gatesMaina still collecting salaries, says lawyer
Counsel to Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential task force on pension reform, Mohammed Katu, says his client is still receiving salaries. Maina was dismissed…
View More Maina still collecting salaries, says lawyerApplicants recommended by presidency, politicians lose job offers after testing positive to drugs
The hope of about 30 graduates to gain jobs at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano, has been dashed after they failed a mandatory drug test.…
View More Applicants recommended by presidency, politicians lose job offers after testing positive to drugsUS lawmaker apologizes for sexually explicit photo
A US lawmaker from Texas apologized Wednesday for an explicit photo released on the internet, saying he had erred in judgment when pursuing consensual sexual…
View More US lawmaker apologizes for sexually explicit photoAbout 30 killed in herdsmen clash
At least 30 people were killed when farmers attacked herdsmen in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police told AFP on Wednesday. State police spokesman Othman Abubakar…
View More About 30 killed in herdsmen clashBiafra: IPOB dead and gone – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that the successful conduct of the governorship election in Anambra state last Saturday shows that the…
View More Biafra: IPOB dead and gone – Lai MohammedNiger Delta youth angry over NDDC board re-appointment
Niger Delta youth group under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (PANLEAF) have vowed to protest the tenure elongation of the present…
View More Niger Delta youth angry over NDDC board re-appointmentBlames retired state judges plight on non-payment of benefits: Senate
The Senate yesterday said most retired state judicial officers in the country wallow in poverty and have been eating crumbs due to non-payment of their…
View More Blames retired state judges plight on non-payment of benefits: SenateArmy arrests 7, recovers arms, human skulls
The Nigerian Army has arrested seven persons, including two females in a militant camp where arms and seven decomposed human skulls were recovered. The army…
View More Army arrests 7, recovers arms, human skullsAdamawa mosque attack: Death toll rises to 50
The Adamawa police command says the death toll in Tuesday’s attack at a mosque in Mubi has risen to 50. Othman Abubakar, the command’s public relations…
View More Adamawa mosque attack: Death toll rises to 50Reps invite AGF, IGP, HoS, others over Maina’s reinstatement saga
An ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to appear before it…
View More Reps invite AGF, IGP, HoS, others over Maina’s reinstatement sagaMaina challenges EFCC to open debate on pension fraud
The embattled former Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Team (PPRT), Abdurasheed Maina, has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to an open…
View More Maina challenges EFCC to open debate on pension fraudGovernment tasked on job creation to curb insecurity
Former Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, has lamented the spate of insecurity across the country, particularly the incessant cases of kidnap…
View More Government tasked on job creation to curb insecurityMan jail for stealing mosquito nets
A Mapo Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday jailed a 20-year-old man, Olalekan Adebisi, for six months for stealing 50 pieces of…
View More Man jail for stealing mosquito netsIrregularities in Nigeria’s digital switchover plan
The Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative, alongside 11 other Civil Society Groups (CSOs) has alleged irregularities and sabotage in Nigeria’s digital switchover plans. A statement…
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