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…
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Maina 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…
View More Irregularities in Nigeria’s digital switchover planOhio Court indicts teacher on sex charges with students
A 23-year-old Ohio high school substitute teacher charged with having sex with two male teenage students has been indicted on two counts of sexual battery.…
View More Ohio Court indicts teacher on sex charges with studentsMourners besiege Ekwueme’s Enugu residence
Mourners have besieged the Independence Layout residence of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme following the news of his demise in a London hospital on Sunday.…
View More Mourners besiege Ekwueme’s Enugu residenceBoko Haram kills six in Maiduguri
Boko Haram fighters killed six farmers outside the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the civilian militia and the brother of one of the victims said…
View More Boko Haram kills six in MaiduguriNigeria ranked 35th in governance
Nigeria has emerged 35th out of 54 African countries in overall governance ranking, according to a report released today in Dakar, Senegal by The Mo…
View More Nigeria ranked 35th in governanceLagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017
The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) says that its members in Lagos State will start wearing uniforms from Jan. 1, 2018 for security and…
View More Lagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017Anambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999
The Saturday Anambra election has been adjudged “one of the worst” governorship election conducted in the country since the return of democracy in 1999. Clement…
View More Anambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999Did Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?
Osita Chidoka, United Progressives Party (UPP) candidate, has questioned Willie Obiano, Anambra state governor, on his right to address voters on election day. Willie Obiano…
View More Did Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officers
Thugs disrupted the primary elections organised by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to decide its chairmanship candidate for Kanke, in the Feb. 18 local government…
View More Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officersItaly buries 26 ‘drowned’ Nigerian women, most without a name
The 26 young Nigerian women, who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya, were honoured yesterday with an interfaith funeral, closing out a gruesome new…
View More Italy buries 26 ‘drowned’ Nigerian women, most without a name