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…
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Government 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…
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