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NEC Concedes Natural Resource, Ecological Funds to States, LGs
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The National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its monthly meeting held thursday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with cheery news that states and local governments would henceforth keep their share of the natural resource and ecological funds. Read More…
15 Boko Haram terrorists die in attempt to infiltrate troops in Sambisa
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A bold step made by members of the once dreaded Boko Haram terrorists to infiltrate military troops in their Sambisa Forest camp suffered a setback yesterday, as 15 of them were shot dead. Read More…
Amaechi reveals cause of his problem with Goodluck Jonathan, wife
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has attributed his problem with former President Goodluck Jonathan to illegal and excess deduction from the federation account during the administration of the then President. Read More…
BREAKING: FG To Crack Down On Cattle Rustlers
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The Federal Government is set to go tough to crush cattle rustlers and militant groups across Nigeria. Read More…
SSS in recruitment scandal – Katsina 51, Akwa Ibom 5; Kano 25, Lagos 7 — SEE FULL LIST
No Comments 468 Views | by Liz Ajala
Nigeria’s internal secret service, the State Security Service (SSS), is enmeshed in a recruitment scandal following the exposure of a shocking lopsidedness in the composition of the new officers recently absorbed into the agency. Read More…
Buhari Following His Doctors Orders – Presidency
No Comments 242 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari is taking things slowly based on the directive of his doctors. Read More…
My case against Punch reporter — Buhari’s CSO, Bashir Abubakar
No Comments 477 Views | by Liz Ajala
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Security Officer, Bashir Abubakar has defended his decision to expel a reporter for The Punch from the State House, saying journalists have a responsibility to be patriotic in reporting matters of national importance. Read More…
Nigerian Air Force appoints Air Commodore Adesanya as new spokesperson
No Comments 318 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Nigerian Air Force has appointed a new spokesman to manage its public affairs activities. He is Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya. Read More…
NDLEA arrests police van with Indian hemp in Kano
No Comments 324 Views | by Liz Ajala
Operatives of the Nigeria Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday intercepted a suspected police van loaded with over 700 tonnes of India hemp worth millions of naira in Kano. Read More…
Teenager bags three years imprisonment
No Comments 271 Views | by Liz Ajala
A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Mohammed Abubakar, to three years imprisonment for stealing items valued at N337, 000. Read More…
Buratai bags Brazilian highest military award
No Comments 367 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has been conferred with the Brazilian Military Order of Merit Award at Brasilia in Brazil. Read More…
CNN’s Richard Quest rocks Nigerian Adire clothing (PHOTOS)
No Comments 523 Views | by Liz Ajala
English journalist and CNN International anchor, Richard Quest is in Nigeria for filming around Lagos. Read More…
4 killed, 11 Injured As Multiple Suicide Bomb Attacks Rock Maiduguri
No Comments 303 Views | by Liz Ajala
Four persons were, on Wednesday, morning killed and 11 others injured in multiple suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Read More…
Why we failed to rescue Chibok girls – Jonathan
No Comments 486 Views | by Liz Ajala
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has explained that his then government was committed to the release of the abducted Chibok girls, but said there was a different feeling as at then about him by the insurgents who constantly referred to him as an infidel. Read More…
Nigerian, nine foreigners arrested for stealing crude in Delta
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The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, DELTA said it has nabbed 10 suspected oil thieves onboard MT TECNE Vessel in Delta. Read More…
Cameroon journalist jailed 10 years for alleged contacts with Boko Haram
No Comments 319 Views | by Liz Ajala
A Cameroonian military tribunal on Monday sentenced a journalist to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, including for failing to report acts of terrorism to authorities. Read More…
ANALYSIS: Strangled for refusing hubby sex, rising violence against Plateau women
No Comments 528 Views | by Liz Ajala
A man returned to his house at 1 a.m., insisted on having sex with his wife that had spent the whole day at the farm while he caroused about the town. The woman complained she was tired and begged for more time to rest, so as to be better ready to fulfill her filial duty. Read More…
Lai Mohammed explains why Buhari was absent at FEC meeting
No Comments 222 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was absent at Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, because he was still resting. Read More…
Nnamdi Kanu, Family Differ On Bail Conditions
No Comments 212 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and his family have reacted differently to the bail granted him by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Read More…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Granted Bail
No Comments 552 Views | by Liz Ajala
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, bail on health grounds. Read More…
Isiaka Adeleke: Doctor who prescribed drugs arrested
No Comments 262 Views | by Liz Ajala
One Dr. Ade, who treated Senator Isiaka Adeleke, when he complained of leg pain early Sunday morning has been arrested for interrogation by the police. Read More…
Emir Sanusi: Kano may suspend monarch as investigation of spending begins
No Comments 207 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Kano State Government may place the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on suspension to give way for “proper investigation” of the emirate council’s finances. Read More…
Abuja Quintuplets: Head of Service explains accommodation for family, job for dad
No Comments 524 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Monday said her statement on a job for the father of a set of quintuplets was misreported. Read More…
Fraudster impersonates Ooni on Facebook to defraud two U.S.-based ladies of N.6m
No Comments 520 Views | by Liz Ajala
A suspected Internet fraudster, Abiodun Joseph, who impersonated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on his Facebook account and defrauded two Nigerian ladies based in the United States of America (USA) of various sums of money, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command. Read More…