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Buhari hails King Sunny Ade at 76

By Ismaila ChafePresident Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in celebrating juju music maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Chief Sunday Adegeye, better known as King...

Alleged intent to defraud: Court fixes Oct. 24, Nov. 1 for hearing

By Uche BibilariAn FCT High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixes Oct. 24 and Nov. 1 for hearing in a case of alleged...

Niger reaffirms commitment to welfare of civil servants

By Rita IliyaThe government in Niger on Tuesday restated its commitment to the welfare of civil servants in the state.Alhaji Ahmed Matane, the Secretary...

New BEDC management approves salary increment for staff

By Usman AliyuThe New Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) says the board of the company has approved increment in the salaries...

Speaker calls for unity, peace among Nigerians

By Awayi KujeThe Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, has urged Nigerians to continue to unite and embrace peace, irrespective of...

Kano NAN Bureau Chief emerges NAWOJ Vice Chairperson

By Bosede OlufunmiAisha Ahmed, The Bureau Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano State, on Tuesday emerged as Vice Chairperson of...

Gani Adams commiserates with Akeredolu over mother’s death

By Adeyemi AdeleyeThe Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams has condoled with Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on the demise of...

Queen, NANS, ASUU and Who Dey Shop?

By  Reuben AbatiYesterday would be remembered for long in history even by generations yet unborn, as a historic moment in the 21stcentury, the day,...

Court frees woman accused of sexually assaulting 1-year-old baby

By Adenike AyodeleAn Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted  a daycare owner, Veronica Vincent, accused of sexually assaulting a one-year-old babygirl...

Prudential Zenith Life Insurance records 75% growth in profit after tax for 2021

Prudential Zenith Life Insurance Limited (“PZL”) has announced its audited financial results for the year ended 31st December 2021, recording a 75% growth in profit...

Avert imminent crisis in Umuchukwu, community leader urges Soludo

By Francis OnyeukwuThe Umuchukwu community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra, has called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies to beam...

CNN interview: Obi lacks originality, quotes from Buhari’s workbook: BMO

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has been accused of lacking originality by promising to do what the President Muhammadu Buhari administration...

Senate to screen Ag CJN Sept 21

By Kingsley OkoyeThe Senate will screen the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Sept 21.President of Senate,Dr. Ahmad Lawan made the...

Bwari Area Council targets women, youths in ICT training

Bwari Area Council administration says plans have been concluded to train women and youths on ICT, metal welding and others at the just refurbished...

China adds 386 new PPP projects in 8 months

China saw 386 new Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects registered in the first eight months of the year, official data showed.According to the Ministry...

Indiscriminate siting of fuel, gas stations worries FCT residents

By Jacinta Nwachukwu/Assumpta OdohSome residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed worries over the indiscriminate location of fuel and gas stations in...

Group donates campaign office to Plateau APC governorship candidate

By Peter AmineAn All Progressives Congress (APC) youth support group has  donated a campaign office to the party’s governorship candidate in Plateau, Dr Nentawe...

Anomalous Relationship between ICT and economic growth in Nigeria

By Y. Z. Ya’u, CITADLast week, I took part in discussing a paper entitled Digitalization of the Economy and Economic Growth at the 14th...

Yobe earmarks N10.8bn for road projects

By Nabilu BalarabeThe Yobe government on Tuesday says it will utilise N10.8 billion of the N18 billion refund received from the Federal Government on...

FCTA distributes 360 metric tonnes of assorted food items to vulnerable

By Salisu Sani-IdrisThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has distributed over 360 metric tonnes of assorted food items to vulnerable and indigent groups in...

Court okays accelerated hearing in libel suit against 3 Edo PDP factional members

By Taiye AgbajeA High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has ordered an accelerated hearing in a N5 billion libel suit field against three...

FRSC cautions politicians against using unauthorised vehicle number plates

Ikuru LizzyThe Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says some politicians now use party insignia and pictures instead of government approved vehicle number plates.Rivers Sector...

Ondo APC mourns party chieftain, Otemuyiwa

by Alaba-Olusola OkeAll Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Tuesday mourned the sudden death of one of its leaders, Hon. Frederick Olayinka Otemuyiwa.A...

Disease control: Kogi begins distribution of response items to healthcare centres

By Thompson Yamput Kogi on Tuesday began the distribution of response commodities to its health facilities, particularly the tertiary health institutions and zonal hospitals in...

Peer influence, covetousness led me into kidnapping – Suspect

By Suleiman ShehuA 40-year-old suspected kidnapper has said that peer influence and covetousness led him into kidnapping business.The suspect stated this while being paraded...
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