Osun Airport Project Has Potential For Nigeria’s Economic Growth – Expert
A foremost aviation expert in Nigeria and former chairman of the Airport Concession Committee of the Federal Government, Captain Dele Ore, has said the MKO Abiola International Airport, Ido-Osun will...
View ArticleFG To Launch Dredging Of 162 km Ajaokuta-Onitsha Waterways
The federal government is set to launch the dredging of the 162 km Ajaokuta-Onitsha waterways on April 28, in Kogi. Revealing this to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Transportation,...
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4 To Die By Hanging Over Armed Robbery In Osun
For robbing one Abubakar Rauf of his bajag motorcycle, an Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, yesterday sentenced four persons to death by hanging. The accused persons; Joseph Moses, (24), Samuel...
View Article12 Federal Varsities Get Audit Panel On Utilization Of Take-Off Grants
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has constituted a seven-man high-powered Committee to Audit the Utilisation of Grants for the take-off projects in the 12 new Federal Universities established...
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Lawyer Sues Newspaper Houses For Defamation, Seeks N1bn
An Abuja base legal practitioner Barrister Natasha Akpoti has dragged some newspaper houses before a Federal Capital Territory High Court for publishing libelous information maligning her character...
View ArticleJournalists Applaud Google On Data Training
Journalists on Wednesday commended Google for availing them the knowledge on exploring the search engine to enhance their practice. The journalists made their commendation at the closing of a two-day...
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PDP Urges Nigerians To Participate In Permanent Voter Cards Registration
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians of voting age to come out en masse to participate in the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) registration, preparatory to the 2019 general elections. The...
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EFCC To Launch Anti-Corruption Programme In Universities – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission will soon launch its anti-corruption programme in universities across the country. Magu...
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UN To Support Nigeria’s Judiciary To Curb Rape, Sexual Assaults
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says it will continue to support the Nigerian judiciary to curb the spate of rape and other sexual assaults in the country. UNODC’s Project...
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Commissioned Projects Aimed At Improving NAF – CAS
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, has hailed the Federal Government for doing all it can to encourage the nation’s military in its fight against terror and in its bid to...
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PMB Not Harassing Jonathan’s Family – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari is not harassing the family of former President Goodluck Jonathan as being alleged by the ex-president, the Presidency said on Wednesday. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser...
View ArticleEdo Govt. To Revive School Sports, Promote Athletics
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has assured the people of the state that his administration would revive sporting activities in schools to inculcate the spirit of sportsmanship in students. Obaseki made the...
View ArticleReps Summon IGP Over Alleged Invasion Of Sen. Goje’s Residence
The House of Representatives has given the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, 24 hours to return all documents relating to the 2017 Appropriation Bill taken away from Sen. Danjuma Goje’s...
View ArticleOsinbajo’s Committee Demands Senate’s Interim Report On SGF
The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee investigating allegations of due process violation in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives on North East (PINE) has requested the Senate to...
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The Enchanting Splendid India
India is not only a modern nation, an ancient empire but also one of the oldest civilizations. It is one of the most fascinating places on earth. For every human being, there is something of interest...
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ANC’s Rumblings: A Spit On Mandela’s Grave
Poets won’t be wrong, if they title the current rumbling in the South Africa’s ruling African Nation Congress, ANC ‘A Spit On Mandela’s Grave.’ In the decade preceding Nelson Mandela’s Presidency,...
View ArticleWorsening Cases Of Malnutrition In IDPs Camp
Food shortages in the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) have resulted to starvation, and acute malnutrition crisis. This is a concern considering that IDPs are having the worst of this...
View ArticleWhy Nigeria Should Extend Whistleblowing Policy To Illegal Firearms
The whistleblowing policy of the federal government has undoubtedly proven to be a potent tool for fighting graft and mendacity and it is in the interest of Nigerians that the policy be extended to...
View ArticleCan Corruption Kill Corruption?
Can a nation solve its corruption problems using the tools of corruption? That was an interesting question thrown up at a roundtable of professionals held recently in Lagos, Nigeria. The poser came in...
View ArticleAs Nigeria Climbs Out Of Economic Recession
Nigeria has ‘technically’ climbed out of economic recession, according to a recent report released by the World Economics. This by no means underscores the fact that the government needs to reinforce...
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Harnessing Nigeria’s Natural Gas
In his presentation at the 2017 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum, president of Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), Engr. Dada Thomas, did note the...
View ArticleKachikwu Seeks OPEC’s Extension Of Oil Supply Cut
Minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has said that Nigeria, which had been exempt from the cutbacks due to militant attacks causing production to slow to 250,000 barrels in March, would...
View ArticleMixed Reactions Trail Cbn’s New Allocation To Smes
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operators are cheering and at the same time fretting over the foreign exchange window created for them by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to import critical raw...
View ArticlePower Generation: FG Partners ADB To Fund Coal Initiatives
As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues its in its supply of dollars at the foreign exchange market at both the interbank and bureau de change end of the markets, the external reserves of the...
View Article37 Companies Bid for NNPC Firefighting Trucks
About 37 companies have submitted bids to supply six (6) triple agent firefighting trucks for the operation of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), one of the downstream subsidiaries of...
View ArticleTranscorp Appoints Jibunoh President/CEO
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has appointed Adim Jibunoh as its new president/chief executive officer. Jibunoh will succeed Emmanuel Nnorom, who has been appointed president of...
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NCAA Cautions Pilots, Airlines, Others Over Bad Weather
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a weather alert cautioning pilots, airline operators and air traffic controllers on the inherent danger associated with severe thunderstorms....
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As Examination Malpractice Continues Unabated
Despite the law in place, WINIFRED OGBEBO writes that examination malpractices across the country have continued unabated. That the standard of our education has fallen or is falling is no more news....
View ArticleCORBON Expresses Worry Over Quacks In Building Sector
The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has expressed worry on the increasing number of quacks and non professionals in the building industry in the country. In an interview with...
View ArticleImmunisation: Under-five Mortality Rate Decreases By 85% – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) yesterday said under five deaths linked to Vaccine preventable diseases has decreased by 85% globally in the past 15 years. The Children centred organisation...
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Lagos To Improve Delivery Of Health Services As Residents Kick
As stated by the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, one of the cardinal programmes of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration is to engage in massive revitalization of Primary Healthcare...
View Article50 Dead Bodies Exhumed, 700 Houses Demolished Over Railway Standard Gauge
No fewer than 700 buildings have been demolished and 50 dead bodies exhumed from their graves by Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and families of deceased owners of the buildings respectively in...
View ArticleMoney Laundering: EFCC Amends Charges Against Jonathan’s Cousin, Wife
After asking for two adjournments in the money laundering case it filed against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola Robert and wife, Stella, the EFCC has now adjusted the charges it...
View ArticleUTME: JAMB To Save N5bn From Computer-based Test – Registrar
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday, disclosed that the Computer-Based Text (CBT) adopted for the forthcoming 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), would...
View ArticleSenate Condemns Assassination Attempt On Dino Melaye, Others
The Senate, yesterday, condemned assassination attempt on the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye (APC) and on other politically exposed persons in other parts of the country. Senator Hamman...
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Ex-minister, Prof Babalola Borishade Dies At 71
Former Nigerian Minister of Education and Aviation at different times, Professor Babalola Borishade, is dead. He died in London on Wednesday after a brief illness at the age of 71. It was learnt that...
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DMO: Lagos, Delta Top List As States’ Debt Profile Hits N2.9trn
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has pegged the total domestic debt profile of the 36 states of the federation as at December 31, 2016 at N2.958 trillion According to latest data by the DMO, Lagos...
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GTBank Reports Profit Before Tax Of N50.4bn In Q1
Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has released its audited financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 30, 2017 to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with Profit Before Tax gaining 64 per...
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INEC: Sellers, Buyers Of PVCs Risk 2-year Jail Term, N500,000 Fine
Sellers and buyers of permanent voter’s cards risk two years jail term and a N500,000 fine, according to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC administrative secretary in Sokoto State, Alhaji...
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PMB Must Not Attend All FEC Meetings – APC Govs
Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday moved in defence of President Muhammdu Buhari, saying it was not compulsory for him to preside over all Federal...
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Turkey Police Suspends 9,000 Officers
Turkey removed from duty 9,103 police officers over alleged links to a a U.S.-based cleric, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing the use of a decree issued under the ongoing state of...
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Pension Scam: EFCC Denies Inducing Defendant
An operative with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) , Rukayya Ibrahim, told the FCT High Court on Wednesday that she never induced the fourth defendant to make statement. She was...
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Nigerian Shot Dead In S/Africa By Somalian
The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of its member, Mr Chinedu Eze, allegedly by a Somalian in the Western Cape Province of that country. The Chairman of the union in the...
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FRSC Advises Motorists To Use Good Wipers, Tyres As Rainy Season Commences
Mr Yusuf Salami, Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Thursday urged motorists to ensure that they had good wipers and tyres as the rainy season commenced. Salami gave...
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Truck Crushes Motorcyclist To Death In Lagos
A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death by a heavy duty truck at Daleko area of Lagos on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passenger on the motorcycle, who survived the...
View ArticleAlleged $1m Fraud: Ajudua’s Lawyers Stall Arraignment
The defence team of a one-time Lagos socialite and businessman, Fred Ajudua, on Thursday stalled his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding a German...
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Lagos Protesters Not FUTO Students – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has disassociated itself from the purported protest by expelled students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) led by one Ogbonna...
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Why We sealed Ex- Govs Egwu, Elechi, Sen Ucha, and Chief of Staff Properties...
Why We sealed Ex- Govs Egwu, Elechi, Sen Ucha, and Chief of Staff Properties -BIR Chair The Acting Chairman, Ebonyi State Board of Internal Revenue, (BIR), Dr. Christian Achi yesterday explained why...
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APC Support Group Hail PMB Over NAPTIP DG’s Appointment
A Political Support group known as the Coalition for APC Support Groups has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of Barrister Julie Okah-Donli as the Director General of the...
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