FG closes 20,000 bank accounts, moves N5.2tn into TSA
Since the commencement of the Treasury Single Account in September 2015, over 20,000 accounts with Deposit Money Banks belonging to Ministries, Departments and
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Heart-broken! Man discovers 32-year-old ‘son’ isn’t his child
A middle aged Nigerian man has discovered that a young man he raised from birth and who is now 32 years old is
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Lifting the veil of companies would help fight corruption- NEITI boss, Adio
Waziri Adio, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), says knowing the real owners of companies is critical to checking
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Niger Delta: Osinbajo orders contractors back to site
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo this Tuesday ordered all contractors who abandoned projects in the Niger Delta region to return to site immediately. Osinbajo
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Lassa fever outbreak in Nasarawa kills 8
The Nasarawa State Government has said that no fewer than eight people have so far died following the recent outbreak of Lassa fever
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43 year-old evangelist in police net for child-battering
A 43-year-old evangelist, Christopher Sule, accused of torturing his two children, has been apprehended by the social welfare office of Jos South Local
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Benue’s Gov. Ortom mulls N8b wage bill, apologizes over failed promise
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State has appealed for ideas on how to reduce the state’s hefty N8billion wage bill, said to be the highest
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Buhari homesick, home soon: Garba Shehu claims
President Muhammadu Buhari is homesick and will be on his way to Nigeria any time soon. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media to
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Hotel owners seek bailout funds from FG
The National Hotel Association, on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to provide bailout funds to save hotel business in the country from
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6 Southwest governors strategise on regional growth
The six governors of the South West states met in Ado-Ekiti on Monday and agreed on strategies to accelerate development of the region.
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Valentine’s day: Indonesia raids condoms sellers
The mayor of a city on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island on Tuesday raided convenience stores selling condoms on the eve of Valentine’s Day. According
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FG to build legal modular refineries, Osinbajo assures
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government plans to establish modular refineries to engage youths involved in illegal oil refining in the
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Senate wants HIV cure claim by Nigerian Professor verified
The Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare, Communicable and Non Communicable Diseases, on Tuesday urged the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to authenticate
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Lai commissions human rights radio,says whistleblower policy is working
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the whistleblower policy introduced recently by the Buhari Government is yielding dividends
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In Rivers, Osinbajo flags off Doctors Quarters
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday flagged-off the rebuilding of Doctors Quarters at the Rivers government owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, Port Harcourt.
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Trump invites Buhari to Washington
The much awaited telephone conversation between President Muhammadu Buhari and US President Donald Trump has taken place, with Buhari now in London, congratulating
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Lake Chad crisis: Aisha hosts W/A First Ladies in Abuja
Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigerian president said she will convene a meeting of First Ladies of West African states by 28 February
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ZakZaky going blind, claims IMN
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria claims its detained leader, Sheikh ZakZaky is going blind. The IMN claimed the doctor attending to him has
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Anti-Corruption: Charly Boy volunteers to lead revolution
Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charly Boy, the 65 year-old singer and songwriter says he is prepared to lead a “national revolution against corruption” to
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Amnesty students restive over non-payment of allowances by FG
Some students under the amnesty scholarship programme, studying in Swansea University in England have lamented that the Federal Government through the amnesty office
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Gowon Estate residents protest blackout
The residents of Gowon Estate, near Egbeda,in Lagos suburb protested on Monday against a three-week-old blackout slammed on them by Ikeja Electricity Distribution
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“I’m not a thief”, Ibori says
A former Delta State governor, James Ibori, who was convicted of money laundering in the United Kingdom, said on Sunday, that he was
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Whistleblowers rake in $160m, N8b for Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government’s Whistleblowing policy has yielded $151million and N8billion in looted funds. In a
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BREAKING NEWS! Ibori holds thanksgiving service, traditional rulers, Uduaghan, others attend
The thanksgiving service in honour of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, who recently returned to Nigeria after serving a jail
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‘You are bad Muslims’ – Saraki chides extremists
The President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described all those who obstruct peace in the name of Islam as bad
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Unknown persons destroy newly laid structure for Army base in S/Kaduna. Perpetrators will be fished out- el-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has decried the destruction of the foundation and structure laid for the proposed Nigerian Army Battalion in
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Lesser Hajj: I prayed for Nigeria, leaders – Aisha Buhari
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja prayed for peace, stability and progress of Nigeria. She made the
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Isheri kidnap: Landlords, residents on the run, relocate to hotels
In the wake of the abduction of a landlord and killing of three security guards in Isheri North Estate GRA, Lagos, on Thursday,
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Kaduna state battles maize disease
The Kaduna State Government has tackled ‘Stem-borer worm’, the disease destroying stems and leaves of irrigated maize farms in the state. Malam Dahiru
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Boko Haram kills 7 Nigerian soldiers in ambush
Boko Haram fighters have killed seven Nigerian soldiers and wounded 19 more in an ambush on a road in the northeastern state of
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