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ECTDA demolishes private property. Obstructing waterway, thoroughfare – Govt. No, it is not, sold to me by Onoh family – Prof. Ani

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, on Thursday pulled down a multi-million naira residential edifice belonging to the Chancellor of Coal City [...]

BREAKING: Court declares Ararume winner of Imo North Senatorial bye-election

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday declared Ifeanyi Ararume as winner of the December 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial District [...]

Breaking: Nigeria ranks 16th in FBI International Cybercrime report

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Barely five months, the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, showed a 10 percentage point rise in the number of extreme poor people in [...]

Tanzania’s Samia Hassan to make history as first female President

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Samia Suluhu Hassan is a soft-spoken, Muslim woman thrust from the obscure role of vice president to become Tanzania’s first female leader after [...]

Aisha Buhari sneaks back to Nigeria after six months in Dubai

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

First Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the country after spending six months in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Nation learnt that the [...]

Abaribe withdraws controversial Armed Forces Commission Bill after appeal by Senate leadership

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

A bill seeking the establishment of an Armed Forces Service Commission on Wednesday caused a rumpus in the Senate that forced its sponsor, [...]

Ibori £4.2Million loot: Group drags FG to court

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

NIGER Delta Democratic Union, NDDU, has dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court, Asaba to challenge the decision to declare itself [...]

FEC okays N11.72b for road, health contracts

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Enugu-Onitsha expressway gets over N8bn [...]

2023: PDP committee throws Presidential ticket open, Southeast loses out.

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

The 2019 Elections Review Committee set up by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to assess its performance in the last general election, has urged [...]

Why I won’t jubilate over plan to fix refinery. It’s all 2023 politics- Wike

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said he will not jubilate over the $1.5 billion approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) [...]

Sacked Ganduje’s aide, Yakassai, flees Nigeria

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Salihu Tanko Yakassai, the immediate past Special Adviser on Media to Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has relocated overseas. The Nation had reported Ganduje relieved [...]

Chisco Transport boss, Anyaegbu, floats airline

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

The Chairman and Chief Executive of Chisco Transport Company Limited, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu has taken his business acumen into the Aviation sector. The [...]

Covid-19: Tanzanian President Magufuli dies at 61

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead, his deputy Samia Suluhu has announced after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. In a [...]

FG yet to obey burial judgement on ‘Apo Six’ 15 years after – Counsel

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021admin Comment

About 15 years after their killing on June 8, 2005, lawyer to the six traders killed by the police in the Apo area [...]

NDDC to NASS Committee: We gave Niger Delta governors N100m each for COVID-1

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021admin Comment

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has claimed that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states N100million each as [...]

Kwara reopens schools shut over hijab controversy

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021admin Comment

The Kwara State Government has announced the reopening on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, of the 10 schools that were recently shut down over [...]

ALGON backs calls for State Police

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021admin Comment

The President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kolade Alabi, has reiterated the need for state police. He spoke when [...]

5,222 get Covid vaccination in Lagos

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021admin Comment

No fewer than 5,222 persons have been vaccinated in Lagos State, Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said in a statement yesterday. Abayomi [...]

BREAKING: Lagos releases list of 88 COVID-19 vaccination centres

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

The Lagos State Government has released list of 88 health facilities approved to provide vaccination across the 20 Local Government Areas. Commissioner for [...]

2023: Why president should be a southern Christian — NEG

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

The Nigeria Equity Group, NEG, on Tuesday said for the sake of equity and fairness, the President of Nigeria in 2023 should be [...]

CBN introduces new charges for USSD services

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said effective [...]

Recover our ancestral lands from Rochas, others, Owerri people tell Uzodinma

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

The Owerri people have called on the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to recover their indigenous lands forcefully collected from them by past [...]

Rivers elders, youths tackle Dokubo on Biafra

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

Kinsmen of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, elders and youths from the Niger Delta have distanced themselves from the declaration of Biafra [...]

Germany, France, Italy latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca jab

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

Germany, France and Italy on Monday became the latest countries to temporarily suspend use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca over blood clot [...]

NAFDAC collects water samples, others to investigate cause of strange disease in Kano

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has collected water samples and flavour products for laboratory analysis, following [...]

FG fuels increasing attacks on schools by negotiating with bandits and Boko Haram –VC

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021admin Comment

THE Vice-Chancellor, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, says attacks on schools will continue as long as insurgency in the [...]

International flights resume at Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano

March 16, 2021admin Comment

The Federal Government has announced resumption dates for international flights at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Port Harcourt Airport and Kano Airport. The [...]

IPOB knocks Uzodinma over ESN hijack comments, describes him as a liar

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021admin Comment

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as shameful claims by the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma that it hijacked Eastern [...]

BREAKING: Olateru reappointed AIB boss as NiMet, NCAT get new chiefs

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021admin Comment

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the reappointment of Akin Olateru as the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the [...]

Troops kill 30 Boko Haram insurgents, rescue 60 elderly women, children

March 15, 2021admin Comment

No fewer than 30 Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole around Gamboru axis in Borno State in [...]

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ECTDA demolishes private property. Obstructing waterway, thoroughfare – Govt. No, it is not, sold to me by Onoh family – Prof. Ani

BREAKING: Court declares Ararume winner of Imo North Senatorial bye-election

Breaking: Nigeria ranks 16th in FBI International Cybercrime report

Tanzania’s Samia Hassan to make history as first female President

Aisha Buhari sneaks back to Nigeria after six months in Dubai

Abaribe withdraws controversial Armed Forces Commission Bill after appeal by Senate leadership

Ibori £4.2Million loot: Group drags FG to court

FEC okays N11.72b for road, health contracts

2023: PDP committee throws Presidential ticket open, Southeast loses out.

Why I won’t jubilate over plan to fix refinery. It’s all 2023 politics- Wike

Sacked Ganduje’s aide, Yakassai, flees Nigeria

Chisco Transport boss, Anyaegbu, floats airline

Covid-19: Tanzanian President Magufuli dies at 61

FG yet to obey burial judgement on ‘Apo Six’ 15 years after – Counsel

NDDC to NASS Committee: We gave Niger Delta governors N100m each for COVID-1

Kwara reopens schools shut over hijab controversy

ALGON backs calls for State Police

5,222 get Covid vaccination in Lagos

BREAKING: Lagos releases list of 88 COVID-19 vaccination centres

2023: Why president should be a southern Christian — NEG

CBN introduces new charges for USSD services

Recover our ancestral lands from Rochas, others, Owerri people tell Uzodinma

Rivers elders, youths tackle Dokubo on Biafra

Germany, France, Italy latest countries to suspend AstraZeneca jab

NAFDAC collects water samples, others to investigate cause of strange disease in Kano

FG fuels increasing attacks on schools by negotiating with bandits and Boko Haram –VC

International flights resume at Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano

IPOB knocks Uzodinma over ESN hijack comments, describes him as a liar

BREAKING: Olateru reappointed AIB boss as NiMet, NCAT get new chiefs

Troops kill 30 Boko Haram insurgents, rescue 60 elderly women, children