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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says electronic voting will not be used in 2019. Prof. Yakubu said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the end opening of a three-day International…

In its quarterly magazine publication, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, says it hopes to complete the automation of its crude oil sale by the last quarter of 2018. “The corporation at the moment has succeeded in…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has revealed its plan to include farming and crop production as part of the one-year primary assignment for corps members starting from next year. Mr. Bello Ballama, NYSC FCT Coordinator,…

Data made available by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that inflation has again slowed; this time by 0.99 percent points which is the biggest drop in 11 months. In the Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report for March…

The house of representatives committee on emergency and disaster management has summoned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the “illegal” suspension of directors at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The committee,…

This is your house, Ooni tells him The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi, is presently attending a meeting of the Osun State Traditional Rulers Council Meeting at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Oluwo has…

Thursday’s plenary at the Senate was almost disrupted following a deafening uproar following a claim by Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe that President Muhammadu Buhari is incompetent. Abaribe’s allegation followed an adopted order…

The senate has suspended Ovie Omo-Agege, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Delta state, for 90 legislative days. The upper legislative chamber took the decision after it considered a report by its ethics committee. The…

The public relations office of the Obafemi Awolowo University Il-Ile in Osun state, Abiodun Olanrewaju, says the female student involved in the sex-for-mark scandal currently rocking the institution, has refused to come forward to…

Who are the killer-herdsmen? They are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. The President spoke at the Abuja House in London when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…

COMPTROLLER-General of Customs Hameed Ibrahim Ali has approved the redeployment of eight officers (three in higher acting capacities) for greater service delivery. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, made this known in a…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had the intention of adding value to pension administration in the state. The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, disclosed this at a Public Hearing on a Bill for a Law to Amend the…

Dana Air has been named the official airline of the maiden edition of the Coalition of Wives of Presidents and Vice Presidents in Africa for Peace (COWAP) Summit for Peace and Development. The summit is scheduled to hold from April…

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade a female student’s poor result. The university also appealed to the student to…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, in Lagos Wednesday said it had seized 98 bags and 570 parcels of Indian hemp with duty paid value at N74.4 million. The agency said the drugs were coming from Togo and Ghana and a…

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N47 billion for the repair of three roads. The roads to be rehabilitated are Baban Lamba-Sharam road in Plateau state, Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta and Enugu-Port Harcourt road. Speaking with…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief executive, has told US lawmakers that he was among the 87 million users of the platform whose data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy firm. Appearing before the lawmakers on…

Investors and shareholders were left confused on Wednesday after Oando’s shares were placed on technical suspension again after an announcement that it had been lifted. The shares had been placed on technical suspension during…

The wife of OAU lecturer, Professor Richard Akindele the male voice in the leaked sex-for-mark audio which emanated from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife on Monday, has denied the allegations against him, saying the devil is out to…

AIT newscaster, Lara Owoeye-Wise, shared the direct message she got from a former OAU student who alleged that the accused lecturer, Professor Richard Akindele, had asked her friend for sex when she was his student 20 years ago.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he declared his intentions to run for another term in office on Monday, April 9, 2018, during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He…

The vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University has finally reacted to the scandalous reports of one of its professors requesting an exchange of sex for pass marks. In a statement personally signed and released to the public, on…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in London. Also present at the meeting were George Oguntade, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK and Josiah Idowu-Fearon, a prominent…

The Ogun State governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun has declared that his successor would be a woman and ‘a whiz kid’. The Governor’s declaration apparently shocked members of his cabinet who were with him at a World Press conference to…