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LAGOS and Akwa-Ibom states top the list of 21 states the Federal Government will refund N489 billion spent on federal projects, senator representing Anambra Central Chief Victor Umeh said this yesterday. Speaking in Awka, Anambra…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will today demolish more than 30 houses along the rail track at Badia and Iganmu road. The houses are to be demolished to make it easier for train cargos to carry goods from Apapa seaport to…

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday got a plea from some of its leaders – stay firm. Three governors, some federal and state lawmakers, including Senate President Bukola Saraki, have defected from the ruling…

•Coalition inaugurates steering committee A PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has warned that the task of unseating President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 would not be an easy task. Galadima spoke in Abuja…

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has warned against any illegal attempt to effect a change in the leadership of the National Assembly, warning those bent on impeaching Senate President, Bukola Saraki to perish the thought. …

The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated on Thursday by N128 billion following the listing of Notore Chemical Industries Plc shares. The company listed on the exchange by introduction of a total of…

Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), said the web-based ticketing for railway services in the country will commence in September. Okhiria said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…

Skip to co The Federal Government has commenced a review of the Monthly allowance paid to corps members, Director General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has disclosed. He said the NYSC, through the…

Apple Inc. shares rose 2.8 percent on Thursday, making the consumer technology giant the first U.S.-based company to be valued at $1 trillion, Bloomberg News reports. The iPhone maker’s market capitalization briefly passed $1…

Bukola Saraki, Senate President, and Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, are currently at Wadata House, Abuja the national Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki and Ortom are among the latest string of All…

...Movement of Cargo By Rail Will Reduce Traffic Congestion- Gov ...Commends FG’s Approval For Reconstruction Of Apapa-Oshodi Expressway Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday visited the Lagos State Governor, Mr.…

Claims by Senate President Bukola Saraki that President Muhammadu Buhari does not like the people of  Kwara State has been faulted by a political group, Ilorin Emirate for Buhari (IEB). Saraki had on Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday granted John Abebe, the younger brother of the late Stella Obasanjo, spouse of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo bail over alleged four million dollars fraud. Mr Abebe is facing a…

The management of the Lagos State University, Ojo, has given update on the probe panel set up over the allegation of sexual abuse involving a lecturer in the university. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Adekoya…

President Buhari is currently in a meeting with service chiefs. The meeting comes one day after the President held a meeting with All Progressives Congress (APC) senators, followed by another with governors elected on the platform of the…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to begin the probe of President Muhammadu Buhari’s security vote. Ortom who spoke to journalists after his broadcast said he never heard…

Nigerian traders at the Suame Magazine in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have allegedly been attacked by Ghanaians, who vowed to evict foreigners from the market. The leaders of the Nigerian retailers at the Suame Magazine say their…

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2018 ranking of all the 36 States, plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in Nigeria. Abia tops the chart, ahead of Anambra, Edo, Rivers and Imo states.…

Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo has responded to criticism that came after comments he made endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. Okonkwo, who recently announced his intention to run for the Enugu State governorship…

Decamped from the ruling APC were given a nice treat by the main opposition party PDP as they organised a pricey dinner to welcome them. Senator Dino Melaye and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress were welcomed…

The Blockchain technology has offered to make access to petroleum products in Nigeria affordable and seamless using its digital assets. Briefing newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the Country Director, Chuta Chimezie, said the technology,…

Crude oil prices dropped by over one per cent wednesday with the global benchmark crude, Brent slumping by $1.7 or 1.2 per cent, while the United States crude declined by $1.07 or 1.7 per cent after data showed that the United States’…

Local Government chairmen and councillors in Kwara State have defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, Mr.…

The only lawmaker of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Saheed Popoola, has given the reason he refused to follow his colleagues to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said he did not decamp…