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The Rector of Igbajo Polytechnic, Akinola Olaolu, has been arrested and detained at the Ibadan, Oyo State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, The…

9 Ebonyi Youths have been arrested by the state’s police command, over their involvement in the attack of four policemen and setting ablaze a Toyota Camry vehicle belonging to the officers at Amaoso Edda community in Afikpo South Local…

Sector’s 2018 financial losses now N227.793bn The total volume of electricity generated for transmission and distribution in Nigeria has remained low at 3,278 megawatts (MW) despite the completion of the repairs of gas pipelines…

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday declared that time will determine his position in the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki noted that although he does not want to dwell on the issue of whether…

Six commercial banks have made payments totaling N155.45 billion into the sinking fund of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) within three years, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. NAN reports that Access Bank,…

Lionel Messi has revealed that the thought of Argentina losing to Nigeria in Tuesday’s decisive group D clash of the FIFA World Cup going on in Russia is not possible, because he has not given up on his dream of winning the biggest trophy…

The Nigerian Air Force said it had deployed seven fighter jets and attack helicopters to Benue and Taraba states in an ongoing Operation Whirl Stroke, to tackle the herdsmen and farmers’ violence in the two states. The Chief of Air…

The police in Lagos have offered a N1 million reward to anyone who volunteers information that would lead to the arrest of a lady who accused an officer of fraud. Imohimi Edgal, the…

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Sunday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop interfering in the affairs of the ruling party. He spoke in Abuja at the venue of the national…

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has described as unacceptable the reduction made from the 5billion naira initially approved for the take off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area, by the National…

Usman Yusuf, executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says allegations of the theft of N900 million from the scheme are false. In an interview with reporters in Kano at the weekend, Yusuf described the…

Bolaji Abdullahi has retained his position as the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He polled a total of 2002 votes to defeats his opponents. Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa and chairman of the party’s national…

The Plateau state government has imposed a curfew on Riyom, Barakin Ladi and Jos south local government areas of the state, following the deaths of “over 100” persons on Saturday night. Rufus Bature, secretary to the state…

Nigeria is set to partner foreign consultants, comprising legal practitioners and other experts in Switzerland on a voluntary offshore asset repatriation scheme. Mr Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice, disclosed this to the News…

Prince Arthur Eze glides smoothly on the surface of life’s stormy seas; not as a diver, a mariner or seeker of buried treasure but as a real man in a sea of ciphers. Yes, Arthur Eze has received several Asian offers for his firm Oranto’s…

The national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ongoing at Eagle Square in Abuja. A total of 6,800 delegates were to elect candidates for 60 positions but some aspirants withdrew from the race on Saturday when the…

About 872 Nigerian Students sat for the first ever Chartered Institute of Financial Analysts (CFA) Exams in Nigeria on Sunday, June 23rd, 2018. The exam was held at the Landmark event centre in Victoria Island Lagos. From left to right;…

Shareholders of Dangote Cement, on Wednesday, at the company’s 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos were full of praise for the Board, Management and staff of the company after approving the dividend payout of N10.50 per 50k…

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the national convention of the All Progressives Congress as a charade, a mockery of democracy and assault on the sensibility of Nigerians. The party also alleged that the open intimidation and…

The United States cut its crude oil imports from Nigeria by 62.08 per cent to 3.92 million barrels in March, the lowest monthly level since February 2016. The latest data from the US Energy Information Administration seen by our…

Former Governor of Abia State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Orji Kalu, has described the emergence of former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress as…

— DSS seizes 27 items during house search The Department of State Security (DSS) is detaining former Deputy Governor of Abia State, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, for alleged gun running and aiding and supporting the proscribed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the Eagle Square in Abuja for the elective national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which stretched into a second day on Sunday. The president left the venue after casting…

A former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, who was the National Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party, speaks about the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election among other national issues with JOHN ALECHENU T he…