President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a weekend trip to Katsina and his home town of Daura. The presidential aircraft carrying the president ...
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NFVCB declares popular Mexican soaps illegal on Nigerian TV stations
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), on Sunday, said Mexican Soaps, aired on some local Television stations in Nigeria are unclassified and unlicensed. ...
Read More »Ayade returns from Asia investment trip, says change coming soon to Cross River
Cross River Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, at the weekend returned to the state after three weeks of investment drive across Asia seeking to boost the ...
Read More »Traditional ruler tasks NFSC on unity, development
…as ikpea pays surprise visit to Onojie of Ekpoma By Timothy Omobude The Onojie of Ekpoma, His Royal Highness, Anthony Ehizojie Abumere 11, has charged ...
Read More »We’ll resist FG prison, cemetery in Ogoniland, says US-based Ogoni group
The Ogoni Rights Advocates (ORA), INTL, is peeved that the Federal Government would be contemplating building a massive prison and cemetery in ogoniland, instead of ...
Read More »Offa bank robbery: Police IG deploys three mobile force units to Kwara, Taraba
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the deployment of three units of Police Mobile Force, high-powered police investigation team and Armoured Personnel ...
Read More »Saraki appoints sacked senator as special adviser
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has appointed a former lawmaker who represented Taraba North Senatorial District, Senator Danladi Abubakar, as his Special Adviser on ...
Read More »Offa bank robbery deaths hit 50 as Gov. Ahmed places N5m bounty on suspects
The Operations Commander, Vigilance Group of Nigeria, Offa, Kwara State chapter, Wasiu Adepoju, on Saturday, said vigilantes in the state counted about 50 dead bodies ...
Read More »Boko Haram: Why senators oppose Buhari’s $1bn security fund – Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki said yesterday that lack of due engagement with the National Assembly may force the majority of senators to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to withdraw $1 billion ...
Read More »Chibok: Jonathan moved immediately to secure girls’ release, says Okonjo-Iweala in new book
A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed in her new book titled, “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous –The Story Behind the Headlines” that former President Goodluck Jonathan ...
Read More »Northern Christian elders disown Arewa pastors over Buhari
The Northern Christian Elders Forum, on Saturday, dissociated itself from the Arewa Pastors Non-denominational Initiative for Peace in Nigeria, whose visit by its members to the Presidency recently ...
Read More »Fayose rejects Orji Kalu’s visit to Ekiti
Ekiti State government has rejected former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, ‘peace advocacy’ visit to the state telling the former governor to take ...
Read More »States generate N4.9tr as IGR in seven years – NBS
Between January 2011 and December 2017, a total of N4.99tn was earned as Internally Generated Revenue by the 36 states of the federation, an analysis ...
Read More »FCMB targets UK banking licence
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is seeking to convert its wholesale banking unit in Britain, FCMB UK, into a retail bank as part of its ...
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