The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) may go into partisan politics if the conditions that warranted its setting up are not in place in the country ...
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Insecurity: Police IG orders aerial surveillance of South-West, North-East states
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of aerial surveillance helicopters to major cities in the South-West and North-West ...
Read More »Experts warn Nigeria against further debt accumulation
Contrary to the stand of the Federal Government that the nation only has revenue challenge and not debt problem, economists and experts have said that the country has a huge debt burden ...
Read More »FG to negotiate with P&ID on $9.6bn fine judgment debt
The Federal Government has expressed readiness to negotiate with the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) Ltd over a judgment by a United Kingdom court granting the firm seizure of $9.6bn in Nigerian assets ...
Read More »Yahaya Bello wins Kogi APC governorship ticket
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 16 Governorship election ...
Read More »Osun to peg secondary school leaving age at 18
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, has said the parliament will soon come up with a law that will peg secondary school leaving age at 18 years ...
Read More »AMCON alerts public to fraudulent recruitment notice
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has advised members of the public to ignore notice about AMCON 2019 recruitment exercise. The agency attributed the ...
Read More »Crisis looms as Cross River Assembly moves to outlaw Land Use Act
A crisis appears on the horizon as the Cross River House of Assembly is about beginning work on a bill seeking the establishment of Land ...
Read More »Airport Closure: Enugu govt to provide palliative measures for air travellers
Following the closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu for repairs, Enugu State Government has disclosed its plan to provide palliative measures for air ...
Read More »Gunmen kill Catholic priest in Taraba, burn corpse
The Catholic Priest of St. Peters Catholic Church, Amadu in Takum local government area of Taraba state, Rev Fr. David Tanko, was on Wednesday killed ...
Read More »Court acquits Jonathan’s aide on alleged fraud case
The Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Dr Waripamo Owei-Dudafa, over an alleged N1.6billion fraud charge. Dudafa, ...
Read More »Virgil van Dijk beats Messi, Ronaldo to UEFA Player of the Year Award
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has been named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year 2018/19 in recognition of his achievements for club and country over ...
Read More »UK Labour Party plans to use parliament to thwart no-deal Brexit
The opposition Labour Party said on Thursday it would trigger an emergency debate in parliament next week to try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
Read More »Kano’s worthy example – The Nation
All northern states should start free and compulsory education up to secondary school level The problem of the staggering number of out-of-school children, who ought ...
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