An emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on Tuesday, March 17, ...
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Nigerian pastor bags 34 years in UK jail
An evangelical pastor was jailed for 34 years in Britain on Friday, after he was convicted of a catalogue of rape and sexual abuse against ...
Read More »Edo State to introduce VAR technology in National Sports Festival
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is to be used in Nigeria for the first time during the football events of the 2020 National Sports Festival ...
Read More »Dangote to pay £2bn for Arsenal takeover
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has been told how much it will cost to buy Arsenal. The Nigerian billionaire has previously stated his desire to buy ...
Read More »Democracy has failed Nigerians – Ex-Finance Minister, Abu Gidado
An elder statesman, Alhaji Abu Gidado was Minister of State for Finance and Chairman of the monthly meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) during ...
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu to lead million-man liberation march in US
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will on June 20, 2920 lead a one million march in Washington USA, against religious persecution, enslavement and oppression of Biafrans in various parts ...
Read More »Southern, Middle Belt leaders accuse FG of recycling Boko Haram insurgents
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has accused the federal government of clandestine move to support the Boko Haram insurgents in their renewed bid to unleash mayhem in the North East zone ...
Read More »95 coalitions warn Senate against passage of social media bill
Ahead of the Senate public hearing slated for March 9, 2020 on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations; and for Related matters Bill, 2019 (SB.132), 95 civil Society Organisations, have warned that the senate stands ...
Read More »Jigawa govt denies attack on governor, lawmakers
Jigawa State government has debunked media reported attack on Governor Muhammad Abubakar, some national and state lawmakers among other functionaries of the state at Hadejia Town ...
Read More »Nigeria records trade deficit as exports drop
Nigeria has recorded its first quarterly trade deficit since July 2016 as the value of its exports fell by 9.79 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019 while imports surged by 37.20 per cent ...
Read More »Court halts Sanusi probe by Kano anti-graft agency
A Federal high Court in Kano has granted an interim injunction restraining the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission from further investigating the Emir of ...
Read More »N30,000 minimum wage: Labour issues 21-day ultimatum to Bauchi govt
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Bauchi State Government a 21-day ultimatum to resume negotiations and implement the new N30,000 minimum wage in ...
Read More »Unity Bank introduces USSD in Nigerian languages
Unity Bank Plc has launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD banking in Nigeria’s three major languages – Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. This makes Unity ...
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