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In a bid to restore normalcy to the nation’s fuel supply and distribution matrix currently challenged by scarcity of petrol, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke at the weekend embarked on intensive monitoring of fuel depots and stations across Lagos. Beginning from Saturday afternoon at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja upon her arrival from […]

Civil rights organisation, the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) on Sunday implored the Federal Government to investigate the $20 billion that suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi claimed was not remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The group also stated its plans to organise a protest […]

Vigilant security personnel at the Lion Building of the Enugu State Government House on Saturday repelled an attack by unknown thugs who struck very early in the morning. One of the thugs was shot dead while three others were arrested. Witnesses said the tragedy would have been worse, were the assailants in possession of guns. […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu has not given up on the return of the five former governors of the party who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the north-central solidarity and unity rally of the ruling party in Minna, Niger State, Mu’azu begged the governors to […]

The government of Lagos State has denied owing former Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele any of her entitlements as a former Number Two citizen of the state. The government accused the former deputy governor of throwing up allegations that her entitlements were withheld just because she wanted to win the sentiments of […]

Despite the renewed onslaught of terrorists in the North-East against civilians, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1,910 corps members to Borno and Gombe States, for the 2014 batch ‘A’ Orientation Course to be hosted in Gombe State. According to Head of the Public Relations Unit of the NYSC in Gombe, Miss Margaret […]

Officials of the Nigeria Navy on Friday rescued three Indian expatriates kidnapped in Bayelsa State where they work for C F Offshore. Kidnapped since 5th March 2014, they were rescued from a hideout in Ajudaigbo, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, where they have been kept since their abduction. The news is coming […]

Just four months after some school children collapsed after inhaling gaseous substances in Lagos, not less than 13 students of the Ogba Junior Grammar School located at the Ogba area of the state on Thursday lost consciousness, as they were affected after inhaling gaseous substances while in school. Some of the students were rushed to the hospital […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday lamented the ongoing fuel scarcity all over the country, urging the Federal Government to take responsibility for the attendant punishment on Nigerians. The labour union observed that since the last few weeks when scarcity of petroleum products at sale stations became noticeable, workers and the Nigerian people have […]

Four persons convicted of involvement of homosexuality in Bauchi State have been sentenced by an Upper Sharia Court to 15 strokes of the cane, in addition to paying a fine of N20, 000 each. Of the seven men arrested by the Bauchi State Sharia Commission and charged with the offence, Shehu Adamu, Yusuf A Adsamu, […]

President Goodluck Eblele Jonathan, Thursday,approved the appointments of three Assistant Secretaries and 492 delegates to the National Conference. According to a press statement issued by Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim,Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Assistant Secretaries, who are  to serve in the National Conference Secretariat are Dr. Akilu Ndabawa (Assistant Secretary, Conference Proceedings), […]

The gunmen who kidnapped the cousin of President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Inengite Nitabai, have rejected the N30million ransom offered by the family. According to a security source who spoke under the condition of anonymity, the kidnappers dismissed the offer as too small, saying it fell far below their expectations when they were preparing to launch […]