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Another mob in Abuja a while ago Tuesday killed suspected robber beside the former Daughter of Charity hospital, a few metres from the Kubwa train station, few weeks after ‘one …
Breaking: Mob grab, burn another ‘one chance robber’ in Abuja Read MoreNominees for the 2019 Ballon d’Or award Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) Son Heung-min (Tottenham) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) Alisson (Liverpool) Matthijs de Ligt …
Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk – Who ‘ll win 2019 Ballon d’Or? Send in your predictions Read MoreThe National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adam Oshiomole, has declared that the party will win the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa state through the ballots and …
Bayelsa gov: APC ‘ll win through ballots, not guns – Oshiomhole Read MoreFormer Super Eagles coach Jo Bonfrere has knocked down the long-ball tactics Imama Amapakabo employed in a desperate bid to overturn a heavy loss against Togo and qualify for next …
Bonfrere blasts Imama’s ‘kick and rush’ tactics against Togo Read MoreLionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are expected among the 30 nominees for the 2019 Ballon d’Or as they contest the crown of best player in the world. …
Updated! Ronaldo, Messi, Van Dijk, 27 others jostle for 2019 Ballon d’Or Read MoreThe Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede MFR has congratulated the NIS polo team for making the Service proud in the just concluded Georgian Cup Centenary Polo Tournament …
Immigration Polo team clinched Isa Kaita runner-up trophy Read MoreMinister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare on Monday inaugurated a committee to investigate the participation of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in …
Minister sets up panel to probe Team Nigeria’s outing in Doha Read MoreSuper Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that he is in dilemma on the choice of players he will parade for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin …
AFCON 2021 – Nigeria vs Benin, Lesotho: Rohr in selection problem ahead of qualifiers Read MorePresident Muhamamdu Buhari Monday arrived at the Sochi International Airport, Russia, for a three-day inaugural Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, which will focus on peace, security and development. The President’s …
Buhari in Sochi ahead Russia-Africa summit Read MoreRecently, the World Clean-up Day was celebrated by some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and stakeholders to create awareness on the need for healthy living. HELEN OJI reports. A group of volunteers …
Clean-up Day: Need to create awareness on healthy living Read MoreEbonyi state piggery farmers Monday expressed the certainty of producing 20,000 pigs in the state within three months. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Ogodo Ali Nome, made this known …
Ebonyi to produce 20,000 pigs in 3 months – Commissioner Read MoreIt appears that Alex Gourevitch, Professor at Brown University, had the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), in mind, when he stated that; every liberal democracy …
The negative sides of labour’s wage struggle Read MoreThe federal government through the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said 20 new coaches would arrive Nigeria for the Abuja-Kaduna and the Lagos-Ibadan rail lines in the next six …
20 new coaches to arrive Nigeria in 6 weeks- Amaechi Read MoreThe Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has established a tax office, dedicated solely to the administration of taxes for non-resident persons. A statement by FIRS head, communications and servicom department …
FIRS ‘non-resident taxpayers office’ takes off January 2020 Read MoreThe Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to compel telecommunications service providers to reduce the prices of data being offered subscribers. He also …
Slash data prices, minister orders telecom coys Read MoreA trade war may be brewing between two West African giants, Nigeria and Ghana, following the former’s closure of its borders. As a counter move poised to hurt Nigeria in …
Border Closure: Ghana on war path with Nigeria Read MoreA leading vehicle manufacturing company in Nigeria, ANAMMCO Ltd., has declared that the Nigeria-China currency swap agreement had started yielding positive results. The company’s sales manager, Mr. Olalekan Sanyaolu, made …
Nigeria-China currency swap pact yielding results – ANAMMCO Read MoreThe chairman, Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Kano state chapter, Alhaji Salisu Ahmed, has disclosed that over 3,000 pensioners that retired from 2016 to 2018 were yet to receive their gratuities. …
We’re yet to receive our entitlements, Kano pensioners Read MoreThe Sokoto state government has earmarked N1.9 billion to purchase 110,000 school furniture to address infrastructure challenges in the state. Permanent Secretary, Sokoto state Ministry for Basic and Secondary Education, …
Sokoto earmarks N1.9bn for school furniture Read MoreThe federal government has disbursed over N62.7 million to 3,829 vulnerable women in Guri local government area of Jigawa state, under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme. The cash transfer …
FG disburses N62.7m to 3,829 Jigawa women Read MoreBandits have displaced 17 villages in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state. Blueprint learnt that the incident happened on Sunday about 1:00pm with the displaced persons, numbering about 2000 …
Pandemonium as Bandits displace 17 Kaduna villages Read MoreGovernor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa has directed traditional rulers in the state to ensure that they reside in their domains in order to tackle security challenges. Sule, represented by the …
Remain in your domain, Sule tells Nasarawa monarchs Read MoreThe Kwara state Ministry of Women Affairs has taken custody of two housemaids who were allegedly inflicted with bodily injuries by their mistress, Bilikis Yahaya Mohammed, for not flushing toilets …
Ilorin mistress: Injured housemaids in women ministry’s custody Read MoreThe stray-lion at the Kano Zoological Garden returned to its cage in the night without the assistance of the Abuja National Park experts who arrived Kano on Sunday. Managing Director …
Estranged Kano lion returns to its cage Read More