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Jan 28, 2020

BREAKING: Students shut Delta poly, block Ughelli/Asaba Expressway

Students of the Delta State Polytechnic have protested against new policies introduced by their school management, The PUNCH reports. The protesting students...

Jan 28, 2020

PhD scandal: Drama as FG asks FIIRO workers to suspend protest

Representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology have met with workers at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos, asking them to en...

Jan 28, 2020

BREAKING: Inter Milan sign Eriksen from Tottenham

Inter Milan announced the signing of Danish international midfielder Christian Eriksen from Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday. The Serie A club said on its web si...

Jan 28, 2020

BREAKING: Imo speaker, seven lawmakers join APC

Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Collins Chiji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. Seven other lawma...

Jan 28, 2020

BREAKING: Buhari suspends inauguration of NDDC board confirmed by Senate

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised to send to the Senate, a fresh list of nominees for the board of the Niger Delta Development...

Jan 28, 2020

1.2 million Nigerians out of reach of humanitarian aids

The Boko Haram conflict in the northern part of Nigeria has put more than a million Nigerians beyond the reach of humanitarian workers, an aid group, Doctors Wi...

Jan 28, 2020

Malawi court to deliver presidential election verdict

Malawi’s Constitutional Court will on Monday’s hand down a ruling on the contested presidential election narrowly won by President Peter Mutharika. Alleging...

Jan 28, 2020

50 killed in militia clashes in Central Africa town

Clashes between rival armed groups in Bria, a strategic town in the eastern Central African Republic, have left dozens dead, a senior official said on Tuesday....

Jan 28, 2020

Breaking: Buhari writes Senate on reconstitution of NDDC board

ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, informing that recomposition of the board of the the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC would...

Jan 28, 2020

UPDATED: About 100 shops razed as fire engulfs Sabo market in Sagamu

An early Tuesday morning fire outbreak that occurred in the Sabo market of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State has destroyed over 100 shops. The fire...

Jan 28, 2020

Kano re-run: Police arrest 3 suspects for electoral offence

The Kano State Police Command said it has arrested three suspects over alleged possession of voter cards and money during the Jan. 25, national and state House...

Jan 28, 2020

Cross River Govt Holds Campaign Against Lassa Fever

The Cross River State Government has launched an awareness campaign to prevent the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Amid reports of the death of at leas...

Jan 28, 2020

INEC promotes 3,295 staff

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the promotion of 3,295 members of its staff nationwide. The commission made the announceme...

Jan 28, 2020

FG records N1.14tr deficit in three months

• Salaries, debt service, others take 73 percent of revenue The fiscal operations of the Federal Government in the fourth quarter of 2019, showed an estimate...

Jan 28, 2020

Yahaya Bello takes oath of office, urges support

• PDP mourns woman leader Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has urged the people of the state, particularly his political opponents, to put aside all differen...

Jan 28, 2020

PDP NEC okays bid for review of Supreme Court verdict on Imo

• BoT rejects name change as party offers 35% slot to women • How party may fare at apex court re-appraisal, by lawyers The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) y...

Jan 28, 2020

Odili wins N250m defamation suit, Odinkalu petitions NJC

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt on Monday ordered the author of a book, Too Good to Die, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, to pay an ex-governor of the state, P...

Jan 28, 2020

China confirms 4,500 cases of virus

China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new virus, with 106 deaths. Most have been in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak began in December....

Jan 28, 2020

Tension in Oyo as sacked council chairmen resume

There was tension in the various local government areas and local council development areas across Oyo State on Monday as some sacked local government chairmen...

Jan 28, 2020

U.S., UK in war of words over Huawei

British ministers are expected to allow Huawei limited access to the UK’s 5G networks at the National Security Council on Tuesday, amid concerns over the firm’s...