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While addressing newsmen in Ilorin, the Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu on Friday debunked rumours circulating in the social media that the school had increased its school fees. “The campaign on the social…

Yesterday at about 10.00pm in a repelled attack suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked a 119 Battalion Nigerian Army location at Mallam Fatori, northern Borno State. The troops fought gallantly and repelled the attack, killing 14 Boko…

A man in his 30s, John Paul, has hanged himself in a hotel in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State, where he paid to lodge for a day. A source learnt that Paul, who was married with children, was discovered dangling from a rope in his…

About five people are feared dead in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, following clashes between two rival cults. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the clashes started on Monday at the Gaa-Akanbi area of the metropolis,…

Akpabio’s arrest was occasioned by an allegation that he collected a sum of N10,000,000.00 from a potential investor in petroleum products. Specifically, Akpabio reportedly approached the investor to invest the money as equity in the…

The Minister of State for Education Prof. Anthony Onwuka announced this while briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council Meeting Presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. This he said is to give more opportunities to the…

Bosel An unidentified 12 year old, appeared in court Tuesday for stabbing another boy, 11 year old Granville Bosel to death. The 12 year old was later released into his mother’s care while investigation into the stabbing continued.…

The party noted that the loan was in order, and that it will bring the country out of recession. The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Senate to approve President Buhari’s request for an…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has disclosed that the Federal government may sell the three refineries located in Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt after they have been fixed and dimmed operationally efficient.…

The Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka who currently lives in the US and works as a scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs told students at Oxford University that if Donald Trump is…

v Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been given a one-match touchline ban for being sent off against Burnley. The Portuguese was sent to the stands by referee Mark Clattenburg for an incident "in or around the tunnel area…

FIFA have unveiled their own individual award for football's best players called 'The Best Awards' to rival the Ballon D'or award they originally co-owned with France Football after ending it's partnership with France football in…

A Federal High Court Judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, risks losing properties worth about N500m if she fails to explain to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission where she got the money to buy the houses. Impeccable…

The Oyo State Government on Tuesday laid the foundation for the establishment of a free trade zone at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The state is partnering the China Polaris Technologies Group and the Chinese…

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday rewarded 18 outstanding public servants, with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode urging the state workers to raise the bar of performance and be role models for other public servants in the country. The…

The President said this on Tuesday, November 1 while addressing Niger Delta stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. "We are determined to make life comfortable and affordable to all Nigerians. If anybody has a country to go…

3 Ekiti residents have been prosecuted for damaging Yinka Ayefele’s car. Credit: Various Three Ekiti State residents are reportedly on trial for damaging singer, Yinka Ayefele’s car. The incident happened during Ayefele’s visit to…

A total of 240 Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force, some of them with arms and ammunition. This is according to Chief Military Public Information Officer, Colonel Muhammad Dole, in a statement…

About four months after it disengaged about 200 of its workers, Skye Bank Plc has retrenched about 50 members of staff, including those in outsourced and auxiliary functions. Although the number of the affected non-core employees…

Two persons have been killed in a cult clash in Konor Community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Rivers Police Command confirmed the killing of the suspected cultists on Monday. They were reportedly killed in a…