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MTN Nigeria on Thursday announced Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, and nine other artistes as its 2016/2017 brand ambassadors. The firm’s General Manager of Consumer Marketing, Mr Richard Iweanoge, listed the other…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu yesterday told Niger Delta Coastal State monarchs and stakeholders that there was no infrastructure in the creek to show for the $40 billion released to the Niger Delta in…

OWERRI—Two graduating students of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state, were reportedly burnt to death, Wednesday. A source gathered that the students, whose names could not be ascertained…

Dusting the 2002 Oyo State gazette on local government creation, Governor Abiola Ajimobi has approved the creation of 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in addition to the existing 33. In effect, 14 LCDAs are to be…

Scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by robots. Named Proxima b, the…

The Police Have Apprehended The Suspected Kidnapper And Killer Of Obi Of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom In Delta State, Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulu The Third. Parading The Suspected Kingpin Along With Eight Other Suspected Kidnappers At The Force…

Nigerian soldiers of the Battalion 37 who served on a peacekeeping mission in Liberia have written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, lamenting the non-payment of their four-month allowance. Describing the refusal to pay…

About 54 institutions have been granted provisional approval to run the Professional Diploma in Education, while 35 others have been visited for resource inspections and granted full approval and to be re-accredited after three years,…

Obasanjo disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen in Jalingo, the Capital City of Taraba during  a tour of some projects in the state. When asked to comment on the ongoing crisis in his former party, the PDP, Obasanjo…

Joachim Chinakwe, the man who named his dog Buhari, failed to meet bail conditions after he was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ogun state. Joachim who is a trader, was said to have behaved himself in a manner that…

Emefiele said at the 20th anniversary of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) in Lagos. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Monday said that capacity deficits…

A  source said the incident was caused by the imposition of traditional rulers on the people by the state government. An attack by cultists in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, has claimed nine…

Report said the initial intelligence report was that a teenager, 17-year-old Toba Adedoyin, was chained in the house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, but after a thorough search of the residence, 27 others in…

A former Attorney General of Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has emerged the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Mr Jegede was declared winner by the…

The State Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry, Rahmatu Yar’adua, told reporters about the planned collaboration on Monday. She addressed reporters after she received the representative of the Institute who were on…

A week after a group known as Indecline released embarrassing statues of Donald Trump to protest his comments, an anti-Hilary group has retaliated. Over the weekend, the unknown group released unflattering naked portraits of Hilary…

Ahead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, on Saturday, emerged the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Agunloye, who was the sole…

A rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to reopen the unresolved case of the “missing…

Security officers have barricaded the Bring Back Our Girls group from gaining access into Aso Rock. The group is marching to the State House Abuja to demand for the Federal government to expedite action towards the release of the…

The former Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Appropriation in Nigeria, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has asked the Speaker to reconvene the House and step aside for investigation. Mr Jibrin had last month alleged that the…