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Maureen Ojinaka Hair stylists are making brisk in Enugu, two days to the Easter celebration,the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent who spoke to some hair stylists in the city on Friday, observed that customers’ quest to look good on resumption of work on April 3, is also …

  A Bayelsa State High Court (Yenagoa Division), has sentenced a 38-year-old vicious cult leader, Diepreye Sunday Olayo to death by hanging. Delivering his judgment on Thursday, Justice Emmanuel Ogola found him guilty for the murder of Being Ilebiri on September 6 2011 along Ebis Mechanic road, Amarata, Yenagoa. Olayo, …

The Presidency has advised Nigerians to be cautious of the apology tendered by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus, stressing that it is not from the heart. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), also said that the opposition party’s …

 By Raji Rasak The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday assured motorists of regular supply of petroleum products during the Easter period and beyond. The Lagos Zonal Chairman of the union, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday evening urged President Muhammadu Buhari to seriously consider the possibility of granting Lagos a Special Status to enable it sustain its position as the driver of the nation’s economic growth. Governor Ambode, who spoke at a State Dinner in honour of President …

The executive governor of Bauchi State, His Excellency, M,A Abubakar, leaves for the United States of America Friday, March 30, 2018 ahead of a parley with the United  Nations Under Secretary for Peace and Conflict Resolution. The visit, according to a statement by Ali M Ali, the Governor’s Special Adviser, Media …

By Naomi Sharang As the 8th Senate passed its 201st bill on Thursday, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended his colleagues in the 8th Senate for their support and hard work. According to him, the chamber achieved this milestone because of the members’ dedication  and commitment …

  By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to political actors and other stakeholders to resist any act that could mar the integrity of the nation’s electoral process but to work for peace and social justice. The President made the appeal in his 2018 Easter message to the nation …

    By Sumaila Ogbaje The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has explained that the delay in the establishment of national carrier was occasioned by the counter offer by the transaction advisers it earlier appointed. Sirika, while addressing stakeholders on Thursday at the 4th Aviation Stakeholders Forum in …

By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu   Two male students of a private secondary school were picked up dead in the flood after a heavy rain in Alagbado area of Lagos on Thursday, witnesses confirmed. The witnesses said the boys were found floating on water at Casso Bus Stop on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway by …

By Sandra Umeh & Adaeze Iroha  A witness, Mrs Nonye Eghene, on Thursday, told a Federal High Court Lagos, that loan facilities were advanced to a company Slok Nig. Ltd, which is facing fraud charges alongside a former governor of Abia State Orji Kalu. The witness, a staff of Diamond …

  Felix Brych of Germany, who officiated last season’s UEFA Champions League final match between Real Madrid and Juventus, is among 36 referees named on Thursday for the 2018 World Cup. World football ruling body FIFA said in a statement that its Referees Commission has also picked 63 assistant referees, …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Lagos State Governor, Mr.  Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday took turns to eulogise the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocked 66.  Speaking at the 10th Bola Ahmed Tinubu Colloquium, organised to commemorate the former …

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer  Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh on Thursday said her much anticipated reality TV show “King Tonto’’ would hit screens across the country and beyond soon. The 33 year-old singer and mother of one revealed this on her instagram handle, @tontolet with a 30 seconds sneak preview video …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday began his two-day official visit to Lagos State with the unveiling of ultra-modern Ikeja Bus Terminal designed to redefine public transportation in line with the Bus Reform Initiative of the State Government.  The President, accompanied to the facility by the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode …

The National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb. Dickson Akoh, has advised the federal government against excessive spending on already existing security agencies. Speaking at the launch of Glamour magazine in Abuja on Wednesday, Akoh urged the federal government to embrace more “human-centric” view to security. The Peace Corps …

  A Kasuwan Mama Upper Area court on Thursday  ordered that a teacher, Moses Danladi, 23, be remanded in prison for allegedly defiling  a seven-year-old pupil. Magistrate H. Lawal gave the order after Danladi of Kisaghyip Federal Low Cost, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau was arraigned on one count …

                     David Amusa, Port Harcourt Traders on major roads in Port Harcourt metropolis and environs have been asked to vacate their trading posts on or before first week of April or face the wrath of the Rivers state government.   The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Barrister Emma Okah who …

By Stanley Nwanosike The police in Enugu State have commenced investigation into the alleged beheading of a lady, Susana Enejere, by a man in Ugbene Ajima, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed this in a statement in Enugu …

By Doris Esa The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says about 650 of its personnel will participate in the third edition of its up-coming Inter- Command Combat Sports Competition holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. The Chairman, Organising Committee for the inter-Command Combat, Air Commodore Mfon Ekpo, disclosed this at a news …

By Sandra Umeh   A Federal High Court in Lagos has awarded the sum of N10 million in damages, against Wema Bank Plc, in a suit by an American-based Nigerian model, Nneoma Anosike, over infringement of her intellectual property right. The plaintiff, who is a 2014 brand ambassador of Pepsi …

By Aisha Cole   The President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Mr Iju Nwabunike, has called on the Federal Government to dredge the Eastern ports to attract more cargo and decongest the Western ports. Nwabunike, also a Director, Inland Container Terminal, Kaduna, made the call during his visit …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commended Lagos State Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode for the development he had brought to the state in the space of three years. Buhari gave the commendation while inaugurating the Ikeja Bus Terminal, shortly after arriving in the state for a two-day official visit. The president, in …