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Exposed! How generator dealers, manufacturers rip-off Nigerians
By Boye Ajayi with additional reports from Ayodele Akinsola With almost half of Nigeria’s population perpetually in darkness as a result...
Osinbajo bags Madagun Jihar Nasarawa title
…pays condolence visit to the slain state APC chairman’s wife The Nasarawa State Traditional Council on Wednesday took Vice-President...
Borno farmers murders: For the umpteenth time, Senate calls for Service Chiefs’ sack
In league with the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has also ventilated its dismay and resentment with the...
How Covid-19 pushed millions into poverty and hunger – UN
The United Nations Tuesday estimated that 235 million people worldwide will need some form of emergency relief next year due to the...
Wanton slaughtering of 43 Borno farmers: House of Representatives invites Pres. Buhari
Fazed by the worsening security situation in the country particularly in the Northeast, the House of Representatives has invited President Muhammadu...
Comment on Borno farmers killings misinterpreted, says Buhari’s media aide
The Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says his comment that the slain farmers in beleaguered Borno State did not...
Nigerian-American, 39-year-old Adeyemo, gets slot in Biden’s govt. as Deputy Treasury Secretary
A 39-year-old, Mr Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, a Nigerian-born attorney and former senior international economic adviser in the Barack Obama administration, will serve...
110 farmers, others killed in Borno not 43, says United Nations
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Sunday that the Boko Haram jihadist group massacred at least 110 people including loggers, farmers and...
FG, World Bank roll-out solar energy for 25m homes at N4,000 monthly from December 7
An interventionist power programme of the Federal Government tagged, “Solar Home Systems”, takes off nationwide this week. Under the programme, an...
Grief-stricken Governor leads mourners to bury 43 farmers wasted by Boko Haram
For Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, who had escaped death by hair’s breath severally, conducting mass burial...
House of Reps lauds NNPC GMD’s transparency, accountability initiative at 2021 budget defence
The House of Representatives says it is impressed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s commitment to transparency and accountability in its valuable...
Couple nabbed for theft of friend’s 3-day-old baby
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A couple has been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command for stealing a three-day-old baby. The couple, Kabiru Suleiman...
Lagos NUJ poll: Leye Ajayi’s sweet taste of victory as Chairman
By Ayodele Akinsola A whiff of fresh air blew on the concourse of media professionals in the nation’s media hub, Lagos...
Breaking: Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, dies at 60
A world-class football legend, Diego Maradona, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The Argentine had a heart attack...
#EndSARS sanction threat: FG begins talks with UK Government
Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s move to impose sanctions on some officials over their roles in attacking and shooting #EndSARS protesters,...
Buhari may reopen land borders soon
An indication emerged on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report of a Presidential Committee on the reopening...
