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Carrot thief banished from circulation for two years

Guilt-racked carrot thief is to spend the next 24 months behind the bars, a court ruled on Thursday. The 25-year-old trader, Abba Arando,...

Rape: Osinbajo prescribes stiffer penalty for offenders

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has advocated stricter punishments for rape offenders especially in situations involving lecturers and their female students in the...

Subsidy removal: Condensate, private refineries to deliver cheaper petrol in few years – NNPC GMD Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says Nigerians will enjoy cheap petrol in the next three years when condensate refineries and private refineries...

2050 National Development Agenda: Buhari appoints opposition parties, private sector to drive it

    ….says plan will lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 President Muhammadu Buhari has coopted major political parties into the...

Pastor charged with first-degree murder after shooting wife outside bank where she worked

    A popular Ghananian Pastor in the United States was arrested after he fatally shot his wife outside an Orlando credit union...

Demand For Humans As Teachers/Workers Increasingly Under Threat

  By Akanimo Sampson The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day is: Literacy Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond...

CBN reacts to Economic Summit Group’s criticism of economic recovery measures, blames 60 % drop in national revenue, forex inflows

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday that the over 60 percent reduction in revenues accruable to the Federation Account, significant...

SERAP criticizes arbitrary electricity tariffs, petrol price hike

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the patently unfair and arbitrary hike in electricity tariff and fuel price...

Let us blow our own trumpets, Buhari tells ministers, other officials

  “Information to the public should be better packaged; go on the offensive, we are proud of our achievements and we should blow...

My Response to President Trump’s Christian Massacre Allegation – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed he pushed back on U.S President Donald Trump’s claim that the Nigerian government was slaughtering Christians...

FG says absence of collaboration among MDAs affecting service delivery, cost of governance 

The Federal Government on Tuesday hinged service delivery and increasing cost of governance on lack of collaboration among Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). It noted...

Fidelity Bank posts impressive half-year results, profits up by 22 per cent

  In spite of the economic challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, Fidelity Bank says it has sustained the financial performance trajectory of...

Edo, Ondo, The Frozen Daddy and Petrol Tales by Reuben Abati 

      “So this is how we will just adjust to the new fuel price at the petrol stations, and government will...

Gas pipeline contract cost inflation baseless, false, malicious, says NNPC

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has described as false, baseless and unfounded the allegation that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline...

Buhari to sit-tight African leaders: Shun tenure elongation, lures of office

  Miffed by the crave by some African leaders to perpetuate themselves in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders of the member-states...

U.S likely to have coronavirus vaccine by October says Trump

  US President Donald Trump revealed Monday that America could have a coronavirus vaccine by October. “We will end the pandemic under Operation...