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No fewer than 70 prominent indigenes of Kano State and 22 civil society organisations (CSOs) have charged newly appointed emirs to resign their appointments in the interest of peace and tranquility in Kano. Besides, the concerned individuals and groups have ...

Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday expressed displeasure over tactics of defence counsel of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, in a N400m alleged fraud case. Metuh had been ...

More babies are likely to be born with low birth weight and face a future of poor health by developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, hypertension and psychiatric disorders, among others if nothing is done urgently. A new ...

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, yesterday approved reorganisation of the corporation’s top management, in which over 50 senior personnel were either redeployed or replaced. Apart from removing Managing Director of the ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it had succeeded in empowering Nigerians to own, control and manage one of the dominant telecommunications companies in the country with the MTN listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Addressing reporters in Abuja, ...

National President of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers, Aliyu Kiliya, has sought quick disposal of recovered national assets to forestall untoward acts from government functionaries. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, he contended that the assets had long overdue for ...

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had withdrawn 25 certificates of return earlier issued some winners during this year’s general elections. It stated that the decision was in response to court orders. Chairman of Information and Voter Education ...

The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reversed its major leap in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 2.39 per cent to 2.01 in the first quarter of 2019, representing a decline of  -0.38 per cent points. The development, which is ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Navy are to be more responsive to oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the region. The commitment was reiterated when Deputy Zonal Head of the EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office, Alex ...

Nigerians living far from petroleum depots or in mountainous and riverine communities may be burdened with high price of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol if President Muhammadu Buhari signs into law the current version of ...