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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) yesterday said no amount of intimidation would stop him from supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. He said it was unfortunate that lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress were sabotaging the President...

President Muhammadu Buhari said he quietly reprimanded the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the killings in Benue State. Buhari said this at the Government House Makurdi yesterday during a town-hall meeting with leaders of various groups in the state. Presidential spokesman...

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board, JAMB 2018 Online Result Checker | This to inform the general public that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has release the results of the 2018 Computer based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted batch by...

Solomon Dalung, minister of youth and sports, has accused Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, of misleading President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate a bridge which was completed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari paid a two-day working visit to Plateau last week – his first since he...

Saudi Aramco’s listing is unlikely to go ahead this year, according to British officials who have been warned by their Saudi counterparts that the world’s biggest flotation was expected to be delayed. Read more via Financial Times – http://ift.tt/2DjKCX2 Get more World News

The number of employees of banks operating in Nigeria involved in malpractices in the financial sector increased in 2017 to 320 from 231 in 2016, a new report by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed. Head of Communications and Public Affairs Unit of NDIC, Mr Mohammed...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen 30 accounts and seized 37 assets allegedly belonging to the former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Olojeme. The agency had earlier linked 38 houses to Olojeme but it has obtained a court order...

Saw this on Facebook and decided to share. What could hyena be doing in a school compound? Read more via Naijaloaded – http://ift.tt/2p6YNKC Get More Nigeria Metro News

A young girl who worked as a house help has been caught after poisoning her boss’ 1-year-old baby with liquid soap in Lagos when the young girl was caught she said she did it because she wanted to leave Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – http://ift.tt/2ImABMd Get More Nigeria...

In the heat of the Inspector-General of police (IGP), Idris Ibrahim‘s disobedience of a presidential order, a photo that seemingly substantiates his insubordination has surfaced online. President Muhammadu Buhari had on January 9, 2018, ordered Idris to relocate to Benue state where clashes...

The husband of the female banker, Peace Uzezi Akpobaro, who committed suicide last week allegedly over her husband's cheating habit at their home at Iwhrekpokpor, Ughelli, Delta state, has broken his silence. In a chat with Punch. Mr Umukoro Akpobaro denied having any hand in the death of his...

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Former Head of Service, Stephen Oronsaye has exonerated himself from pension fraud stemming from the activities of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, headed by Abdulrasheed Maina. But in a swift reaction, the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, NUP, said Oronsaye actually...

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has deployed an electronic payment remittance platform aimed at increasing monthly consumption tax revenue to N1 billion. Executive Chairman of LIRS, Mr. Ayodele Subair, disclosed this while speaking to journalists on the launch of the platform...

Children of Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, the millionaire father of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Ikemba Nnewi’s children were in an Awka High Court, yesterday, over the controversy surrounding the sharing of their late father’s property. Read more via Vanguard...

Burundi’s ruling party, CNDD-FCC, on Monday anointed President Pierre Nkurunziza as their “supreme eternal leader’’ whose decisions may not be opposed. The new title will allow the 54-year-old president to veto all decisions made by the ruling party’s central committee. Read more via Daily...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its quest to guarantee the availability of foreign exchange for customers’ needs has injected another 210 million dollars into the foreign exchange market. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, in a statement on Monday in Abuja...

Shehu Sani, the Nigerian senator who revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million as running cost monthly, has explained why he exposed his colleagues. Mr. Sani in an interview with BBC said the payment is a ‘moral issue.’ “I decided to burst it open. Read more via TODAY.NG –...

The World Bank has approved $3 million to support the Nigerian government’s bid to diversify the country’s economy. This is coming after an earlier tranche of $3 million had been provided to support a batch of innovations. The news was disclosed by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the opening...

Nneka Odili, the National Youth Service Corps member who died last Thursday, as a result of injuries sustained after a train hit her at Ikeja, Lagos, has been laid to rest. She was buried on Sunday, March 11, at her hometown, Ndoni in Rivers State. Family and friends bade … Read more via...