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The signatures verification exercise as part of processes for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District began peacefully on Saturday, but with low turnout. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the exercise, which started at 8.00 a.m...

Ali Modu Sheriff Thirty-four State Chairmen of the Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday,formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They include Sen. Hope Uzodinma, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki and Sen. Teslim Folarin. The News Agency of...

Price of Some blue chips on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday rallied with GT Bank hitting all-time high of N54.71 per share. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bank topped the gainers’ chart with a gain of N2.60 to close higher at N54.71 per share. … via Vanguard...

President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on a working visit to Kano state, says Nigeria is his problem. Buhari said this at a dinner which the state government organised in his honour on Wednesday. He promised to remain focused in order to restore the “lost glory” of the country. Buhari...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a prostitutes’ recruitment centre in Edo State, Commander Mr. Makinde Ayinla has said. Ayinla, who spoke yesterday to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, said the settlement was in Uselu N’ Ahor in Uhunmwode Local Government...

Oil prices rose on Monday over supply concerns in the Middle-east as the U.S. market showed further signs of tightening while demand in Asia keeps rising. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $57.84 while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were...

Few hours after the CBN announced the outcome of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the exchange rate crashed at the parallel market as the Naira further appreciated against the dollar. The Nigerian currency gained two points to trade at N363 to the dollar on Tuesday at the parallel...

Nigeria on Saturday assumed the chairmanship of the AU Peace and Security Council, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports. The council is the standing organ of the AU for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts. It is a key element of the African Peace and Security Architecture...

The Zamfara State Government has approved the immediate recruitment of 56 additional midwives as part of measures to address shortage of manpower in health facilities in the state. Muhammad Adamu, Secretary, Hospitals Services Management Board, made the disclosure in Gusau on Tuesday at a...

Striking workers of Nasarawa State Government on Friday said that non-payment of their salaries had made them to break Ramadan fast with only water. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Keffi, the workers called on the government to pay them their three months’ salary arrears...

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the...

The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has criticised the proposed N5 petrol levy by the Senate, describing it as a huge joke. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of NUPENG, said in Lagos, yesterday that the proposal was ill-timed and also smacked of...

The Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday, advised members of the public to disregard false reports of a bomb blast in Oshodi area of Lagos. The spokesman of the command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole said in a statement on Saturday that report of the purported blast in the social media was...

The Federal Government has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. The minister who did not mention the embassies or missions, said the process for closure was underway and...

Mrs Titi Atiku Abubakar, wife of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, on Tuesday told an Ikeja High Court, that she trusted a business partner who allegedly defrauded her of N918 million because of his status as a pastor. “I thought that the first defendant, being a pastor, he will not defraud...

The Federal Government on Monday offered for subscription two-year savings bond at 13.18 per cent and three-year savings bond at 14.18 per cent, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. According to the offer circular derived from the DMO website, the two-year bond will be due in May 2019...

Thirty-six ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive in Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from May 4 to May 29, according to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). NPA said the ships are bringing into the country items such as buck wheat, bulk...

MTN Nigeria said it had to disengage 280 staff because it wanted to delve into full Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital operations. An official who pleaded anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday, that the company would inject another group of...

The average price per litre of household kerosene in March was lower by 11.59 per cent at N311.56k compared with N352.42k in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (March 2017)’’ in the Consumer Price Index for the month, released in Abuja...