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The Lagos State Government on Thursday said the state received over $43 billion worth of investment proposals in the last three years. Ademola Abass, the Special Adviser, Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment, disclosed this at Alausa, during the agency’s Ministerial briefing to mark the …...

Super Eagles fans would be delighted by the performances of Victor Moses and Wilfred Ndidi for Chelsea and Leicester City respectively. Both players turned in man of the match performances for the respective clubs in the EPL last Thursday. Chelsea claimed a 2-1 … Read more via Premium...

The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to appear before the plenary on Thursday. Mr Idris is to appear by 11 a.m. Thursday morning, Mr Saraki announced. He said the IGP will be grilled on the arrest of Mr Melaye and recent insecurity challenges … Read...

Victims of 2011 violence in Southern Kaduna have asked the Federal Government to pay the N4 billion compensation earmarked for them. The victims, under the umbrella of Southern Kaduna Muslim Ummah Development Association, made the appeal at a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna. The …...

An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced the country’s former anti-corruption chief, Hisham Geneina, to five years imprisonment for allegedly insulting the state and military. Mr Genena was arrested in February following incendiary comments he made in a television interview in which he...

Sulaiman Kazaure, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect.” The official said this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists newsmen...

Britain must permanently return all artefacts from Ethiopia held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Addis Ababa will not accept them on loan, an Ethiopian government official said. The call comes after the museum, one of London’s most popular tourist attractions, put Ethiopian treasures …...

The Delta State Government on Monday said that it would require N11.5 billion to complete three ongoing storm water routing projects in Asaba, the state capital. The State Commissioner for Works, James Augoye, disclosed this on Monday at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing organised by …...

The United States would open its Embassy in the City of Jerusalem on May 14, to coincide with Israel’s Independence Day, spokesperson of the Israeli Embassy to Russia said on Monday. In December, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s … Read...

A combined team of mobile and regular police officers are laying a siege to the Abuja home of Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi State, his aides have told PREMIUM TIMES. Two aides of the senator who did not want to be named because they … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

The Rivers State high court has barred the Federal Government, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and their agents from further publishing the name of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus on their looters’ list. The state Chief Judge, …...

Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has summoned former president Robert Mugabe to appear before it on May 9, to explain his claim that more than 15 billion U.S. dollars worth of diamonds had been siphoned out of the country. Click here to read more

The Obafemi Awolowo University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended the management of the institution for the indefinite suspension of Richard Akindele, the professor at the centre of the leaked sex-for-mark audio scandal. Click here to read more

The Senate has asked the Inspector-General of Police and the State Security Service (SSS) to recover its mace, forcefully removed at the chambers by hoodlums on Wednesday. The call followed a resolution by the lawmakers at the end of a closed-door session held immediately after the removal of...

Although Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, it is also one of the continent’s largest importer of refined petroleum products. However, despite being a net importer of refined petroleum products, including petrol, no Nigerian government agency has the authentic data on the daily petrol...

Members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN) have confirmed they held Tuesday’s protest at the Wuse Ultra-Modern Market in Abuja. The group also claimed 30 of its members went missing after a previous protest at the Central Business District in Abuja on Monday. Click here to...

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi , has boasted that the All Progressives Congress(APC) will deploy all the governmental advantages it has to wrest power in Ekiti from the Peoples Democratic Party come July 2018 He also threatened that once the PDP was roundly defeated...

The inaugural edition of Big Brother Nigeria reality show hit the TV screens 12 years ago. It was aired on DSTV channel 37 from March 5 to June 4, 2006. As the first reality show from this popular Big Brother franchise solely dedicated to the Nigerian market, it was fresh and exciting...

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has slated May 21 for ruling on a bail application brought by a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Click here to read more

EFCC Arrests Platinum Multi-purpose Cooperative Boss, Michael Obasuyi, For N11.4bn Fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested one Michael Obasuyi, Managing Director, Platinum Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited, for alleged offences bordering on...