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No fewer than 6,800 delegates are expected to vote for aspirants contesting for positions in the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at its National Convention on Saturday. The Chairman of the Media Subcommittee for the National Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, stated this on ThursdayContinue Reading

Mr Olukunle Iyanda, President, Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM), on Thursday expressed concern over the alteration of the budget by the National Assembly. Iyanda said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, the National Assembly has made the public to perceive itContinue Reading

Major highways leading to Kaduna High Court along Independence Way in Kaduna metropolis were on Thursday shutdown over the arraignment of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria also known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Journalists who trooped to the court premises to cover the case were alsoContinue Reading

Nigerians in St. Petersburg have urged the Super Eagles to go all out for outright victory against Iceland in their second group D encounter on Friday at Volgograd. The Super Eagles had earlier suffered a 2 – 0 painful defeat in the hands of Vatreni of Croatia in their firstContinue Reading

Mrs Veronica Onyegbula, a defendant in the N14billion police pension scam, on Wednesday, closed her case at the FCT High Court, Maitama, in the trial- within –trial, to ascertain the voluntariness of her statement to EFCC. Onyegbula, is the fourth defendant in the case filed by the Economic and FinancialContinue Reading

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command  in Badagry, says it has destroyed expired and seized medicament’s  in its warehouse with a Duty Paid Value (DVP) of  N102.4million. The command’s spokesperson, Mr Saidu Abdullahi, made the disclosure in a statement released in Lagos on Wednesday. He said the destruction was supervisedContinue Reading

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has concluded plans to resume its Post-Graduate Foreign scholarship to qualified indigent youths in the Niger Delta. Mr Ibitoye Abosede, NDDC’s Director of Corporate Communications, announced this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He stated that the Governing Board and ManagementContinue Reading

The UN has urged the Nigerian authorities to give more attention to protecting the girls and children, who were victims of sexual violence and abuse by the Boko Haram terrorists. Ms Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, stated this while briefing on the International DayContinue Reading

 Man ‘sets ablaze’ wife over ‘Eid shopping’ in Multan By Owais Qarni Published: June 19, 2018 The woman succumbed to her wounds after spending five days in critical condition. PHOTO: FILE MULTAN: A woman succumbed to her burn wounds on Tuesday after her husband allegedly set her ablaze following a quarrel over Eid shopping inContinue Reading