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Nigerian police said Sunday they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned building the media has branded a “House of Horror”. Police also rescued several severely malnourished people founded wandering…

TOWARDS A HEALTHY ELECTIONEERING SEASON …LET THE CONVERSATIONS BEGIN An Address by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti…

Its shimmering azure chimney stacks towering into the sky, the latest cement works launched by Africa’s richest man lies idle in a Senegalese meadow — stopped in its tracks by legal action and cut-throat competition in a rapidly growing industry. Nigerian…

At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in northeast Nigeria in an attack blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, a local police chief said on Sunday. The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote…

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has described the various…

Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen…

The joint meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) and the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…

President Goodluck Jonathan rounded up his state visit to Namibia yesterday where he was conferred with “Order of Welwitschia”, the…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, says the Army will not rest until peace is restored in…

Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to…

The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…

Public secondary schools in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday. The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some…

As the world marks the 2014 World Water Day today (Saturday), many Nigerians have renewed the call for the erection…

A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…

Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers…

Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a…

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged political office holders and corporate individuals to support Government’s efforts to alleviate…

The Bayelsa State Government has released the sum of N300 million for payment of gratuity to retirees, which will commence…

The Ogun State Government has ordered the management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago iwoye, to effect the immediate payment…

The Ogun State Government will not hesitate to collaborate with relevant stakeholders, particularly those in the private sector as it…