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Oluwo Organizes Prayer For Pres. Buhari, Governor Aregbesola

The Oluwo of Iwo kingdom, Osun State, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, Telu 1, has criticised protesters calling on ailing President Muhammadu Buhari to either return to work or resign from his position.
In an interview with newsmen, the monarch described the protesters as people who do not wish the country well.
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FG Begins Audit Of TSA Remittance By Banks

The Federal Government has commenced an independent audit to ascertain the rate of compliance by Deposit Money Banks in the remittance of government funds into the Treasury Single Account.
The TSA is a platform which was used by the government to unify all its accounts by ensuring that all monies

BREAKING: ASUU, FG Meeting Ends Deadlocked

A meeting between the Nigerian government and university lecturers has ended without a resolution of the nationwide strike called by the union on Monday.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began a nationwide strike this week, over demands for improved funding of universities and welfare of lecturers.
An earlier

Kachikwu Affirms Government Efforts To Reduce Oil Production Cost To $15 Per Barrel

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has decried the high cost of oil production at $32 per barrel, saying it makes the cost of Foreign Direct Investment very expensive.
Kachikwu made the assertion at the 2017 Annual Conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents in Lagos.
The

Desperate Looters Behind EFCC Headquarters Attack

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay, has linked the attack on the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to desperate looters.
Recall that some unknown gunmen had on Wednesday invaded the anti-graft agencies headquarters located at

Landslide Kills 40 In Congo

Foreign August 17, 2017 at 5:14 pm 0 comments

Forty people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Pacifique Keta, the vice governor of Ituri province, said on Thursday.
Seismic and volcanic activity have been responsible for a number of landslides in the region in recent years.
The governor’s office and hospital officials said

77 Year Old In Police Net For Human Parts Discovery In Ogun Church

Crime August 17, 2017 at 5:04 pm 0 comments

A 77-year-old pastor, Samuel Babatunde, has been arrested and paraded by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with the discovery of suspected human parts buried inside a church.
The cleric, who is the head of a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, located on Egan Road in Iyana-Iyesi

Omagbemi Nominated For Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award

Sport August 17, 2017 at 4:52 pm 0 comments

Former Super Falcons Captain, Florence Omagbemi has been nominated for the Best FIFA Women’s Coach of the Year Award.
Omagbemi coached Nigeria to an unprecedented 8th African title with a 1-0 victory over host Cameroon 1-0 last December.
She contends for the prestigious award with 9 other nominees shortlisted

FG: ASUU Strike Will Be Called Off……………………..

Education August 17, 2017 at 4:49 pm 0 comments

The Federal Government, on Thursday said the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will be called off within a week.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while meeting with Senate Committee on Tertiary Education at the National Assembly complex.
Recall

Tertiary Institutions Free To Conduct Post UTME – Minister

Education August 17, 2017 at 12:27 pm 0 comments

The Federal Government has lifted the embargo on the conduct of examinations usually organised by universities for admission seekers after the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that universities, polytechnics and other institutions were now free to organise post-UTME screening

Police Arrest Man In Possession Of Woman’s Head In Lagos

Crime August 16, 2017 at 6:07 pm 0 comments

The police in Lagos have arrested a man found with a decomposing head of a woman at Imota, near Ikorodu.
Sources at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, told newsmen in Lagos that the suspect, simply identified as Emmanuel, was arrested at the home of a native doctor who is