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Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Kayode Fayemi The Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti state awarded a N600m contract to a company with no fixed address, the  Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Ekiti State Government said. The commission headed by Justice Silas Oyewole to look into the financial transactions …

CALABAR – THREE Soldiers were allegedly among six persons burnt to death in Iwuru in Biase Local Government Area in central district of Cross River State on Wednesday night when a tanker laden with petroleum products crashed and exploded along the Calabar – Ikom highway. A fuel tanker laden with …

The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peopls Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has been advised to be magnanimous in victory and work with other National Chairmanship aspirants who lost out at the last Saturday, 9th December 2017 elective National Convention of the party. The advice was contained in a …

Ogeah Delta State governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, and former Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq, will be honoured with special awards by the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as part of activities marking the Press Week of the NUJ in Asaba. Okowa will be given …

The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said the exit of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from the ruling All Progressives Congress is not a good development for the party. Atiku, a former Vice-President, defected recently from the ruling party to the Peoples Democratic Party. Okorocha spoke with journalists after he …

President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow join over 50 other world leaders to participate in ‘One Planet Summit’ in Paris, France. The summit, according to the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, is jointly organised by the United Nations, World Bank Group, and French government in collaboration with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) …

PRESIDENT of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a Winners Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo on Saturday at Shiloh 2017, slammed a capital verdict on ritualists dealing with human parts in any part of the country. Bishop Oyedepo Delving into a three-fold teaching on the mysteries of the anointing oil, the …

fire An overnight fire has killed a family of four, simply identified as Eze’s family, at No. 13, Buraimoh street, Bariga area of Lagos. The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Fadipe said the …

The Chairperson of the Board of Vaccine Alliance, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how she lost her cousin and nearly lost her son too, to typhoid fever. She said this while assuring that more children will be protected against typhoid fever with the new funding of the typhoid conjugate vaccines. …

In passing the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), the Senate and House of Representatives have increased the price for the crude oil benchmark from $45 per barrel to $47. This is in the wake of the consideration of the report of the Committee on Finance, Appropriations and National Planning and Economic Affairs …