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  Scores of people  feared dead, while several others were wounded at Otedola –Berger Area of Lagos, as a tanker, said to be fully loaded with petroleum  was said to have burst into flame, in the area, destroying cars and injuring some occupants of the vehicles. The cause of the...

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri says it seized Tramadol and other goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N379.29 million between March and June, 2018. The Comptroller Ahmed Azarewa, made this known on Thursday when he briefed newsmen on activities of the...

  Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church,  a.k.a., Winners Chapel, has once again poured out his heart over the ongoing killings in some parts of the country. The fiery preacher lamented how people now value cows more that human lives. Speaking during during one of the church’s programs...

  Commander of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, has debunked the report that his team arrested some suspects in connection with the recent killings in Plateau State. Kyari said the pictures being circulated online were those arrested by his team few months back...

  The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Eric Mayoraz, has said that with the repatriation to Nigeria of over $1 billion stashed by late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, in Switzerland, there was no more Abacha loot left in the country. The Swiss ambassador made the declaration at a ceremony...

Months after top executives from the bank toured some projects in the country; the World Bank has announced the approval of $2.1 billion loan for seven projects to be executed in Nigeria. According to a statement released on Thursday, the seven projects cover areas like nutrition, access to electricity, states’...

  Senegal, this evening dashed of Africa having at least a representative in the Round Sixteen of the 2018 FIFA World Cup as Yerry Mina’s second-half header sent Colombia into the Round of Sixteen, condemning Senegal, and the whole of Africa. The Barcelona defender ensured his side’s progress with a...

  The Administrator/Chief Executive Officer of the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN), Dr. Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo, has pledged to remain committed and focused in delivering his mandate of transforming the organisation to becoming a world class centre of excellence. The PSIN CEO had on assumption of office said he came...

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N133 million for the construction of a new computer based facility for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this when he briefed State House...

  Bayelsa State Government has described as “a huge success”, the just-concluded town-hall meeting on public service reforms. The government specifically said that the exercise which came to a close on Monday in Oporoma, Headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, had the collective endorsement of all stakeholders in the...