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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All-Share Index grew by 199.64 points or 0.59 per cent to close at 33,797.84 against

The bill, which was transmitted from the Senate and presented by Tahir Monguno, also sought to establish a fiscal framework that would further encourage investment in the industry

Jibrin, the member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State, was suspended by House of Representatives for exposing alleged budget padding in the Green Chamber

A family source told newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday that Ehimoni was kidnaped on Ayere-Ikare Road on Wednesday

The Chairman of the UPP harmonisation committee, Chief Chris Uche, said at a meeting in Enugu that the exercise became necessary to forestall mutual suspicion between the founding members of the party

The Director of Information, Ministry of Youths and Sports, Tolu Makinde, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, said Onyewenwa died after a brief illness

Trouble began when the Deputy Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah‎, raised a point of order over a statement credited to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo

Two of the records were set by Kenya’s Mary Keitany in London on April 23, while the third one was by Sweden’s Armand Duplantis in February, in the world under-20 indoors

Adeleke told newsmen at the PDP National Secretariat on Thursday in Abuja while receiving the party’s flag for the July 8 election, that he defected to the PDP due to “injustice’’ in APC’s screening process

He spokes when he played host to the Pengana Youth Movement, whose members stormed the Assembly Complex on a solidarity visit to identify with the decision taken by the member representing Pengana

The state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd), said on Thursday in Yenagoa that the state received additional N6.61 billion in March 2017

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the one-week search on the search engine started from June 8 and ended on June 15

Putin said that Comey’s release of records of his conversations with President Donald Trump equated to being an activist, like former US intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, who lives in Russia under asylum

After defeating fellow Valencia side Benicalap C on June 3, Serranos B’s under-11 manager was removed from his position

Lawan-Bashir-Kano, the State Commandant of the NSCDC, made this disclosure to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia

The Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadijat Abba-Ibrahim, in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Dr. Clement Aduku, in Abuja, apologised over the “unfortunate turn of events”

Rising from a meeting of the Bankers’ Committee in Lagos on Thursday, the CBN said its decision to mop up liquidity was in reaction to the maturity of N206 billion on Thursday

The President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos that the owners of the blacklisted centres should also be prosecuted

An Argentine football player has caused outrage after admitting he used a needle to hurt his rivals during a Cup match against top division club Estudiantes on Sunday. Federico Allende, a defender for lower division club, Sport Pacifico, bragged in a radio interview about using the needle several times against strikers from top-division club, Estudiantes. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Allende said players had to be clever in order to win. Pacifico’s president Hector Moncada has however vowed to expel the player. “We are devastated. This incident has tarnished the team’s good work. I will expel him from…

Dogara stated this during plenary after Abubakar Lawal drew the attention of the lower chamber to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s remarks on the 2017 Budget