Year: 2017
Gambian President’s party to block rival’s inauguration
The Political Party of Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh filed a request on Friday with the Supreme Court for an injunction…
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Breaking: MMM back with a bang!
The popular money-doubling scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), which placed a one-month ban on all withdrawals from Dec. 13, 2016,…
Tonto Dikeh begs Mercy Johnson for forgiveness
Amid the rumoured crisis in the 17-month old marriage to hubby and philanthropist Oladunni Churchill, Tonto Dikeh who recently removed…
Breaking: Many killed as explosions rock Adamawa
Several people are feared dead in an early morning bomb blast in Madagali town in Madagali Local Government Area of…
2019 AFCON: Nigeria, South Africa drawn in Group E
Nigeria drawn in Group E for 2019 AFCON qualifiers, Cameroon 2019, alongside South Africa, Libya and Seychelles. Games begin June…
Man docked for having anal sex with teenagers
25-year old Auwalu Yusuf is currently facing prosecution for allegedly having anal sex with four teenagers, after luring them with…
Jealous lover slits girlfriend’s throat
An enraged lover, Luka Shuaibu, who attempted to slit the throat of his girlfriend, following suspicion of unfaithfulness, has been…
TRACE warns against indiscriminate parking in Sango-Ota
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has warned the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and…
Kwara to partner independent broadcasters
The Kwara government says it will partner with the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in achieving common…
19 die in Ekiti road crashes
The Ekiti Sector Command of the FRSC says 19 persons died in the 49 road traffic crashes recorded in the…
NSCDC urges public to provide vital information
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has urged the public to furnish the agency with vital information leading…
Notorious kidnapper bags 11 years in prison
A notorious and infamous kidnapper, Chief Daniel Okafor was on Wednesday sent to cool off in the prison by an…
Bush sisters write Obama daughters
Daughters of former U.S. President George W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, have written a letter to daughters…
Unemployment to increase in the world- ILO
The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO), said economic growth trends was lagging behind employment needs and predicts both rising unemployment…
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Nigerian soldiers arrest fleeing Boko Haram terrorists with 100 motorcycles
Nigerian soldiers have arrested four fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect with 100 motorcycles. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Sani Usman…
Reps threaten I-G’s arrest over alleged diversion of N1.2bn for armoured cars
The House of Representatives on Thursday threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the Inspector General of…
Nigerian Army denies planning to attack The Gambia
The Nigerian Army has denied an online report that it is planning to attack The Gambia, in order to remove…
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Southwest APC leaders meet to strategise
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South West led by the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola…
Kudirat’s murder: Supreme Court says LASG can appeal Al-Mustapha’s acquittal
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Lagos State leave to appeal against acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha of the murder…
Abuja Runway Repair: Senate invites Fashola, Sirika, Julius Berger
The Senate has directed Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, to return on Tuesday to give further detail…
Ooni visits Lagos assembly, watches proceedings in Yoruba
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Thursday visited the Lagos State House of Assembly to watch the plenary…
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Trending: Nigeria mobilises troops to flush out Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh
The Nigerian Army has raised an army battalion that would be deployed in troubled Gambia to forcefully remove President Yahya…
Breaking: Ex-England manager, Taylor dies at 72
Former England manager Graham Taylor has died at the age of 72. As a club manager, he led Watford from…
Buhari drops Mamora, Oguntade from list of ambassadorial nominees
President Muhammadu Buhari resubmitted names of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate on Thursday, two months after the legislature rejected…
Failure is never the end in science
Scientific history has a lot of eureka moments—from Archimedes’ bath to Newton’s apple—but the scientific process entails a lot of…
8,482 arrested for street begging in Kano
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 8,482 beggars for allegedly violating the law banning street begging along the major…
Adeboye’s retirement dominates Google trend
Septuagenarian General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG) of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s recent retirement announcement was top on…
Sahara Reporters publisher’s arrest condemned
A lawyer and rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Thursday described the arrest of Mr Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters,…
Breaking: Spy chief ‘denounced’ Russian hack claims – Trump
Donald Trump says the top US spy called him to “denounce” allegations that Russian intelligence have compromising information about the…
Philippines’ Duterte gives free contraceptives to women
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government agencies to provide free contraceptives and other reproductive health services to 6 million…