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Monguno released after N50million ransom paid
Octogenarian and former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen in the northeastern city…
Oil Subsidy fraud: Tukur’s son challenges court’s jurisdiction
Henry Ojelu Mahmud Tukur, son of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s chairman, Bamanga Tukur today challenged the jurisdiction of an Ikeja…
Semenitari dismisses removal plot against Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has dismissed any threat of impeachment of Governor Chibuike Ameachi by five minority…
German, US visas for Super Eagles
The Embassies of United States of America and Germany have granted entry visas into their countries for players and officials…
Provost, Bursar of Federal agric college docked for fraud
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Dr. Paul Ajah Onu and Mr. Samuel Atoi, former Provost and…
Court Grants Ladipo Market Leader Bail
Henry Ojelu The embattled president of Aguiyi Ironsi International Market popularly know as Ladipo market in Mushin, Jonathan Okoli was…
Barton Gets Suspended Ban For Silva Jibes
English midfielder Joey Barton was handed a suspended two-game ban by the National Ethics Commission (CNE) on Monday in relation…
Stop Ridiculing Yourselves, Lagos ACN Tells PDP, Shelle
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ridiculous and yet a continuation of…
APC: Change Is Coming
By Joe Igbokwe All over the world the only thing that is permanent is change. You buy a motorcycle or…
Much Ado About Private Jets
In the wake of recent crisis between Rivers State Government and Nigerian aviation authorities over a jet purchased with Rivers…
Liberating And Co-ordinating Diversity
By Babatunde Fashola I have to say it is a real pleasure to be invited to speak at such an…
Subscribers Bemoan Hitches In Porting
Few weeks after the introduction of Mobile Number Portability, MNP, in Nigeria, subscribers have been complaining about the hitches experienced…
New Lagos Seaport To Gulp N240b
The proposed Lekki seaport will gulp N240 billion ($1.5 billion), says the Lagos State Government. Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,…
Stakeholders Seek Stricter Laws For IP Protection
Stakeholders in the IT industry have unanimously called for the review of legal documents in Nigeria to protect owners’ intellectual…
Drogba Celebrates, As Galatasaray Win Turkish League
Ivory Coast football star, Didier Drogba was happy seeing his dream to play in next season’s UEFA Champions League coming…
Stephens Slams Serena
Rising U.S. tennis star, Sloane Stephens, has slammed Serena Williams, describing her Fed Cup teammate as a sore loser, saying…
COD Wins Lagos FA Cup
Nigerian professional side, City of David football team COD yesterday defeated Mountain of Fire football team 3-1 via penalty shootout…
Tennis: Atseye Returns As CBN Open Champion
Former champion, Henry Atseye, has reclaimed the Men’s Singles crown of the 2013 Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Senior Tennis…
Handball Officials For Refresher Courses
The Lagos State Handball Association, LSHA, has said that it would send its coaches and officials on training within and…
Athletics: East Africans Shine At Okpekpe Race
The first ever 10km Okpekpe Road Race sponsored by Globacom was held on Saturday in Okpekpe, Etsako Local Government Area…
Babalola Urges Referees To Improve Officiating
Chairman of the Oyo State Basketball Association, OSBA, Babatunde Babalola, has urged match referees in the ongoing DStv-sponsored Nigerian basketball…
Yes, I Attempted Suicide, Tricyclist Tells Judge
A 27-year old tricycle operator, Sanni Abdulahi who attempted to hang himself in a police cell in Lagos State, southwest…
Bus Conductor Bags 2-Year Jail Term
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has sentenced a 26-year old bus conductor, Rasaq Sikiru, to two years…
LG Boss Sacks Ladipo Market Union
The Chairman of Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mr Babatunde Adepitan, has banned any form unionism at…
Inspector Shoots Danfo Driver To Death
A police inspector attached to the Elere Police Station in Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been arrested for killing a…
Rivers Crisis: Soyinka Warns Jonathan
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to prevent the political crisis in Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria,…
Pregnant Bride Dies In Soakaway Pit 2 Weeks To Wedding
A 21-year old woman has died inside a soakaway pit two weeks before her wedding. The deceased identified as Akinjolie…
Lafarge WAPCO’s profit rises in Q1
Lafarge WAPCO, the cement producer has recorded a 50 per cent rise in its first quarter profit for this year.…
Medical doctor kidnapped in Abakaliki, guard killed
A Nigerian medical doctor in the eastern Nigeria state of Ebonyi has been kidnapped. Police said Dr Pius Mauyike, a…
Opposition snatches councillorship posts in Kogi polls
The PDP has won all the 21 chairmanship positions in the Local Government council elections conducted on Saturday in the…