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Lokoja-Abuja Highway closed
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Those travelling from Abuja and other Northern states to the Southern parts of the country and vice versa…
Reporter’s Diary: Nigeria’s aviation industry in limbo
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent For those who have predicted that Nigeria’s aviation industry is heading for a crash and its airlines,…
PDP commends Jonathan over N5000 decision
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for hearkening to the views of Nigerians by stopping…
Arik Air back in the air with empty seats
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, began flying this morning with planes half empty, three days after it…
Deadly bomb explosion in Bauchi Catholic Church
A bomb has reportedly gone off at St. John’s Catholic Church at Bayan Gari in Bauchi, north western Nigeria, killing…
Akeredolu pledges to integrate Ondo with Western Nigeria
The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Saturday said there was…
Anti-Islam movie: Egypt Coptic Christians fear reprisals
CAIRO(AFP) – Egyptian Christians, who have long complained of discrimination, say they fear that an anti-Islam film produced by Copts…
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets maul Niger’s Junior Menas
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Saturday in Calabar walloped Junior Menas of Niger Republic 6-0 in the second leg of the…
4 Boko Haram suspects killed, 3 Arrested in raids
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said on Saturday that it had killed four and arrested three…
Drogba: No plan to quit Shanghai Shenhua for now
Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba has said he hopes to stay with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua despite questions over his…
Jonathan goes to UN General Assembly
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday lead Nigeria’s delegation to attend the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations in…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
Single mum arrested with wraps of hard drugs
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said in Lagos on Saturday that it has arrested four suspects, including a…
Gunmen kill 4 Nigerian villagers
The Lamurde Local Government Authority in Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, has confirmed the death of four persons following an attack…
$100,000 reward for killer of anti-Islam movie
A Pakistani government minister Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the maker of the anti-Islam film produced…
Petrol tanker fire: Burns victims in intensive care disappear
Eleven surviving victims of the 12 July Okogbe Petroleum Tanker fire disaster in Ahoada West local Government area of Rivers…
Arik begins flying again Sunday
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Saturday that it will resume fight operations on Sunday, three…
Arik Air Grounded for Day 3
Simon Ateba/Aviation Correspondent Nineteen of the 23 aircraft of Arik Air, Nigeria biggest airline, remained grounded on Saturday and its…
Femi Otedola leads toxic Nigerian bank debtors
With a humongous loan portfolio of $1.2 billion, Femi Otedola, President Goodluck Jonathan’s business friend is the biggest danger to…
Rights Group Slams 12 Governors Over Teachers’ Strike
Eromosele Ebhomele A civil rights group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), has expressed unhappiness over the alleged reluctance…
Flock of sheep storms sports shop, sheepishly!
VIENNA (AFP) Behaving true to character, a flock of sheep took a wrong turn on their way down from their…
Cameroon ex-minister jailed for aircraft scam
A court in Yaounde on Saturday jailed former Cameroon minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya for 25 years for embezzling $29 million…
Obama blasts US reps for abandoning duty for polls
US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress Saturday to pass a series of measures stimulating economic growth and job…
Nigerians in massive protests over anti-Islam movie
Tens of thousands of Nigerians on Saturday protested on the streets of Nigeria’s city of Kano against an anti-Islam film…
Furore over deposition of monarch by government
There is furore in Cross River state , in Nigeria’s South South following the dethronement of the paramount Ruler of…
Iran expects war with Israel, says Guards chief
An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen,” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head…
Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids
The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…
Aviation Minister threatens to sue Arik Air
Though officials of Arik Air and Federal aviation agencies are expected to attend a meeting in Abuja today to verify…
Gridlock on Abuja-Lokoja highway over
Mr Sonnallah Ezekiel, the Koton Karfe Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kogi, said that normal traffic flow…
Tastee Fried Chicken shut over tax default
Simon Ateba One of Nigeria’s favourite fastfood restaurants, Tastee Fried Chicken, TFC, was on Friday shut by the Lagos State…