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Drogba bids farewell to Montreal
Striker Didier Drogba has indicated he will not return to Montreal Impact next season with Major League Soccer club releasing…
Ex-banker in court over N435m fraud
court-of-law[/caption A former banker, who allegedly defrauded 26 different people to the tune of N435 million, on Wednesday appeared before…
ASUU strike: LASU lecturers resume work
Lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) resumed work on Wednesday after the expiration of the one-week nationwide warning strike…
Bayelsa farmers decry destruction of crops by cattle
Farmers and community leaders in Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have decried the destruction of their…
Aba shoe manufacturers seek SON’s assistance
Shoe manufacturers in Aba, Abia, have urged the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to ensure thorough scrutiny of raw materials…
Ondo election: Absence of Judge stalls hearing challenging Akeredolu
The absence of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has stalled hearing in a suit challenging the candidature of Rotimi Akeredolu, as the…
2016 Abuja Carnival begins Dec. 3
The 2016 Abuja Carnival will hold from Dec. 3 to 6, the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on…
ASUU strike: Academic activities resume at FUT Minna
Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has resumed lectures at the expiration of…
Kwara monarch lauds Unilorin’s COBES programme
The monarch of Ganmo in Kwara, Alhaji Anafi Zubair, has lauded the University of Ilorin for its Faculty of Agriculture’s…
128 policemen killed in three months- I-G
The Inspector-General of Police, (I-G), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, said 128 policemen had lost their lives to activities of criminals in…
FG inaugurates Graduate Farmers’ Empowerment Scheme
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, has inaugurated the Graduate Youth Empowerment Scheme in Doma, Nasarawa State, to…
NASSI will create 2m jobs by 2020
The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) says it will create two million jobs between 2016 and 2020. Its…
UniUyo, UniZik shine at VCs excellence awards
The University of Uyo (UniUyo) and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UniZik), Awka, have emerged the two most outstanding universities at…
NAFDAC donates gift items to secondary schools in Imo
NAFDAC on Wednesday donated gift items to six winners of the 2015/2016 NAFDAC Consumer Safety Clubs (quiz competition) in secondary…
19-year-old in court for pushing passenger off BRT bus
A 19-year-old man, Tunde Oluwatobi, who allegedly pushed a passenger out of a BRT bus and stole his belongings, was…
Plateau records 37 rape cases in one month
The Plateau Government on Tuesday says 37 rape cases have been reported in the state in the last one month.…
El-Rufai orders arrest of mastermind of Chawai villages attacks
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has directed the Fulani community in Chawai, Kauru Local Government, to produce one Haruna,…
Nigeria’s Aliu re-elected ICAO council president
Nigerian-born Dr Benard Aliu has been re-elected by acclamation for a second three-year term as President of the Council of…
Bobrisky opens up after social media panel controversy
“Africa’s male Barbie” and controversial cross-dressing social media star is currently sparking a charged debate in a conservative country like…
Nigeria’s GDP contracts by -2.24 % in 3rd quarter
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms declined by -2.24 percent (year-on-year)…
Lawmaker condemns renewed communal clash in C/River
Sen. John Owan-Enoh, representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, has condemned the renewed hostility between Ediba and Usumotong communities in…
Court refuses judge’s application for release from EFCC custody
A Federal High Court on Monday refused an ex-parte application filed by a judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking her release from…
Articulated vehicles kill 3 in Nsukka
Two articulated vehicles carrying coca-cola products and Hero brand of beer on Monday killed three people in different locations of…
Buhari to attend 4th Africa-Arab Summit in Malabo
President Muhammadu Buhari is to attend the 4th Africa-Arab Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Nov. 23. Mr Femi Adesina,…
Sokoto Police confirms killing of security guard
The Sokoto State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of a security guard at the personal residence of the…
EFCC slams corruption charges on Ofili-jumogobia, Obla
The EFCC has preferred a 30-count charge against a Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla, a Senior…
Ex-EFCC’s prosecutor sues commission over illegal detention
A former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Godwin Obla (SAN), on Monday, asked a Federal High…
Edo assembly confirms Justice Ikponwen as Chief Judge
The Edo House of Assembly on Monday confirmed Justice Esohe Ikponwen as the new Chief Justice of the state. The…
Plateau has not recorded polio case since 2009 – commissioner
Dr Kuden Kamshak, the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, on Monday, said the state had not recorded any case of…
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Soyinka’s contributions to arts’ development legendary – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, has described Prof. Wole Soyinka’s literary ingenuity and contributions to the…