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Football: Mexico and Nigeria in barren draw
The Mexican national team and Nigeria began their final stage of preparation for the 2014 World Cup by playing to…
NNPC pumps 209 mn litres of fuel to reduce shortages
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said about 209 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol had been…
Rivers state needs N82 trillion for health sector
The Rivers Commissioner for Health, Dr Samson Parker, on Wednesday said the state government was shopping for N82.3 trillion to…
Saudi, UAE, Bahrain withdraw envoys from Qatar
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain said Wednesday they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar for breaching…
MTN boosts revenue from Nigeria’s earnings
South African mobile giant MTN on Wednesday said revenues grew 12 percent last year, driven by increasing subscribers and helped…
Plateau state: Nine persons killed by gunmen
Gunmen on Wednesday killed at least nine people and set fire to dozens of houses in central Nigeria, the army…
APC urges FG to say truth about fuel scarcity
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the…
Gusau, Obanikoro to run Nigeria’s defence ministry
President Goodluck on Wednesday swore in 11 Ministers whose nominations were approved by the Senate about three weeks ago just…
Thumbs down for Jonathan over sack of Abdullahi
President Goodluck Jonathan shocked journalists, other members of the Federal Executive Council and guests at the swearing in ceremony of…
Lagos Assembly confirms nominees for agencies
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Wednesday held a special session where members confirmed the…
US freezes $458mn Sani Abacha cash
The United States today said it had ordered a freeze on $458 million in assets hidden in European accounts by…
Obasanjo thanks God, says he is not perfect
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he is not a perfect being and people should not…
Obasanjo not sure of his birthday
Former Nigerian leader, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo marked his 77th birthday today, with President Goodluck Jonathan leading an army of well…
Indians get polling date
India, the world’s biggest democracy, on Wednesday set April 7 as the start of parliamentary elections expected to see the…
Finger-in-vagina Pastor arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in the western Nigerian state of Ogun after the police were told…
Abusing me not beneficial to your states, Jonathan tells governors
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday excoriated Nigerian Governors attacking him and his office and added that doing so will not…
World Cup: Brazil has a lot of work to do, says FIFA
Brazil still has a lot of work to do to get ready for the 2014 World Cup finals, FIFA secretary…
Fuel Scarcity: NNPC opens reserve
Nigeria said on Tuesday it had released fuel from its reserves to ease a crippling shortage that has caused long…
Libya to rehabilitate exiled royal family
Libya decided Tuesday to rehabilitate the family of the late king Idriss, who was overthrown by Muammar Gadhafi, himself toppled…
Insight: Nigerian army losing grip over Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to Boko Haram insurgents who are killing civilians…
Parents protest killings of students in Yobe
Kazeem Ugbodaga Parents of students in Federal Government colleges,also known as Unity Schools, have protested in Lagos the killing of…
Political rallies outlawed in Sokoto state
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Monday banned all political parties from holding rallies, pasting of posters and billboards…
Ekiti governorship election: 12 struggle for PDP ticket
No fewer than 12 aspirants have picked the nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the party`s…
Justice Kutigi to chair National Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved the appointment of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Legbo Kutigi, as the…
Jonathan, Mu’azu receive defectors to PDP
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The seat of Nigeria’s federal government literally moved to the central state of Kwara today as President Goodluck…
7 arrested over murder of muslim cleric
Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a Muslim cleric who had criticised the banned Nigerian…
Luka, deputy governor of Nasarawa state joins PDP
The Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Damishi Luka, on Monday renounced his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tanko Al…
In firefight, Cameroon kill 6 Boko Haram militants
Seven people were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram militants launched an assault in northern Cameroon, a Cameroonian security source…
Sharia court saves 2 Nigerian drivers from amputation
The Sokoto Shariah Court of Appeal in northern Nigeria has set aside the judgment of the Upper Shariah Court 2,…
Bomb scare shuts Kano state secretariat
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security has been beefed up at Audu Bako secretariat in Kano, northwest Nigeria following bomb-scare that made civil…