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Police fire teargas to disperse protesters at Lagos Airport
By Simon Ateba Police fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse protesters at the cargo area of the Murtala Muhammed International…
Chibok Parents Snub Jonathan, Presidency blames opposition
Parents and schoolmates of the 219 schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram extremists refused at the last minute on Tuesday…
Nyanya Bombing: Interpol brings back terror suspect to Nigeria
Nigeria Police Interpol Unit has brought back Nyanya bombing mastermind, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche. In a statement by Frank Mba, Force…
Diego Costa completes Chelsea move
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has completed his move to Chelsea from the Spanish champions on a five-year deal. The…
Atiku warns PDP against excessive use of power
Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar has warned against the excessive use of power by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Edo PDP led assembly directs release of LG allocations
The PDP legislators in Edo Assembly, have passed a resolution directing Lucky James, Commissioner for Local Government to release allocations…
Reps want IG to investigate Imo killing suspects
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to investigate the killing of civilians by…
West Africa Ebola toll hits 603 as 68 more die
The death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has risen to 603, the World Health Organization (WHO)) said on Tuesday,…
Crash survivor, Associated Airlines at war over compensation
Simon Ateba/Lagos Associated Aviation Airlines, whose plane crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on 3 October 2013, killing 16 people, and…
Adamawa lawmakers impeach Governor Murtala Nyako
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state has been impeached. He was impeached after the state House of Assembly deliberated upon…
Adamawa deputy governor, Bala Ngilari, resigns
Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, has resigned his position as the number two man in the state. Ngilari…
Overland begins Abuja-Dutse flights
Simon Ateba Overland Airways, on Tuesday 15 July, announced the commencement of scheduled flight operations from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport…
Nigeria Police claim arrest of Boko Haram’s ‘Chief Butcher’
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Police on Tuesday 15 July said that following the massive onslaught by security forces on the activities…
85 Nigerians in detention in Abidjan
No fewer than 70 Nigerians are currently facing trials in Abidjan for different offences, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Ifeoma…
German team lands in Berlin after World Cup win
Tens of thousands of jubilant fans massed at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday to welcome the World Cup winners and…
ASUU UniAbuja suspends strike
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja (UniAbuja) branch, Ben Ugheoke, on Tuesday in Abuja said…
French soldier killed in Mali suicide attack
A French legionnaire has been killed in a suicide attack in northern Mali, taking to nine the number of soldiers…
Flood kills 3 persons, renders many homeless in Edo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead following a torrential rain on Sunday in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo…
Lagos creates 75,168 jobs by planting 5 million
The Lagos State Government on Monday said that it planted no fewer than five million trees and created about 75,168…
Ten people dead in Moscow metro accident
Ten people died and scores were taken to hospital after a train derailed in Moscow’s packed metro during rush hour…
Hamas closes border crossing with Israel
Hamas said Tuesday it has closed the Erez border crossing due to Israeli shelling, in a move that stranded a…
Church of England to vote on women bishops
The Church of England is to vote on the introduction of women bishops on Monday, two years after a first…
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandal
A Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that…
50,000 orphans, vulnerable kids benefit from USAID in Nigeria
Simon Ateba The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday ended one of its programmes for orphans and…
Dana appoints Spanoghe as head of Safety and Quality Assurance
Simon Ateba Dana Air on Monday 14 July appointed Louis Spanoghe as its Head of Safety and Quality Assurance as…
Israel accepts Egypt’s Gaza truce proposal
Israel’s security cabinet on Tuesday accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest…
Navy arrests bank manager for impersonation
The Nigerian Navy on Monday said it arrested one Simon Musa for posing as an admiral of the Navy. Parading…
FG appeals to NMA to suspend strike
The ministers of health, employment, labour and productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to…