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Incredible! Ex-customs boss returns stolen N1billion to govt
Incredible but true. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that a former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service…
Shell, FRSC organise safety competition for 15 schools
Fifteen schools in Jigawa participated in the National Safety Competition for Senior Secondary Schools organised by Shell Petroleum Development Company…
Chelsea demolish Everton 5-0 to move top
Eden Hazard scored twice as Chelsea climbed to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season…
Media announce elections results in US not electoral commission
Media networks are the platforms that announce elections results and declare winners of elections in the U.S., rather than the…
Army hand over rescued Chibok girl, 10-month-old son to Borno Government
The Nigerian Army on Saturday handed over Maryam Ali Maiyanga, the Chibok girl, with her ten-month-old son, to the Borno…
Soldiers mourn slain Lt-Col. Abu Ali
Soldiers confronting Boko Haram terrorists in the North East are mourning the death of Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu Ali, described…
Anichebe inspires Sunderland to first win of the season
Nigeria’s international, Victor Anichebe inspired 10-man Sunderland to record their first league win of the season as Jermain Defoe’s second-half…
City falter in Premier League title race
Marten de Roon’s injury-time leveller snatched a draw for Middlesbrough as Manchester City were made to pay for a sloppy…
Aubameyang marks his return with 4 goals
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang marked his return to the Borussia Dortmund side with four goals in a thumping win at bottom club…
EFCC confirms Abati’s release
Former Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), its Spokesperson, Mr Wilson…
Tennis: Murray is new world number one
Briton Andy Murray will take over from Novak Djokovic as world number one Tennis player when the rankings are updated…
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13 die in boat mishap, tanker fire in Niger
A total of seven people have died in a boat mishap on River Gbako in Katcha Local Government Area of…
Gunmen kidnap pastor, 4 others in Ekiti
Gunmen on Saturday morning in Ekiti State abducted a pastor and four others. Local sources told the News Agency of…
FG, Seven Energy sign $112m gas deal
Seven Energy International Limited, the leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, has signed a $112 million Partial Risk…
Lt. Colonel, 4 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked 119 Battalion, Nigerian Army location at Malam Fatori in northern Borno, on Friday, killing one…
Reuben Abati out of EFCC cell
Former presidential spokesman in the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Dr. Reuben Abati, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Jay Z, Beyonce holds concert for Clinton
Hillary Clinton enlisted some star power Friday with a concert featuring Jay Z, Beyonce, Chance the Rapper and Big Sean,…
Oyedepo cautions critics of his varsity fees
Dr David Oyedepo, the Bishop of the Living Faith Church worldwide, has appealed to those criticising the school fees charged…
Breaking: Troops rescue another Chibok girl, Maryam
Troops of 121 Battalion, Nigerian Army, deployed at Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno, for Operation Lafiya Dole, on Saturday…
Vatican chastises Catholic radio for offensive remarks
The suggestions by an ultraconservative Catholic radio network that Italy has been punished by God with devastating earthquakes after legalising…
Hold the chieftaincy title, please!
A Nigerian doctor, a professor of paediatric surgery, Oluyinka Olutoye, has been in the news lately, the world over. He…
Police nab suspected killer of serving NYSC member
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Saturday said it had arrested suspected murderer of a National Youth Service Corps…
Buhari’s anti-corruption war: Who is afraid of Magu?
With the heightened frequency of astonishing disclosures of official graft, and its accompanying high-profile arrests, interrogations, detentions, recovery of looted…
Wike introduces ‘special fund’ for missionary schools
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday approved special financial intervention for development of schools handed over to churches by…
Buhari mourns Afenifere Chieftain, Olaniwun Ajayi
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Ajayi and the entire Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, on the…
Breaking: Ekiti INEC secretary regains freedom
The kidnapped Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Ekiti State, Dr Muslim Omoleke, has been released.…
Breaking: Edo traditional ruler suspended for one year
The Traditional ruler of Uromi, Zaiki Edenojie II has been suspended for one year by the Edo State Government for…
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‘Black’ Friday for travellers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Thousands of Nigerians travelling out of Lagos State on Friday suffered a terrible gridlock on the long bridge portion of…
FG denies closing Shagamu end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Government has denied closing the Shagamu end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as being speculated by the populace. This…
Lagos bans LAGBUS from Ikorodu Road corridor
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has banned LAGBUS (red buses) from plying the Ikorodu Road corridor with effect from…