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FG develops 30-year infrastructure Master plan
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday considered the final draft of the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP) meant…
Gary Oldman slammed for ‘anti-Semitic’ comments
Jewish groups blasted British actor Gary Oldman on Tuesday for alleged anti-Semitic remarks defending Mel Gibson and suggesting that Hollywood…
We did not steal World Bank N13.5bn loan – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday explained that his government did not steal Education loan it got from…
Italian manager, Prandelli resigns after dismal outing
The post-mortem into Italy’s second consecutive World Cup humiliation was launched in scathing fashion by coach Cesare Prandelli, who has…
Kerry arrives Brussels for NATO talks on Ukraine, Iraq
US Secretary of State John Kerry huddled with European allies ahead of key NATO talks Wednesday, after a whirlwind visit…
63 Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike
Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of…
Cashless policy: CBN gives 1year waiver on withdrawal charges
The Central Bank of Nigeria has granted one year withdrawal waiver charges on individual and corporate accounts in the remaining…
Police begin anti-terrorism campaign in Abia
The Abia Police Command has commenced an anti-terrorism campaign as part of measures to sensitise and raise the security consciousness…
Ivory Coast coach resigns after World Cup heartbreak
Sabri Lamouchi resigned as Ivory Coast coach minutes after his side’s hopes of reaching the World Cup second round were…
Money Laundering: Fani-Kayode’s aide, EFCC trade words
Akin Kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked a claim by a witness in the trial of…
ASUP, Senators meeting postponed
Damilare Okunola The proposed meeting between members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and the Senate Committee on…
Fake GLO Ambassador bags 2 years jail term
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe today sentenced one Khalil Ahmed Bappa, 29, who…
Late penalty sends Ivory Coast crashing, Greece through
A last minute penalty by Georgios Samaras gave Greece a place in the second round of the World Cup finals…
Colombia dump Japan out of World Cup after rout
Jackson Martinez scored twice as Colombia beat Japan 4-1 to end World Cup Group C with three straight wins and…
Reinstate graft charges against Abacha, says Transparency International
Global anti-corruption agency, Transparency International on Tuesday condemned the recent decision of the Federal government to withdraw N446.3 billion corruption…
EFCC tasks stock market operators on integrity
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market to be transparent and operate…
Ebola crisis: EU increases emergency funding
The European Commission said it is allocating an additional 500, 000 euros to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening…
Suarez bites Chiellini as Uruguay sink Italy
Luis Suarez shocked the World Cup with a new biting storm Tuesday as Uruguay sensationally dumped ten-man Italy out of…
Boko Haram kidnaps 60 women, girls in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest…
LASU: Senior Staff vows to continue strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, on Tuesday vowed to continue its…
IG decorates Frank Mba, Okudo, seven others
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday in Abuja decorated nine newly promoted senior officers. The decorated officers…
Nigeria Police the best in world – Gambari
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, has described officers of the Nigeria Police Force as the…
Gunmen kill 38 in two attacks in Kaduna
No fewer than 38 persons were killed on Monday night in two separate attacks by gunmen in two villages in…
Jigawa commences animal feeds production
Alhaji Idris Girbobo, General Manager, Jigawa Agricultural Supply Company Limited, said on Tuesday that the company had gone into animal…
Terrorist groups using Internet to recruit, plan attacks
Terrorist groups are using the Internet to recruit people, raise funds and plan attacks in China, the State Internet Information…
Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon ‘missing’
A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon aviation sources on Tuesday. The…
Israel accuses Assad forces of border attack
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that military forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
Bomb blast kills 8, injures 12 in Kano college
A bomb blast at a public health college in Nigeria’s second city of Kano killed at least eight people on…
Gunmen kill 17 Muslims in C. Africa
Gunmen have killed 17 Muslims at a camp in the centre of the strife-torn Central African Republic in the latest…
Kenya gang rape trial opens
The trial of a man accused of carrying out a brutal gang rape of a schoolgirl, who was made to…