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Customs Recovers N2.5b From Importers
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it had recovered N2.5 billion from unpaid assessments and un-utilised Risk Assessment Reports (RAR).…
Court Fails To Issue Bench Warrant Against Okorodudu
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
EFCC Witness’ Absence Stalls Ajudua’s Trial
Henry Ojelu The trial of Fred Ajudua over allegation of defrauding two Dutch businessmen of $1.69 million could not proceed…
APC Condoles With VP Sambo On Brother’s Death
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has commiserated with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother in…
Blast kills three children in Pakistan’s Karachi
A blast killed three boys aged between 10 and 12 at a religious seminary in the southern Pakistani city of…
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood chief, 682 others sentenced to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 other alleged Islamists to death, a lawyer…
Etisalat raises 3 bn euros to buy Maroc Telecom stake
UAE telecommunications firm Etisalat announced Monday 28 April that it has raised 3.15 billion euros to fund the acquisition of…
Fire guts popular orange market in Marraba
Fire on Saturday gutted the popular orange market in Marraba on the outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory. Eyewitnesses told…
Suarez, Hazard win PFA Player of the Year awards
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez won England’s Professional Footballers’ Association’s Player of the Year award on Sunday. This time last year…
Fenerbahce wins Turkish title
Fenerbahce won the Turkish league title with three games to spare on Sunday after a 0-0 draw at home to…
Ekiti Election: Olubolade supports Fayose
Former Minister of Police Affairs, retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, on Sunday declared support for the candidature of the PDP…
Namadi Sambo’s brother dies in car accident
Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo has lost his brother in a car accident in Abuja. Senior Special Assistant on…
PDP calls for interrogation of Bola Tinubu
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the security agencies to interrogate Asiwaju Bola…
Chelsea parked ‘two buses’, fumes Rodgers
Frustrated Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accused Chelsea of time-wasting and defensive tactics after his side’s Premier League title challenge was…
Germans outraged by Berlusconi concentration camps claim
Officials in Berlin expressed outrage Sunday over remarks by Italy’s former premier Silvio Berlusconi claiming that Germans denied the existence…
Chelsea defeat league leaders Liverpool 2-0
Chelsea remained in the hunt for a Premier League and Champions League double after a 2-0 win away at leaders…
FG tackling Boko Haram – Sambo
Vice President Namadi Sambo has assured the Nigerian community in Tanzania that the Federal Government has intensified efforts to check…
Sunderland thrash Cardiff to move out of bottom three
Sunderland climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 4-0 win at home to 10-man fellow strugglers Cardiff…
Meet ‘Mr Nigeria 2014’
Emmanuel Ikubese, was on Saturday night crowned ‘Mr Nigeria 2014″ at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos.…
Adamawa has diamond, coal in commercial quantity – Nyako
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, on Sunday, said the state has diamond in commercial quantity awaiting exploitation. Nyako made the…
IG warns against provocative, unguarded utterances
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar, has warned those in the habit of making unguarded, inflammatory and unsubstantiated…
Eaglets Target WAFU Cup Bronze
Prince Udofia, Golden Eaglets’ Coordinator, believes the Nigerian youngsters would shake off Friday’s semi-final loss to Benin when they meet…
Gov Amaechi pledges to make Rivers education hub in sub-Saharan Africa
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers on Saturday said his administration was making efforts toward making the state the education-hub in…
2,100 APC, LP members defects to PDP in Auchi
The People Democratic Party (PDP) received at least 2,100 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party…
Sublime Ronaldo double eases Madrid past Osasuna
Real Madrid maintained their bid for an historic treble as two stunning strikes from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a…
UPN will win seats in Ekiti and Osun – Faseun
Dr Frederick Faseun, the National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) on Saturday assured Nigerians that his party would win…
Aggrieved Ogun APC members hold state congress
Some aggrieved members of the Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday held a parallel state…
Giggs gets United reign off to winning start
Ryan Giggs saw his first match as interim Manchester United manager end in a 4-0 thrashing of Premier League strugglers…
One dead, 13 injured in Vienna building explosion
One person was killed Saturday, 13 were hospitalised and one woman was missing after a large explosion caused a partial…
World’s first Tiananmen museum opens in Hong Kong
The world’s first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square crackdown opened in Hong Kong Saturday with an emotive ceremony and…