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Opposition parties decry delay of council poll in Lagos
Opposition political parties in Lagos have decried the delay by the Lagos State Government in conducting local government election. Some…
Court commits Dikko, Abubakar of LMC to 14 days imprisonment
A High Court sitting in Bukuru, Plateau, has committed, Shehu Dikko, Chairman, League Management Company (LMC) and Salish Abubakar, its…
Court remands hunter for allegedly killing fellow hunter
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 33-year-old hunter, Ganiyu Abdullaral, in prison custody for allegedly killing his friend…
BRT bus records first road crash on night service
An operator of Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme, Primero Transport Services, has recorded first road traffic crash on…
South Africa Airways reports record loss
State airline, South African Airways (SAA) on Friday, revealed a record loss of 4.67 billion rand (330 million dollars) for…
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Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 17.6 % in August – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August…
Aviation group opposes bailout for domestic airlines
A group, the Aviation Round Table (ART), has called on the Federal Government to resist any pressure to offer bailout…
Zimbabwean faces deportation for infecting Australian women with HIV
An African acrobat accused of having unprotected sex with several Aussie women while being infected with HIV has had his…
Gov. Wike recalls suspended cabinet members, Head of Service
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the four commissioners, the Head of Service and the Special Adviser on…
Husband gives wife N200 daily upkeep allowance
A housewife, Toyin Adeola, has told an Akure Customary Court that her husband, Kayode, gives her N200 as daily upkeep…
Ecobank Nigeria launches MasterPass QR
By Daniels Ekugo Ecobank Nigeria has launched Ecobank MasterPass QR, a Mastercard global digital system that allows people to pay…
Power generation improves, hits 4,285 megawatts
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on…
Nigerian inflation rises to 17.6 percent in August
Annual inflation in Nigeria accelerated to 17.6 percent in August, a fresh 11-year high and the seventh monthly increase in…
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Patience Jonathan must forfeit $15m-EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is heading to court to file an application seeking the total forfeiture…
Minister can’t declare state of emergency in sports—Ka’Oje
A former Minister of Sports, Bala Ka’Oje, has said that the incumbent Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung,…
MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Thursday scrapped its local mobile money business due to its high operating…
Nigerian trader killed in South Africa
The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Thursday that a Nigerian petty trader, Monday Okorie, was killed in Potchefstroom,…
Gov Okorocha sacks information commissioner, others
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his…
Nigeria raises N183 billion in short-dated treasury bills
Nigeria sold N183.24 billion worth in treasury bills at an auction on Wednesday, with mixed yields on all the tenors,…
Hillary Clinton says time off campaign trail is a ‘gift’
In her return to the campaign trail after a bout with pneumonia, Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she did not…
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Ibori’s conviction stands despite bribery evidence-UK
Jailed former Nigerian state governor James Ibori’s convictions remain valid despite evidence a British police officer took bribes during the…
Feyenoord shock Manchester United 1-0 in Europa league
Manchester United produced a lacklustre display as their Europa League campaign began in defeat at Feyenoord. Jose Mourinho made eight…
Textile union endorses Obaseki for governor
The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) has endorsed Mr Godwin Obaseki as the next…
Ambode approves N740m compensation for LFZ host communities
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved a total sum of N740,461,432.00 as compensation for host communities of…
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Companies plead guilty in Patience Jonathan’s $15m saga
The four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo Dudafa, and two…
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome kicks against divorce
Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, the General Overseer of Believers Love World, aka Christ Embassy who is separated from his wife, in…
Man abandons wife in hospital over unpaid N.5m bill
A mother of seven, Mrs Uzoamaka Onu, 39, has been abandoned by her husband at the New Mayor Hospital and…
Ambode donates N5m to students with new Bio-gas technology
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday donated N5 million to two students of the Lagos State College Of…
Ambode charges HR managers on virile public service
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has charged apex public officers in charge of Human Resource Management in the State…
Minister blasts PDP over call on Buhari to resign
The Federal Government has slammed the PDP for once again asking President Muhammadu Buhari to quit, calling the former ruling…