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Prison beauty queen emerges in Kenya
Ruth Kamande has been crowned Miss Lang’ata Prison after a beauty contest in the prison, which is in Kenya’s capital,…
Federal Govt reinstates 91 sacked cocoa research institute staff
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Federal Government has reinstated 91 staff of the Cocoa Research Institute, CRIN, unjustifiably sacked in 2004 by…
1,000 arrested in Gabon over election unrest
Around 1,000 people have been arrested in Gabon following unrest that occurred after the incumbent president was declared winner in…
Pictures: Buhari visits Osun State
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday 1 September visited Osun State to commission a lot of projects to mark the 25th…
Edo 2016: Oyegun urges electorate to vote for APC
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has appealed to the people of Edo State…
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Breaking: Another airline, First Nation shuts down operations
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed that the First Nation Airlines has shut down its operations in the…
Lagos laments gross abuse of govt infrastructure at grassroots
The Lagos State Government has lamented gross abuse of government infrastructure at the grassroots level. The Special Adviser to the…
MOSOP condemns murder of human rights lawyer
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned the gruesome murder of the…
Governor Wike sacks 17 local government caretaker committees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, suspended four commissioners for three months, the…
80.9% of sex convicts in Lagos prisons abused during childhood
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 80.9 percent of sex convicts and inmates awaiting trial for sexual and gender based violence in…
Mexico president blasts Trump’s policies as ‘huge threat’ after meeting
Mexico’s president rebuked Donald Trump as a threat to his country just hours after painting a positive picture of talks…
Mark Zuckerberg’s visit gives Nigerian startups much-needed boost
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria, his first to sub-Saharan Africa, has put the country’s tech businesses firmly in…
Bloomberg: Dangote loses $5.4b
Bloomberg in its latest Billionaire Index reports that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has lost $ 5.4 billion in his…
Gabon parliament set ablaze after Bongo declared winner
Angry protesters torched Gabon’s parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed was a “peaceful…
Operation Crocodile Smile: Troops arrest East-West way robbers
Troops participating in Operation Crocodile Smile have arrested five suspects known to be terrorising East-West road, between Ughelli and and…
Friendly: Super Eagles thrash Akwa United FC 3-0
The Super Eagles on Wednesday thrashed Akwa United of Uyo, 3-0 in a friendly match to prepare the national team…
50% pregnant women suffering from Anaemia- Expert
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN A Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the University College Hospital, UCH, Oladosu Ojengbede on Wednesday said that…
UI begins pre-admission screening of candidates
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The University of Ibadan has requested all candidates who made the university their most preferred institution of choice…
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Why Aero Airlines collapsed
David O. Kuranga The administration of President Buhari announced over a year ago that they plan to overhaul Nigeria’s aviation…
Governor Amosun appoints Igbo man Permanent Secretary
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has approved the appointment of an Igbo man and 13…
Governor Wike suspends 4 commissioners, others
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday suspended four commissioners, Head of Service and Special Adviser on Lands for three…
Boko Haram is finished – General Irabor
Major General Lucky Irabor, Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Nigeria’s military operation set up to battle Boko Haram, said the…
Mark Zuckerberg is enjoying himself in Lagos, jogging
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has been enjoying all his moments in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, since he began…
Aero Airline suspends operations
Aero Contractors Airline suspended all its scheduled services indefinitely from Thursday Sept. 1. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Fola…
Ondo poll: APC must unite to dethrone a spent PDP-Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the party in Ondo State must shun all…
Ali Bongo to be declared winner in Gabon
Incumbent Ali Bongo will soon be declared winner of the Gabonese presidential election, according to an official result leaked to…
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff impeached
Brazil’s Senate overwhelmingly in the final phase of her impeachment trial voted on Wednesday to remove President Dilma Rousseff from…
US commercial flight lands in Cuba first time in 50 years
A US commercial flight has arrived in Cuba for the first time in more than half a century. JetBlue Flight…
Sunderland Didier Ndong for £13.6m #DeadlineDay
Sunderland have signed Gabon international midfielder Didier Ndong from Lorient for £13.6m (16m euros). The 22-year-old has signed a five-year…
Annular eclipse hits Nigeria tomorrow, don’t panic – Agency
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) has urged the public not to panic over the Annular Eclipse which…