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Ondo: Court stops Modu Sheriff from conducting PDP primaries
A high court in Ondo State has barred factional leader of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and…
2 trapped as 6-storey building collapses in Abuja
A six-storey hotel building under development collapsed on Monday morning on 444 Crescent, Citec Villas, Gwarinpa, Abuja. The incident happened…
Talk for the Best
John Adebisi Gone are the days when you couldn’t talk the talk. Now you’re talking everywhere you go. Inspired to…
Nigeria: Battling corruption to a standstill
Godwin Onyeacholem Over the years, it has been identified in countless studies that one of the core reasons Nigeria has…
60 killed in Yemen suicide attack
At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen…
The professor as a herbalist
A High Chief of Idaseland in Owo Kingdom, Professor Nelson Olabanji Fashina of the Department of English, University of Ibadan,…
We’re ready to dialogue with Boko Haram on Chibok girls-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his government is ready to dialogue with Boko Haram on the release of the Chibok girls…
Donald Trump labelled psychopath
Donald Trump has been labelled crazy by American actor, Robert de Niro. Now the US Republican presidential candidate has earned…
Taskforce impounds 98 okadas in Mile 2, FESTAC
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, (Taskforce ) has impounded 98 motorcycles including tricycles at Mile 2…
NPFL: 3SC mauls Kano Pillars 4-0 in Ibadan
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Sunday thrashed Kano Pillars Football Club by 4-0 in the Nigeria Professional…
Babangida and the month of August
Babangida and the month of AugustIbrahim Babangida, IBB for style, has some special dates in August. He was born on…
Soyinka can’t represent us in dialogue with FG-Avengers
The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, says Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka cannot represent them in the proposed dialogue with the…
Suspected assassins attack former Sergeant At Arms
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former Sergeant at Arms of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Greg Osagie, escaped death Saturday…
Pictures: Joseph Yobo launches football academy in prisons
A former captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Chief Joseph Yobo on Saturday 27 August launched the Joseph Yobo…
Michelle Obama frustrated chibok girls rescue – Mama Boko Haram
Barrister Aisha Wakil, 48, who was recently declared wanted alongside Ahmad Salkida, Ahmed Bolori for allegedly aiding Boko Haram, has…
More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone
Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck…
NGO plans teaching Chinese language in Nigeria
A Non-Governmental Oganisation (NGO), Initiative of African Friends of China, says it has concluded plans to start the teaching of…
Indonesia, Nigeria trade volume falls to $1.75bn
The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Harry Purwanto, said the volume of trade between Nigeria and his country reduced to…
Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term – Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 per cent of Germans against…
‘Pickpocket’ chairman, 21 others arrested in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a self-acclaimed Chairman of pickpockets in Oshodi, Ibrahim Kasali,…
Niger Delta Problem: How To Appease Warring Militants
Tony Ogunlowo Ever since oil was discovered in the Niger Delta more than sixty years ago, the lives of the…
Lagos gives 14-day ultimatum to owners of illegal structures in Ikoyi
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Sunday read the riot act to all owners of illegal structures, shanties, street…
Ambode issues ultimatum for delivery of Berger expansion projects
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode at the weekend issued December ultimatum to the contractor handling the multi-faceted expansion…
Rainfall: Lagos allays residents’ fear, appeals for calm
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the State…
Soyinka foundation partners Lebanese university on exchange programme
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Wole Soyinka Foundation is partnering with the Cedars Institute, Notre Dame University, Lebanon on an exchange programme…
Syria war: Turkey kills 25 people in latest air strikes
At least 25 people have been killed in the latest round of Turkish air strikes in Syria, near the city…
Cross River assures Bakassi people of permanent resettlement
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA) has reassured the displaced Bakassi people currently in temporary camps within the…
Community cries out over 2 years blackout
Uhi community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo, has urged the state government to provide electricity to it, saying…
Chibok Girls: I’m ready to dialogue with Boko Haram – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the preparedness of the Federal Government to discuss the release of Chibok girls with the…
I’ll deal with Niger Delta militants as I dealt with Boko Haram – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal with Niger Delta militants responsible for the destruction of the country’s petroleum infrastructure…