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No concessionary foreign exchange rate for pilgrims – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked claims in certain quarters suggesting that prospective pilgrims have been granted concessionary…
Edo PDP Crisis: Court orders parties to maintain status quo
An FCT High Court on Tuesday ordered parties involved in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo governorship primaries to maintain…
Looters in trouble as AGF takes over high profile cases
The Attorney -General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has directed agencies with prosecutorial powers to compile pending cases…
3 Nigerians create records at Rio Olympics
At least three of the many Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games created records of sorts…
Indiscipline: AIG Ali reads riot act to officers
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Command, Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali has read…
Pictures: Buhari receives outgoing Vietnamese ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the outgoing Vietnamese ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hoang Hgoc Ho at the State House,…
Agriculture remains top priority – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will continue to accord agriculture premium importance through programmes and initiatives designed to…
Lagos vows to seize houses, hotels used for kidnapping
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it will henceforth seize houses and hotels used as hideouts for…
Lagos demolishes 350 structures under high tension
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday began the demolition of structures under high tension lines across the State, with 350…
Gernot Rohr signs two-year deal as Nigeria’s technical adviser
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that German Gernot Rohr has signed a two-year deal to work as a technical…
SERAP tells EFCC to release blogger Abubakar Usman
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “immediately and unconditionally release…
Council boss to pay soldier’s hospital bill
Paul Iyoghojie The Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area is to pay the hospital bills of the soldier stabbed by a…
Iba monarch’s kidnap: Traditional rulers must be at alert-Akiolu
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has charged traditional rulers and residents of the state to be on security alert in…
Manchester City sign Everton defender, John Stones for £47.5m
Manchester City have signed John Stones from Everton for £47.5m, making him the world’s second most expensive defender. The 22-year-old…
5 killed in Ogun auto accident
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Five persons were confirmed dead Monday afternoon in a motor accident which occurred in Sagamu township, Sagamu Local…
Thousands rendered homeless as flood destroys 5,300 houses in Kano
At least, 5,300 houses have been destroyed by flood in Kano with thousands of residents rendered homeless. Massive flood swept…
Don’t demolish 1,000 houses, AI begs Gov El-Rufai
Amnesty International (AI) has called for an urgent international action to stop the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai from…
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Why details of Abacha’s loot are being delayed- World Bank
The World Bank has again asked for more time to release details on the spending of recovered loot by late…
Manchester United re-sign Pogba for world-record £89m
Paul Pogba said “the time is right to go back to Old Trafford” after completing his world-record £89m transfer to…
Paul Pogba rejoins Man Utd for world-record £89m
Paul Pogba said “the time is right to go back to Old Trafford” after completing his world-record £89m transfer to…
Wild celebration as hosts Brazil win first Rio gold
Brazil won their first gold medal of the Rio Olympics as Rafaela Silva triumphed in the women’s 57kg judo. Silva…
Trump fires back against national security letter
Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at 50 top Republican national security officials for criticizing his presidential campaign. “The names…
Table Tennis: Quadri makes history, zooms into Q/Finals
Nigeria’s only medal hope in the men’s singles of the table tennis event here at the Rio Olympics, Aruna Quadri,…
80,000 pilgrims to be transported to Saudi Arabia in 5 weeks – FAAN
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday, said no fewer than 80,000 pilgrims were expected to be transported…
Farmer sells sons, 5 others for N400,000
A 49-year-old farmer, Gabriel Ajor, has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly abducting and selling seven…
Youths kidnap lawyer in Makurdi
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Benue has appealed to security agencies to redouble their efforts to secure the release…
50 Republican security experts rail against Trump
An open letter signed by 50 Republican national security experts has warned that party nominee Donald Trump “would be the…
PDP Chairman: Bode George, Gbenga Daniel, Jimmy Agbaje slug it out
Following the decision of the Southwest zonal caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday to zone the position…
EFCC arrests blogger, Abubakar Sidiq Usman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for offences bordering on…
Dokpesi, Kuku, Akpoblokemi deny sponsoring Niger Delta Avengers
The Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi; ex-Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku…