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Southwest to produce PDP National Chairman
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Southern Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday night formally zoned the National Chairmanship…
Security concerns as Olympic Games formally begin
As the Rio 2016 olympic games formally begin with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium, Brazil, there has been…
Chinese investment group buys West Bromwich Albion
West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has agreed a deal to sell the club to a Chinese investment group led by…
Metro, News, Sports, World News
Rio Olympics 2016: Games set for opening ceremony
The 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. Athletes from…
Kano Govt to construct multi-billion naira under pass
Kano state government is to construct a vehicle underpass at cost of N1.2 billion, at the busy Bukavu Barrack junction…
Real Madrid bid €65m for David Alaba
Real Madrid are going back for a third time for Bayern Munich’s David Alaba. According to AS sources, Los Blancos…
Chinese investor to buy West Brom
West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has agreed a deal to sell the club to a Chinese investment group led by…
Football, Headlines, Metro, News
Etebo scores 4 as Dream Team beat Japan 5-4
The Dream Team played an interesting first game at the Olympics to earn their first three points in Manaus on…
Why Kano has more Almajirai than other states – Ganduje
Kano state has become a center for convergence of Almajirai in Northern Nigeria because there is no legislation outlawing itinerancy…
250 reps want Speaker Yakubu Dogara removed – Jibrin
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, says at least 250 out of the…
There’s nothing like budget padding – Ex-Reps Spokesman
The Spokesman of House of Representatives in the Sixth Assembly, Eseme Eyibo, has said that there is nothing like budget…
Armed robbers attack Delta Govt House, kill driver
Suspected armed robbers stormed Delta Government House Annexe, Warri and killed one person on Thursday. Chief Press Secretary to the…
Edo Gov Election: I can’t vouch for Ize-Iyamu – Traditional Ruler
The Ojuromi of Uromi Kingdom, Edo Central, HRH Anslem Eidenojie II, has declared that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Rio Football: South Africa Hold Brazil to goalless draw
Home advantage, a multi-million dollar strike force and a man advantage for almost half the match could not help Brazil…
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IOC clears 271 Russian athletes for Rio Games
Russia has its first win of the Olympics. A total of 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to take part…
Rio Olympics: Bolt vows to beat Gatlin again
Usain Bolt has vowed to let American sprinter Justin Gatlin “feel his full wrath” as he targets an unprecedented treble-treble…
3 oil pipeline vandals nabbed in Ebonyi
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi on Thursday announced the arrest of a 20-year-old woman and…
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Pictures: Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil
Members of Nigeria’s U-23 team have finally arrived Manaus, Brazil after the delay in Atlanta caused by payment for flight…
WAEC releases WASSCE tomorrow
The West African Examination Council will tomorrow (Friday) release results of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)…
Buhari seeks stronger economic ties with Italy
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more intensive trade and economic engagement between Nigeria and Italy. peaking Thursday during a…
Rio 2016: 270 Russians cleared to compete at Olympic Games
Russia will be able to have a boxing team at Rio 2016, which starts in Brazil on 5 August. Russia’s…
Abia govt. officials invade Lagos court for Ogah’s trial
Some very senior officials of the Abia State Government on Thursday invaded the premises of Tinubu Magistrates Court in Lagos…
June 12: Justice Saleh lied, judiciary didn’t annul election-Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) says retired Justice Aminu Saleh lied to Nigerians in his account of June 12,…
British passport: Britain, Lagos collaborate on document verification
The British Government is seeking collaboration with the Lagos State Government on verification of documents presented by applicants for issuance…
72% of Lagos mothers don’t practice exclusive breastfeeding-LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has decried that 72 percent of Lagos mothers do not practice exclusive breastfeeding for…
Varsity student kills neighbour with hot water
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a university student, Mabel Bassey, in prison for bathing…
US declares Borno, Adamawa, Rivers, Edo unsafe for citizens
The United States Government has asked its citizens living in Nigeria to stay away from twenty of the country’s 36…
Nigeria’s U-23 team finally leaves Atlanta
Nigeria’s U-23 football team has finally left Atlanta for their onward journey to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. The team…
Update: Notorious Nigerian female trafficker jailed 22 years
A notorious Nigerian female trafficker, Franca Asemota, who threatened to use “juju magic” against the women and children she helped…
Pictures: Aisha Buhari arrives United States
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday evening arrived Washington DC, United States for a number of engagements. Here are…