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Landslides bury 8 villagers in Tibet
Eight villagers were buried by landslides in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday, local publicity department said Saturday night. Nine…
Pickpocket nabbed at Edo APC primary election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An unidentified middle-aged man was arrested by security agents at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, venue of the…
Pictures: Edo APC governorship primary in Benin
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC on Saturday 18 June held its governorship primary in Benin.…
Edo APC Primary: Aspirants protest Oshiomhole’s unrestricted movement
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Several governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) participating in the ongoing governorship primary election have expressed…
Nigerian students in diaspora returning home over forex crisis
Mr Julius Ayuk-Tabe, Assistant Vice-President, Digital Services, African American University (AUN), Yola has said that Nigerian students studying abroad are…
Pipeline Vandalism: Three fishermen in trouble
The Joint Task Force (JTF), code name: ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ has arrested three suspects, including two teenagers and an elderly…
43 Islamist militants sentenced to death in Somalia
A Somalia Court on Saturday sentenced 43 Islamist militants to death in the north-eastern city of Garowe in Puntland region…
Egypt’s former president sentenced to 40 years in jail
Egypt’s deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges of leaking secret…
Sex Scandal: Mine is mistaken identity – Rep
Mr Samuel Ikon, one of the three House of Representatives members accused of sexual indiscretion in the U.S., has dismissed…
Ogun Correspondents Chapel holds annual Ramadan lecture
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The annual Ramadan lecture of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council…
Borno probes diversion of rice meant for Boko Haram victims
The Borno Government has directed security agencies to investigate alleged diversion of large quantities of rice meant for feeding Internally…
PDP’s festering sore
The Peoples Democratic Party’s self-inflicted problem is festering. Ali Modu Sheriff, removed as chairman at PDP’s Port-Harcourt convention, is not…
Nigerian businessman dupes Chinese companies of N49.6m
Paul Iyoghojie A Nigerian businessman who duped Chinese companies of N49.6m has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for…
N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-Banker admits Dariye operated account illegally
A former staff of the defunct All States Trust Bank, Adonye Roberts, on June 17, 2016 told a Federal Capital…
Final year IMT student jailed 2 years for fraud
Justice M.N Yinusa of the Federal High court, Enugu has sentenced Frank Joseph and his accomplice, Muonwuba Valentine, a final…
Minister condoles with NUJ over journalist’s death
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the…
Court of Appeal dismisses SEC appeal against Ndidi Onyiuke
The Court of Appeal Court in Lagos, on Friday dismissed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), appeal challenging a lower…
NECO offers last chance to pupils writing Unity Colleges exam
Barely few hours to the second test of the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), qualified candidates still have an opportunity…
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Bread price to go up again, say Masterbakers
Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said there would be a hike…
Ikorodu Utd FC players escape death
Lagos-based Ikorodu United FC players and officials were on Friday involved in an auto accident while travelling to Makurdi for…
1,200 policemen for Edo APC primary election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Command has announced the deployment of no fewer than 1,200 policemen to provide security for…
Masari promises to be fair to Edo governorship aspirants
Governor Aminu Masari, Chairman of the Committee deployed in Edo State by the national body of the All Progressives Congress…
PDP Crisis: IG holds meeting with Sheriff, Makarfi
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), the Inspector-General…
Lagos clarifies eviction of Tarzan, Metro Ferry operators from jetties
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Friday said its decision to serve eviction notices to Tarzan Marine Enterprises and…
Odigie-Oyegun mourns ex-NUJ chairman, Chuks Ehirim
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has condoled with the Nigerian Union of Journalists…
Internet fraudster jailed 10 years
Justice H.A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday convicted Frank Emem and sentenced him…
EgyptAir second black box pulled out of sea
The second black box of the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed last month killing all 66 people on board was…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills 18 in Adamawa
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed 18 people in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali area in restive northeast…
Military arrests 19 Niger Delta Avengers, foils attack on Agip pipeline
The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Friday said it…
You are a thief, Maradona tells Sepp Blatter
Former Argentinian football star Diego Maradona on Friday accused FIFA’s former president, Sepp Blatter, of stealing while at the helm…