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Pistorius walks without his prosthetic leg in court to avoid jail
Oscar Pistorius shuffled without his prosthetic legs through a Pretoria court on Wednesday to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without…
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69 air passengers escape death as plane catches fire
Jet Airways airlines, on Wednesday, said its passenger plane, Flight 9W 2839, with 69 people on board, made an emergency…
Lagos warns boat operators against blackmail
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, has warned boat operators in the state against blackmailing the government as…
Ogboni cult splits 16-year old marriage
A 35-year-old housewife, Tomilola Ogundele, on Wednesday asked an Ikole Customary Court to dissolve her 16-year-old marriage to Olanrewaju Aluko…
Nigerians shun Yankari Games Reserve, visit South Africa for tourism
Despite the abundance of tourist sites in the country, many Nigerians still prefer to travel to South Africa for tourism.…
Alligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney resort in Florida
An alligator dragged a two-year-old boy into a lagoon at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida late on Tuesday, defeating…
Obanikoro spits fire from US, says I won’t submit to EFCC
Former Minister of State for Defence and one time Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has condemned yesterday’s raid…
Death toll in Ghana’s flood rises to 10
The death toll in the flood in the southern Ghana city of Cape Coast has increased from five to 10,…
Pictures: Bayo Onanuga, NAN MD, visits EFCC
The new Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Bayo Onanuga on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit…
EFCC docks two impostors
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mohammed Sufyanu and Abbas Attahiru, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the…
Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin
A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…
NAN pledges support for EFCC
The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed the readiness of the agency to further support…
Dariye’s Trial: Defence makes u-turn, shelves no-case submission
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on Tuesday before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a…
APC blasts PDP, you are suffering from past sins
The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abuja has described as baseless and laughable allegations of a faction…
Court jails two oil thieves six years
Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Paul Etim and…
Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness
The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.) by the…
Encomiums as Osofisan turns 70
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan has been described as an ambassador of peace and reconciliation in Nigeria, Africa and…
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AIT sacks workers over 16 months salary arrears
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of the African Independent Television (AIT) Tuesday sacked all the workers at its Benin City station,…
Ex-Gov Nyame deposited N180m to buy house in Abuja – Witness
An operative of EFCC, DSP Ibrahim Galadima, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Gudu, that ex-Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame,…
2,300 children die of malnutrition annually in Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday said 2,300 children below the age of five die of malnutrition annually in…
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France deports 29 Russian fans over Euro 2016 violence
French police have begun the deportation of 29 Russians following violent clashes with England supporters in the early days of…
Naira falls again
The Naira on Monday fell against the dollar at the parallel market. The Nigerian currency shed N8 to exchange at…
FG job portal registers 403,000 applicants in 36 hours
The jobs portal of the Federal Government, “n-power.gov.ng,” has recorded over 403,000 successful registrations, since it opened for submissions on…
Abuja House: I’m not a thief, Diezani Alison-Madueke fights back
Okundia Jennifer Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has declared that she is not a thief as being bandied…
Nigerian Colonel emerges best graduand at U.S. War College
A Nigerian Army officer, Col. Charles Nengite, beat 380 other post-graduate students to the top position at the U.S. War…
LASU promotes academic staff to professors
The Lagos State University (LASU) has promoted 25 associate professors to professors and 22 senior lecturers to associate professors, the…
Flood kills 5 in Ghana
Five people lost their lives in flood in southern Ghana city of Cape Coast, about 144 kilometres west of the…
Militants execute Canadian hostage
Militants in the southern Philippines on Monday executed a Canadian hostage after ransom was not paid, officials said. The Abu…
Why EFCC freezes bank accounts – Spokesman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has explained the reason behind the freezing of the bank accounts of suspects…
Italian ambassador warns Nigerian girls against prostitution
The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Fulvio Rustico, on Monday urged young Nigerians to be conscious of the negative consequences…