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Breaking: Israel’s defence minister resigns
Israel’s Minister of Defence Moshe Ya’alon announced on Friday morning on his Facebook and Twitter feeds, “I informed the prime…
Fire chief in trouble over employment scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned Dada Olatunji, a former Assistant Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Fire…
Stop Using My Name to Extort People-EFCC Boss
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has warned fraudsters to stop using his name to…
Why Dasuki is in detention- FG
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: The Federal Government told ECOWAS Court in Abuja on Thursday that former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki…
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Jonathan’s Sure-P, a monumental fraud- Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described former…
EgyptAir confirms wreckage of crashed plane found
Wreckage from an EgyptAir plane carrying 66 people that crashed Thursday in the Mediterranean has been found, the airline said,…
Teenager drowns catching catfish
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Benin, Edo state when a 15-year-old boy simply identified as Ikponmwosa, drowned while on a…
President Buhari receives rescued Chibok and her 4-month old baby
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the rescued Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali and her 4-month old baby inside the Presidential…
Fake drugs dealer Jailed 5 years
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted a businessman, Sylvanus Nwanoro, for dealing in counterfeit drugs. Justice Ibrahim…
Varsity students beg Buhari not to increase tuition fees
The National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has urged the Federal Government to “halt any further increment of tuition fees…
Debris from crashed EgyptAir plane found
Search teams have found two large orange objects in waters off Egypt suspected to belong to the missing Egyptair passenger…
NLC Strike: Workers resume fully in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin: Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) appears to be loosing the grip on workers in Edo, as the indefinite strike…
NLC Strike: APC threatens to suspend Senator Sani
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Thursday threatened to expel Senator Shehu Sani for his opposition to…
NLC cannot fight fuel price increase-Activist
A legal practitioner and civil rights activist, Mr Frank Tietie, says it is not the responsibility of the organised labour…
DStv, GOtv to air choice African shows
As Africa Day, 25 May, approaches, viewers are in for a treat, as DStv and GOtv bring more exciting locally-produced…
Strike: Police deploy personnel to flash points in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday deployed security personnel to strategic places to prevent possible breach of peace during…
Trader refuses to pay N700,000 debt
A trader, Wahab Kadiri, who allegedly failed to refund N700, 000, value of the tiles he collected from a distributor,…
Doctors, Dentists to spend 7 years in varsity-NUC insists
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says Medicine and Dentistry are still seven-year programmes in Nigerian universities and not 11 years…
Nigerian biscuits for ECOWAS market
The Jos-based NASCO Group of Companies has secured an approval to export 19 products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme…
Intestines gush out as JSS 2 student stabs classmate
A 13-year-old JSS II student, Samuel Oladimeji, is on admission at the Ikorodu General Hospital after his classmate allegedly stabbed…
Naira rain for 4,001 Zamfara pilgrims
The Zamfara Hajj Commission has refunded N80 million to 4, 001 persons from the state that participated in the 2015…
2016 budget has clear agenda for development – Semenitari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has described the 2016…
Man stabs step-brother to death
For allegedly stabbing his step-brother to death, an Ebuta-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 20-year-old man,…
Division will spell doom for NLC-Aremu
Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, on Thursday…
Workers foil plot to shut down Lagos airport
The Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday failed to carry out its plan of grounding…
Benue, Ebonyi agree boundary truce, get FG commendation
Dr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director-General, National Boundary Commission (NBC), has commended the governments of Benue and Ebonyi states for achieving…
Buhari’s anti-corruption war drawing more companies to Nigeria – Sanderson
Ryan Sanderson, Exhibition Manager of informal Life Science Services Exhibition, organisers of “Food Nigeria”, a three-day Exhibition and Conference fair…
Plane crashes in Afghanistan, 7 dead
A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan says seven people were killed when a plane belonging to Silk Way Airlines of…
NIMASAgate: Ex-DG uses in-law as account operator for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has presented the first witness in the ongoing trial of former Acting Director-General of…
Arms Deal: How ex-PDP chairman was paid N300m-Witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Haliru Bello, Yazidu…