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Dele Alli wins Young Player of the Year award
One year ago, Alli was getting ready to play at Rochdale for MK Dons having been loaned back to the…
Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez named PFA player of the year
Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award. Mahrez has scored 17…
Joe Igbokwe, the ‘Abobaku’ of Lagos on the loose again
By Sulyman Buhari The Yoruba concept of the Abobaku is a Yoruba phrase that translates literally as: One who dies with the King.…
Ajimobi calls for support to stamp out beggiing
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Sunday in Ibadan urged the media and law enforcement agencies and religious organisations…
Kidnapped Osun Perm Sec, others, regain freedom
The Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry of Finance, Mrs Adebimpe Ogunlumade, who was kidnapped on Friday along other two officials, have…
DPR sanctions 16 fuel dealers over sharp practices in Bayelsa
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa has sanctioned 16 filling stations in the state for engaging in various…
We don’t want Tottenham to win title – Hazard, Fabregas
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard says he and his team-mates do not want Tottenham to win the Premier League. Spurs are…
Leicester demolish Swansea to increase lead at the top
Leicester City restored their eight-point lead over Tottenham Hotspur and took another stride towards the Premier League title with a…
Herdsmen cause auto crash in Ogun, two dead
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two persons died early Sunday morning after a truck crushed a herdsman in Ogun state in an accident…
We did not divert bailout funds – Osun Govt
The Osun Government has denied allegations of diversion of N34.99 billion bailout fund it received from the Federal Government to…
Presidency, NASS agree on $300m Diaspora Bond
The Presidency and the national assembly seem to have finally agreed on something after the 2016 budget bickering and it…
Buhari right to verify 2016 budget – APC chieftain
A chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Chris Adighije, has expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision…
Nigerian troops ambush, kill five Boko Haram terrorist
Nigerian troops at early hours of Sunday ambushed suspected Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa forest to Fulawani village during…
PICTURES: Ambode, Atiku, Afikuyomi grace LSE Africa Summit in UK
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, former Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar, former Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi…
Lekki Unrest: Lagos asks IG of Police to take over Disu’s killing
The Lagos State Government at the weekend released a White Paper on the report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into…
PH, Warri refinery now produce 7million litres of petrol daily – NNPC
In his avowed commitment to clear the fuel queues, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director…
Oil price crash offers Nigeria opportunity for real growth – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the weekend in United Kingdom, said the massive fall in oil prices in…
$40m fraud: family of Ex-President Jonathan’s cousin accuses EFCC of impunity
Henry Ojelu The family of Rober Azibaola, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Ambode mourns passage of Jafojo, ex-Lagos deputy gov
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed sadness over the passage of the former Deputy Governor of the State,…
FA Cup glory will make me ‘King of Nigeria’, says Ighalo
Odion Ighalo says FA Cup success with Watford would see him return to his homeland as ‘the King of Nigeria.’…
Ex-NAN MD, Mgbemena dies of cancer
A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dr Nwabu Mgbemena, is dead. Mgbemena, 71, died of…
Group wants ICPC to probe Fayemi over N852.9m SUBEB fund
Eromosele Ebhomele A group, Vanguard for Credible Representation, has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC,…
Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Jafojo dies at 80
Kazeem Ugbodaga Former deputy governor of Lagos state during the Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration, Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo is dead. He…
Papa Wemba collapses on stage, dies
Funsho Arogundade Papa Wemba, one of Africa’s most popular musicians, is dead. The influential Congolese Soukous singer died after collapsing…
Buruji Kashamu is a political impostor – Doyin Okupe
Doyin Okupe, former special assistant to former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo on (Media & Publicity) has blasted Senator Buruji Kashamu…
Southwest demands position of PDP national chairman – Okupe
Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on Public Affairs to former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has stated categorically that…
Lagos gets 379 PMS trucks, Abuja 187, Bayelsa 6 – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said a total of 1,082 truck of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were loaded and…
Confronting The Curse Of Oil By Reuben Abati
The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state…
ILO affirms support to FG job creation drive
The massive employment creation initiative of President Muhamadu Buhari received yet another boost following the commitment of the International Labour…
Education standard in Kogi is unacceptable – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his determination to prioritize educational development in the state, noting that, the…