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Ansaru leader arrested while visiting army barracks
A leader of Islamist sect, Ansaru, has arrested while visiting to a relation inside the army barracks in Lokoja, the…
New Kaduna CP, Adamu Ibrahim, begins work
A new Commissioner of Police, Mr Adamu Ibrahim has assumed duty in Kaduna State. Ibrahim, a member of the National…
Barcelona to weigh up £40m for Mahrez
Barcelona are weighing up a £40m move for Leicester’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez, 25.(Daily Star) Manchester United’s star players have…
PDP hindering local government elections in Lagos
Eromosele Ebhomele A Lagos lawmaker, Bisi Yusuff, has revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state was behind…
Ntel unveils first mobile 4G/LTE service in Nigeria
ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network has announced the commencement of its phased and paced commercial operations with bumper offers…
Court dismisses Metuh’s bid to stop trial, calls for witnesses
Justice Okon Abang has just asked Olisa Metuh to open his defence and call his witnesses, if he has any…
Fury v Klitschko to rematch in Manchester on 9 July
Tyson Fury’s rematch against Wladimir Klitschko will take place in Manchester on 9 July, according to the British fighter’s trainer…
Ekpenyong, Ohakwe arraigned for N11m fraud
Two men, who allegedly obtained N11 million from their client under pretext of repairing a vessel for him, were on…
Gay marriages cause of global problems – Nigerian Anglican bishop
Bishop Emanuel Kanamani of the Anglican Diocese of Maiduguri on Friday said gay marriages were responsible for so many problems…
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Pinnick seeks respite, appeals Jos Court judgement
Amaju Pinnick and his board of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, have swiftly filed an appeal, a motion to vacate the…
EFCC nabs two fake “EFCC Operatives”
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday April 8, 2016 arrested the duo of Abbas Attahiru…
Soyinka: Ibile Professional Coalition illegal-Eko Foundation
Eromosele Ebhomele The Eko Foundation has described the Coalition of Ibile Professionals which defends the choice of Professor Wole Soyinka…
Jos court sacks Pinnick, orders Giwa to take over NFF immediately
A Jos High Court in Plateau State has ordered that President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick should vacate…
UNILAG shut over power, fuel crisis
Kazeem Ugbodaga The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has shut down the institution indefinitely over lingering power and…
Rivers pastor killed for preaching repentance
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chukwu Ekere, a pastor based in Rivers state have been killed for preaching repentance in the oil-rich…
Ijora residents protest over release of cop who shot 3 at naming ceremony
Cyriacus Izuekwe The residents of Church Street in Ijora Badia have protested over the release of a police Inspector who…
Student lovers escape jail over hotel bills
Cyriacus Izuekwe Two lovers have escaped landing in jail after they went to a hotel to have fun and were…
Panama Papers reveal Clinton’s Kremlin connection
The revelations of the so-called Panama Papers that are roiling the world’s political and financial elites this week include important…
California battles killer drug epidemic
Ten people have died in northern California and scores more have overdosed as an epidemic of street drugs laced with…
I benefited from my father’s offshore fund – David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Thursday he had held a £30,000 stake in an offshore fund set up by…
Corps member, 8 others arrested for robbery, kidnapping
lice The Anambra Police Command has arrested nine suspects including a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)…
War on Drugs: Indonesia to resume executions
Indonesia said on Thursday it will resume executions of drug traffickers this year, after a brief hiatus since last year’s…
FG to pay the poor, put graduates on payroll
The Nigerian government plans to make cash payments to poor people of about $25 per month to try to ease…
German police detain Nigerian with ISIS link
German police detained an Iraqi aged 46 and a Nigerian aged 29 on Thursday on suspicion of having links with…
Nigeria gets $200m from oil coys to pay for fuel imports -NNPC
Nigeria will get $200 million in badly-needed hard currency from oil majors to pay for fuel imports and ease petrol…
Why Nigeria is in foreign exchange crisis – Segun Agbaje
The Managing Director, Guarantee Trust Bank Plc (GTB), Mr Segun Agbaje, has stated that the decline in oil price at…
CBN approves two super agents to distribute banking services
Mrs Tokunbo Martins, the Director, Banking Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the bank has approved…
Appeal Court strikes out PDP case against Edo Speaker, clerk
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin, Edo State, has struck out a case seeking to commit the…
Workers Strikes: FG lost N7.7bn btw 2014 to 2016 – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, stated that the Federal Government lost N7.7 billion from 2014 to…
Miracle? Deeper Life pastor escapes while kidnappers doze off
In what could be described as a miraculous intervention by God, a pastor of a pentecostal church has miraculously escaped…