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Stallions appoint Ayo Bakare as team coach
Former Coach of the national team, Ayodele Bakare has been appointed as the team coach for the Stallions team. This…
Saraki leads 90 lawyers to CCT trial, asks for adjournment
Timeline: Justice Umar arrived the courtroom around 10.31 am and immediately set off proceedings. The Senate President entered the dock…
Saraki arrives Code of Conduct Tribunal trial
10.18 am: The Senate President and his supporters, mostly Senators and political cronies from Kwara State are already inside the…
Alex Iwobi to remain at Arsenal until 2021 after agreeing £30k-a-week deal
Alex Iwobi has agreed a bumper new long-term Arsenal deal keeping him at the club until 2021. The Gunners have…
Chelsea appointing Antonio Conte makes no sense – Chris Sutton
Chelsea’s appointment of Antonio Conte as manager “does not make any sense”, says ex-Blues striker Chris Sutton. He thinks the…
Man docked over marriage fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 29-year old man has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo for allegedly obtaining…
Lagos Metro Pro League Season 2 kicks off Thursday
The much-awaited Metro Pro League Lagos 2015/2016 season kicks off on Thursday as Nath Boys Football Club battle debutant Pepsi…
Will Saraki’s fresh move to stop CCT trial succeed?
It was not certain if the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on 13-count charge of false asset declaration before…
Money Laundering: Diezani to appear before UK court today
Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke is expected to appear before the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London today, over…
EFCC never arrested MD, NNPC Retail
The Young Professional Alliance for Change has claimed that there is a campaign of calumny against the Managing Director, Nigerian…
NDDC unveils empowerment project for girls in science
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has concluded plans to renovate dilapidated schools in nine states within the…
Tinubu is the face of Nigeria’s democracy – Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly resumed from a week-long Easter holiday to celebrate the national…
Saraki dismisses #PanamaPapers leak, says he complied with the law
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday dismissed the leaked Panama Papers linking him to some hidden assets abroad, arguing that,…
Plateau govt. issues alert to new attack strategy by insurgents
The Plateau government on Monday alerted the public to new attack strategy adopted by the Boko Haram sect to harm…
SON seals yoghurt, water factory in Kaduna
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday in Kaduna sealed the TOSCO Standard Yoghurt factory over alleged unhygienic environment…
We need to re-establish the integrity of Nigeria – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the urgent need to ensure that the potentials of Nigeria are harnessed and used for…
Patricia Scotland assumes duty as new Commonwealth Secretary-General
Ms Patricia Scotland, the new Secretary-General of Commonwealth, on Monday in London, assumed duty as the first female scribe, pledging…
Maitama Sule not dead–Close Aide
Alhaji Ashiru Sharif, a close aide to Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule, the Danmasani of Kano has debunked the rumour going…
Fuel pump price will be reviewed quarterly – PPPRA
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has stated there will be a quarterly review of petroleum pump price in…
Robbers murder night guard in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 52-year-old night guard simply identified as Abdulahi, has been murdered by suspected armed robbers in a phone…
Nigeria’s Sharubutu shines at Schneider Electric Paris marathon
Nigeria’s Philibus Sharubutu has finished in the top group at the Schneider Electric – sponsored Paris Marathon 2016, which took…
Lagos warns of discrimination against physically challenged persons
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has warned against discrimination against People Living with Disabilities, PLD, in work places and…
Teenager remanded for stealing phone at gun point
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Egor Magistrates’ court in Benin, on Monday ordered the remand in prison custody of a teenage armed…
Robbers murder night guard
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 52-year-old night guard simply identified as Abdulahi, has been reportedly murdered by suspected armed robbers in a…
Fuel Scarcity: Passengers agonise as commuter buses disappear in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the fuel situation in Benin and other major towns in Edo state remains critical, few commuter buses…
Blast Champ drops new Afro-pop single, Nwayor
By Funsho Arogundade Fast rising Afro-pop sensation, Blast Champ has released a new single Nwayor. The new song, dropped recently…
Driver robs passenger to pay child’s hospital bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, have paraded a commercial cab driver, Clement Ogunsola, who was arrested for armed robbery.…
Military rescues kidnapped soldier, arrests sea pirates, doctor
Jethro Ibileke/Niger Delta Operatives of the Sector 2 of the military task force operating in the Niger Delta, code-named “Operation…
Between Ayo Fayose and Yours Truly by Femi Fani-Kayode (Part 1)
People often say that my friend and brother Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and I are giving the Buhari…
Army rescues 275 from Boko Haram camp
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian Army said it has rescued 275 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists. Colonel Sani…