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Ondo speaker, deputy impeached
On a day celebrated worldwide as Women’s Day, the Speaker of Ondo state, Jumoke Akindele has been kicked out by…
FG splits NNPC into seven units, appoints heads
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the immediate unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into seven independent operational…
Giroud shines as Arsenal beat Hull 4-0
Arsenal ended a run of five games without a win by beating Hull in an FA Cup fifth-round replay to…
Siasia dreams repeat of October ’77 feat against Egypt
Samson Siasia says he believes the Super Eagles can give Nigerians joy on Friday, 25 March by winning and picking…
R&B star Darey drops ‘Asiko Laiye’ Video
Funsho Arogundade R&B music star Darey Art Alade is not slowing things down in 2016. Less than a week after…
Fashola advocates attitude change to revamp economy through housing
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Tuesday advocated a change of unhelpful attitudes in the…
UPDATE: Death toll rises to 18 in Lekki building collapse
Kazeem Ugbodaga Death toll in the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has risen to 18…
No More Dasukigate: Osinbajo says Abacha loot will be put to good use
inbajo The Federal Government has welcomed an offer of the Swiss government to return $321m stolen funds from Nigeria under…
Nigerian Army General dies in road accident
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of Chief of Training and Operations of the Army, Major General Yushau Mahmood…
Wike kicks off campaign, says PDP will win all seats
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike turned the flag off of road projects in Obio/Akporehe council into a campaign platform today, vowing…
CCT: Orubebe arraigned on one-count charge
The Federal Government on Tuesday streamlined the four-count charge preferred against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, into…
Aftermath Of Mile 12 clash: Seriki Obalende sues for peace
Paul Iyoghojie Following last week’s deadly ethnic clash at Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos, western Nigeria, which claimed lives with properties…
Ambode vows to fight domestic violence in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has vowed to leave nothing to chance in ensuring that domestic violence against…
Who wants Lai Mohammed out as Information Minister?
By Sani Adamu In my earlier treatise, “Who is afraid of Lai Mohammed’’, I wrote that “those who still believe…
Ekiti lawmakers say $1m earmarked for Fayose’s impeachment
Eromosele Ebhomele The tone for a major controversy may have been set with the allegation by lawmakers in Ekiti state,…
Women protesters hold Okowa hostage in Asaba
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba As millions of Nigerian women joined their counterparts across the world to observe International Women’s Day, hundreds…
Lai, Not ‘Liar’, Mohammed
By Gboyega Akosile Is Lai Mohammed Really ”Liar” Mohammed, as some of his political opponents claim? If you believe in…
Probe Tompolo’s brother, Warri group tells EFCC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Niger Delta pressure group under the auspices of Warri South West Monitoring Group (WSWMG) has called…
Lekki Collapsed Building: Death toll rises to 10
Kazeem Ugbodaga Death toll in the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has risen to 10…
Lekki Collapsed Building: Death toll rises to 10
Kazeem Ugbodaga Death toll in Tuesday morning collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has risen to…
Swiss gives conditions to return Abacha ‘ s stolen $320m
The Federal Government and the Swiss Government said on Tuesday that negotiation was ongoing in the process to repatriate 321…
Lagos rakes N24.5bn in one month, warns tax evaders
Kazeem Ugbodaga Despite economic crunch, the Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, raked N24.5 billion into the state government’s coffer in…
Wike swears in Edo indigene as Rivers chief judge
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers today swore in Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, an Edo state indigene as the…
Super Eagles will thrash Pharaohs – NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday said the Acting Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia would pick three points against…
Palm wine seller jailed for defiling girl, 4
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Igarra, Akoko-Edo, Edo state, has sentenced a 45-year old palm wine seller,…
Jigawa senator, Abdulmimun Zareko dies
Senator Abdulmimun Zareko, who represented Jigawa state in 7th National Assembly is dead. Zareko died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital…
Drama as Edo Assembly plenary ends in shouting match
…I was caught unaware – Speaker Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was mild drama at the Edo State House of Assembly in…
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Buhari to Zuma: MTN aided Boko Haram insurgency
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke for the first time on the hefty $5.2 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria,…
Revenue Court: Lagos goes after tax evaders, defaulters
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would apply the relevant laws to ensure that more Lagosians voluntarily pay…
Fijabi, Afonja Warrior, Joe Boy to headline GOtv Boxing Night 6
Fast rising middleweight boxer, Abolaji “Afonja Warrior” Rasheed will have the chance to win the West African middleweight title when…