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Lagos FA Cup kicks off with rookies playoffs
Taiwo Adelu The 2016 edition of Lagos FA Cup begins this weekend with preliminary round which will be played by…
2 waste workers arrested for selling expired products
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Aswani division have arrested two Balogun market waste disposal workers at Trade Fair Complex for…
Buhari should take over power ministry -Melaye
Eromosele Ebhomele In another controversial suggestion on Saturday, Nigeria’s Senator Dino Melaye has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to take over…
Sokoto commissioner dies at 42
Eromosele Ebhomele The Commissioner for Science and Technology in Sokoto state, northern Nigeria, Nasir Zarummai, is dead. Zarumai died Friday…
Mile 12: Lagos promises quick, effective solution to dispute
bode The Lagos State Government on Friday met with all the stakeholders from Mile 12 market, Agiliti community, Maidan and…
APC blasts Secondus for blaming Amaechi for his detention
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt i Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has lashed at the deputy national chairman of…
Goodluck Jonathan buries relative amid tears
Samuel Oki, a relative of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle, kidnapped on Tuesday February 17 along with the uncle, has…
Philippines impounds North Korean ship under UN sanctions
The Philippines said on Saturday it had impounded a North Korean vessel in response to tough new United Nations sanctions…
Rupert Murdoch, 84, marries Jerry Hall in London
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch married model Jerry Hall in London Friday after the couple announced their engagement in January, a…
I’m not out to oppress anyone with my wealth – Davido
Funsho Arogundade Afro-pop star and Sony/BMG Record new signee, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has said that he is…
Ben Carson pulls out of presidential race
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson officially ended his bid for the White House on Friday after failing to win any…
Federal Operations Zone A seize N18m worth of poultry
Following the re-invigoration of the teams sequel to the transformation ideology of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim…
Nigerian Army to sponsor slain gallant soldiers’ children
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has reiterated the pledge of the Nigerian Army to sponsor…
Ighalo, Oboabona, Samuel say Egypt are beatable
Taiwo Adelu Some of the players of Nigeria’s Super Eagles have declared that the change of guards in the technical…
World Team Tourney: Nigeria, Egypt lose promotion tickets
Africa’s best teams – Nigeria and Egypt were beaten by India at the ongoing ITTF World Team Championship and would…
NDLEA arrests 4 over attempt to export narcotics worth N220m
ratives The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an exporter and three clearing agents in connection with the…
MTN blames Nigeria fine as profits down 37%
African telecommunications giant MTN says profits fell 37 per cent in 2015 largely because of a hefty fine imposed by…
Ibadan agog as 41st Olubadan ascends throne
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, western Nigeria, stood still Friday as people from all walks of life thronged…
Dangote, Kaduna State, others acquire Peugeot – El Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state on Friday said that the state government, Bank of Industry, business tycoon Aliko Dangote…
Buhari congratulates new Olubadan on his coronation
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogungunniso 1 on his coronation on Friday. This…
Wike to create 3000 jobs in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said in a bid to create 3000 direct and indirect…
EFCC arrests, grills Ebonyi Speaker over N60m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Rt Hon. Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru, Speaker, Ebonyi State House of Assembly.…
Siasia calls Balogun, says only fit players will battle Egypt
Coach Samson Siasia has extended invitation to FSV Mainz 05 of Germany defender Leon Balogun ahead of this month’s Africa…
Women Arise protest at Kirikiri court over battering of housewife
Cyriacus Izuekwe Dr Joe Okey-Odumakin and members of the women Arise Against Domestic violence on Friday protested at the premises…
Obasanjo’s place in history is assured – Buhari
anjo President Muhammadu Buhari heartily congratulated former president of Nigeria and elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR), as he turns…
Okowa lauds Obasanjo at 79
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has felicitated with former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun…
Need For State Police In Nigeria
Nothing better justifies the need to now collectively push for the establishment of state police in Nigeria than the current…
Yahaya Bello welcomes twin boys
The wife of Kogi state governor, Hajia Hafi Bello, has given birth to twin boys at a private hospital in…
Cattle market ‘financing’ Boko Haram shut in Borno
Nigeria’s military has closed one of Africa’s biggest cattle markets, charging sales of stolen animals is helping finance Boko Haram’s…
My aides are too slow, says Mugabe
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has blamed his aides for the country’s economic failure, describing them as “slow”. “We have managed…