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The 250 protesting soldiers were recalcitrant – Army
The Nigerian Army has described the 250 protesting dismissed soldiers as recalcitrant, noting that, “they are simply not interested in…
Why National Assembly refused to pass 2016 budget
Nigerian lawmakers announced on Tuesday that with the gross distortions and bogus allocations being discovered in many areas of the…
Nigerian Army arrest two soldiers working with Boko Haram
Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of two soldiers who are Explosive Ordinance Device personnel attached to 143 Battalion believed…
Nigerian army warns Boko Haram collaborators
The Nigerian Army has warned all collaborators and sympathizers of Boko Haram in the country, noting that, that would be…
Oil benchmark to stabilise by April – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said 38 dollars per barrel oil benchmark is feasible by April as projections suggest…
Nnamdi Kanu: FG seeks court protection for witnesses
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to allow the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,…
PICTURES: Ben Bruce switches to ‘Made In Aba’ products
Action speaks louder than words and that’s what Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East constituency is portraying by patronizing…
Assar, Quadri are top seeds at ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup
Africa’s best table tennis players, Egypt’s Omar Assar and Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri, are top seeds at this month’s ITTF Africa…
Senate pledges support for EFCC
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, has expressed the readiness of the…
Cart pusher steals 83 pairs of ladies’ shoes
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old cart pusher, Obinna Eze, who allegedly burgled a shop and stole 83 pairs…
Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…
Olunloyo, Awe, Oyebola want review of Ibadan traditional chieftaincy system
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Eminent Nigerians and scholars Tuesday called for an urgent review of the Ibadan chieftaincy tradition to encourage younger,…
Metuh, wife bought N500m property in Banana Island – Witness
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh…
Fayose advises Buhari on 2016 Budget
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in the western part of Nigeria, on Tuesday asked President Mohammadu Buhari…
DSS in harvests of arrests, nabs ISIS recruiter, other suspects
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service said on Tuesday that it has arrested Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a…
N371m Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Saraki’s cousin, Moronfoye
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 re-arraigned the duo of immediate past Kwara State…
GOtv Boxing Night V: Capo eyes national title, N1.5m cash prize
Sunday “Capo” Olalekan, the dreadlocked, hard-punching Light Welterweight boxer, has declared that he will win the National Light Welterweight boxing…
Police arrest 4 suspects, recover 5 AK-47 rifles
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Rivers State Police Command Tuesday at about 5 am stormed the criminal hideout in…
250 dismissed soldiers beg Buhari for reinstatement
Femi Adi/Kaduna The 250 soldiers who were dismissed from Nigerian Army School of Infantry for lateness to training parade, have…
42 erring cops undergo reformation
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Yusuf Muhammed Forthy-two officers of the Nigeria Police Force who had committed various infractions in the course…
Bukola Saraki, What Was On Your Mind?
Peter Claver Oparah This certainly is not the best of times for Senate President, Bukola Saraki. From all seeming indices,…
Lagos Deputy Gov condoles with Mobolaji Johnson over wife’s death
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, has paid a condolence visit to the former Military Governor of Lagos…
Lagos warns applicants against fake recruitment agencies
Following the Resolution reached by the Lagos State House of Assembly on the illegal and dangerous activities of faceless recruitment…
Saraki should resign as the Senate President – CACOL
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has called for the resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki as he…
Minister hails Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hailed the role being played by the Presidential Advisory Committee…
Biafra: Kanu trial begins on dramatic note
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Trial of leader of Indigenious People of Biafra, IPOB, and two others charged with treasonable felony by the…
Gombe Cooperative boss docked for N75m loan fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 8 February, 2016 arraigned the General Manager, Gombe State Cooperative Savings and…
Beuraux de Change agent loses £20k to partners
Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested two businessmen, Musa Nura…
Gara-Gombe to NFF: Let Oliseh go now
Taiwo Adelu A seasoned football adminstrator, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has strongly advised Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to relieve Chief Coach…
Man loses N1.4m to pastor over land scam
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Emmanuel Okwedimbu has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding and threatening to…