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Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General docked for releasing suspects
Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, who was arrested on Monday on a charge of abuse of office, or alternatively obstructing the…
Texas confims first case of Zika virus
Health authorities in Dallas, Texas, said they have received confirmation of the first transmission of the Zika virus through sexual…
2 arrested for battering Police Inspector
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Inspector serving at Igando Division, Balogun Johnson, was battered recently while he was performing his official…
Power generation to increase by 2000mw – Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has expressed optimism that given the various plans under taken by…
NOA slams critics, says will not succumb to blackmail
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has warned people with sinister motive against the agency to desist from secret efforts to…
PDP’s Charge Against Buhari A None Issue
By SKC Ogbonnia Since assuming power, President Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been able to unmask mind-boggling…
Supreme Court rules on Akwa Ibom, Abia election today
Nigeria’s Supreme Court will hear the Akwa Ibom and Abia state governorship appeals today and as they had done with…
Biodun Jeyifo’s Humanising Pedagogy by Kunle Ajibade
By Kunle Ajibade When we learnt on December 14 1987 that Dr Biodun Jeyifo had resigned from the University of…
We are ready to lend Nigeria money, says IMF
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it stands ready to help sub-Saharan Africa’s oil exporters cope with plunging crude…
Sule Lamido’s son suspended as district head
The Dutse emirate in Jigawa on Tuesday suspended Alhaji Mustapha Lamido, the District Head of Bamaina in Birninkudu Local Government,…
FIRS proposes N4.96trn revenue for 2016
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has proposed a revenue target of N4.957 trillion for 2016. Its Executive Chairman, Mr…
2 community leaders arraigned over alleged damage to N100m property
Paul Iyoghojie Two Community leaders at Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mojeed Babtunde, 70, and Tajudeen Ajenifuja,…
3 Ecobank employees docked for stealing N2.8m from customers’ accounts
Three Ecobank employees were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons…
Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram
Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…
Aguero fires Man City to victory
Manchester City responded to the news of manager Manuel Pellegrini’s summer departure with a hard-earned win over Sunderland at the…
Vardy scores twice as Leicester down Liverpool
Jamie Vardy got back to his best against Liverpool at the King Power Stadium when he scored twice in a…
NIMASA paid me N905m for unexecuted jobs – Witness
A prosecution witness, Uche Obilor in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others today…
Apologize now, Okowa tells APC, LP guber candidate
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Following his victory at the Supreme Court which declared him winner of the 11 April, 2015 governorship election…
ICC considering Falana’s petition against Okonjo-Iweala
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering the petition submitted to it by…
Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…
FG to save $1bn as NNPC ends crude oil swap
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu,…
UTME candidates in South West protest non-availability of centres
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 students in the South-West who intend to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, that would…
NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base
The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…
NDDC seeks EFCC’s collaboration
The acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has called for the support and collaboration…
Organisers give reasons for GOtv Boxing NextGen search
The organisers of GOtv Boxing Night have explained why they are holding GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, slated to take place…
FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo
The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…
Supreme court verdict brilliant, straightforward – Delta Speaker
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the…
How Dariye shared N1.2bn Ecological Fund
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko
The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…
CBN agrees 5% lending rate to farmers – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had agreed to…