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Ahead Glo League Season: Ikorodu United unveiled in Lagos
Taiwo Adelu An innovation was brought into Nigerian club football when the newly promoted to the Globacom sponsored Nigeria Professional…
Zika vaccine is years away – US researcher
The hunt for a vaccine to prevent the Zika virus could take years, a top US health chief said amid…
Seriki Royal lineage sues dead people over Olubadan throne
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Oyo State Chief Judge, Mukhtar Abimbola has commenced the hearing of a suit filed by Seriki Royal lineage…
Banks, hotels, schools sealed over tax evasion
The Anambra State Government in eastern Nigeria has sealed off at least 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi…
KPMG, SIAO to audit NNPC, NIMASA, NPA, 78 other agencies
Audit firms, KPMG and SIAO will carry out forensic audit on 81 revenue generating agencies in Nigeria including NNPC, NIMASA,…
Airtel commissions retail outlet in National Assembly complex
As part of its commercial strategy to deepen its retail presence as well as deliver telecoms services to the doorsteps…
$930m: Why EFCC arrested, detained Amosu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been quizzing Nigeria’s former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu…
Rivers govt’s plans to smear NDDC boss, Semenitari, uncovered
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A group known as Media Advocacy for Anti-corruption has claimed it has stumbled on a massive plot…
Ahmed Musa heading to Man Utd – Report
As the transfer window climaxes, here are some of the transfer gossips and possible moves that could take place. Manchester…
Fire guts MRS filling station in Lagos
Fire on Thursday evening gutted an MRS filling station and two buildings in Lawanson, SuruLere Local Government Area, Lagos. The…
NIKE reviews partnership deal with NFF
Sports kit manufacturing company NIKE may currently be reviewing their partnership with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), NAN reports. The…
FAO warns Nigeria of Avian Influenza infection
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned Nigeria of a possible spread of Avian Influenza to its citizens if…
Goodluck Jonathan, an ineffectual buffoon – The Economist
The Economist has described former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, an ineffectual buffoon in an article titled: “Cheap oil is causing…
Nigerians bash The Economist for labelling Jonathan an ‘ineffectual buffoon’
Nigerians have expressed their anger at international news magazine, The Economist for labelling for president of the country, Goodluck Jonathan…
I’ll provide a creative opposition to Wike – Dakuku
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections in Rivers state, Dr.…
I’ll provide a creative opposition to Gov Wike- Dakuku Peterside
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, Dr.…
Rivers rerun elections for 6 Feb
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed 6 February, 2016 for the rerun elections in Rivers…
Lagos targets 60% students performance in external exams
Lagos State Government has stated that it is targeting at least 60% of students’ performance in all the external examinations…
Obasanjo, Anyaoku, Richard Joseph to discuss democracy, development
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and a leading authority on…
Facebook comment lands lecturer in detention
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Malam Umar Shehu on Thursday ordered the detention of a Kaduna State University, KASU,…
Obasanjo’s regime exposed national assembly to corruption – Dino Melaye
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday reacted to the letter written by…
Tompolo will appear in court soon-Aide
The former Niger Delta warlord, Mr Government Ekpemupolo “Tompolo’’ will appear in court at the appropriate time, Mr Paul Bebenimibo,…
El-Rufai suspends monarch over marijuana possession
Femi Adi/Kaduna In actualizing his campaign against drugs, Kaduna Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday announced the immediate suspension of…
Olisa Metuh regains freedom again
Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh has regained freedom from Kuje prison after meeting the bail conditions…
DPO arrests 17 suspected hoodlums at 1004 Estate
Paul Iyoghojie The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge Bar Beach police station, Victoria Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, CSP Segun…
Army arrests Boko Haram member in Sapele
A middle-aged man suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram sect has been apprehended in Sapele , Delta,…
Sodomy: Prof., 3 others arraigned for Criminal Conspiracy
The Police in Kano on Thursday, arraigned the proprietor of Hassan Gwarzo College in Kano, Prof. Ibrahim Ayagi and three…
Buhari to make agriculture mainstay of Nigeria’s economy
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has expressed confidence that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will reposition…
Help us tackle terrorism, Dambazau tells UK
Lt -Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), Minister of Interior has called for the support of the United Kingdom in tackling terrorism…
Anambra Govt. seals banks, hotels, schools over tax evasion
The Anambra Government on Thursday sealed-off no fewer than 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi over the refusal…