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Bad weather forces British Airways London flight to land in Nigeria
Femi Ipaye/Abuja A British Airways flight from London to South Africa was forced to land in Nigeria early Tuesday morning…
FIFA shortlists five for presidential election
FIFA’s ad-hoc Electoral Committee has formally admitted five candidates to stand for the presidency of soccer’s global governing body at…
Hijab: Muslim women decry harassment
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria Muslim women have decried marginalisation and harassment of women in Hijab across the country. The Muslim women…
Extra judicial killing: Cop jailed for life
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An operative of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Police, Corporal Amadin Idahosa, was Monday sentenced to…
On Twitter, Nigerians go gaga for Eritrea
Nigerians have gone ballistic on Twitter after it was reported that the Eritrean government ordered its men to marry two…
We need telcos support to fight insecurity, corruption – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has solicited the support of the nation’s telecommunications operators for the…
Can We Allow The Travesty In Kogi State To Stand In A Democracy?
Joe Igbokwe I am writing this piece as Joe Igbokwe not as APC Publicity Secretary Lagos State. I am writing…
Kogi: All set for Yahaya Bello’s inauguration as governor
Barring any court order, all is now set for tomorrow’s inauguration of the Kogi governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. He may…
Suspected robbers’ armourer arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe Police operatives attached to Ajegunle police division of the Lagos command have arrested a suspected armourer of an…
N60m Fraud: EFCC arraigns ex-NBA chairman, court registrar
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, January 22, 2016 arraigned the duo of Barrister Binanu R. Esthon,…
Edo guber: Osunbor laments monetisation of election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo state, a former governor of the state and an aspirant…
Fayose appoints Owolabi as Perm Sec
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, on Monday approved the appointment of Mr Adeniyi Owolabi as a Permanent Secretary in…
Edo 2016: PDP ‘oxygen’ in Etsako LGA joins APC
Sheikh Murktari Ilenoba, Etsako Central Local Government chairman, who has described himself as the ‘oxygen’ of Peoples Democratic Party in…
EFCC takes over Dasuki’s houses, hotel
Property believed to belong to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki was at the weekend sealed off by the…
PICTURES: Gallant Gen. Buratai visits Colombia
Nigeria’s Chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai is on a visit to Colombia’s army headquarters in Bogota.…
I’ll reply Okonjo-Iweala today – Falana
Nigeria’s leading human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) said he would offer a full response today to the diatribe against…
Femi Falana, an ‘integrity challenged charlatan’, says Okonjo-Iweala
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has hit back at human rights advocate, Femi Falana, labelling him an “integrity challenged…
45% of Nigerian graduates unemployed – survey
Nigeria needs to ramp up training and job creation schemes for university graduates, a leading recruitment agency said on Monday,…
N25m Internet Scam: Segun Aroke gets 24-year jail term
Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced an undergraduate of Kuala…
Akpobolokemi sent back to prison
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi on Monday ordered that former Director-General of Nigerian…
CHAN: Glo charges Eagles to beat Guinea
The home Super Eagles have been advised to work hard and defeat the Syli Nationale of Guinea in Tuesday’s last…
Fire razes 200 stores in Sapele market
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Properties worth millions of naira in Sapele Modern Market, Sapele local Government area of Delta State were…
Defections: APC Can Withstand Any Plot To Undermine It From Within
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun in an interactive session with journalists at the…
Money Laundering: How Dariye siphoned N1.2bn Plateau’s Ecological Fund – witness
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
Corrupt Nigerians carted away $200bn to Dubai— Sen. Sani
Femi Adi/Kaduna Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts Senator Shehu Sani on Monday in Kaduna said 200 billion…
Chukwueze receives U-17 FIFA World Cup bronze boot
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Monday presented Golden Eaglets’ forward, Samuel Chukwueze, with his bronze boot from the FIFA U-17…
EFCC arraigns four men over N1billion BOI fraud
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned four men before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos…
Group bemoans illegal discharge by ships in private jetties
The Chairman , Nigerians Against Theft In the Maritime Sector (NATIMS), Dr. Jonas Bankole, on Monday said some private jetty…
We have more work to do— Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to rebuild the state. The governor disclosed…