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Ambode mourns Olubadan
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday extended heartfelt commiserations to the people of Ibadan and Oyo State…
Rivers police arraign 10 suspected pro-Biafran agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned 10 suspected pro-Biafran protesters arrested between January 16-18, 2016. They…
Minister to meet newspaper columnists, musicians, OAPs
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has slated a series of meetings for this week in continuation…
The NollywoodWeek Paris Film Festival invites submissions for 2016 edition
The 4th edition of Europe’s leading showcase of Nigerian films is now open for submissions of short or feature films…
Lagos empowers 200 marginalised people
The Lagos State Government has flagged off a 3-week Skill Acquisition programme for 200 marginalized people in the state. The…
M-Net, Airtel give Nigerians The Voice
Funsho Arogundade Finally, the global music talent hunt franchise, The Voice, is set to roll in Nigeria with the unveiling…
Fake medical doctor nabbed with 7 fake certificates
YUSUF MUHAMMED A fake medical doctor, Adesina Opeyemi, 43, who resides at 1, Alowolodu Street, Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos…
Pipeline Sabotage: NNPC shuts Port Harcourt, Kaduna refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Wednesday announced the operational shutdown of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries owing…
W/Cup Qualifier: Nigeria’s Flamingoes arrive Windhoek, vow to stop Namibia
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s tam, the Flamingoes have vowed to leave nothing to chance as they confront Namibia’s Gladiators in the…
Justice Ademola orders FG to produce Dasuki in court
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court, Abuja ordered Federal Government to produce former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo…
Lagos-bound Boko Haram kingpin arrested
A Boko Haram kingpin operating in Damboa, Chibok and Askira axis of Borno State, has been arrested. Jarasu Shira was…
Basketmouth gets really emotional
Popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, was emotional on sighting the flood of congratulatory messages on his social media timeline…
NDDC to train workforce on Niger Delta Master Plan
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said on Wednesday that it had concluded plans to train its staff on implementation…
IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu sent to Kuje prison
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra on Wednesday pleaded…
Army/Shiite Clash: Forum demands release of students’ corpses
aky The Academic Forum of Islamic Movement of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian Army to release corpses of students allegedly…
Traders stage comeback to Oshodi rail tracks
Traders on the rail tracks at Oshodi, dislodged in 2008 by former governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola have started returning…
Lagos safe for genuine tourism, other investors – LASG
The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Wednesday assured investors that the state was a safe destination for tourism, entertainment and…
Gunmen kill at least 19 in Pakistan university attack
Pakistani medical officials confirmed that the death tolls from the attack at Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday…
Pipeline vandalism an act of economic sabotage – DHQ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has assured that it would go after those bombing the oil pipelines in…
Military chiefs gather in Paris to strategise against ISIS
Defence chiefs from the US, France, Britain and four other nations are meeting in Paris to examine ways to accelerate…
Ibadan mourns as Olubadan dies at 101
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, slipped into mourning on Wednesday as the report of the death of the Olubadan of…
I never got along with Dasuki – Doyin Okupe
Doyin Okupe, former special assistant to former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo on (Media & Publicity) has stated categorically that he…
NSCDC, IPMAN seal six petrol stations in PH, arrest 30
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Joint TaskForce made up of Independent Marketers Association (IPMAN) and National Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has…
Doyin Okupe reacts to ‘hacking claims’, demands apology
Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant to former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs has reacted to claims…
Jamie Foxx rescues car driver from burning vehicle
Jamie Foxx swapped Hollywood action for some real life stuff when he pulled a motorist from the wreckage of his…
Lagos Assembly to initiate bill on Health Trust Fund
The Lagos State House of Assembly has disclosed that plans are underway to initiate the Health Trust Fund Bill, which…
Corruption: It’s time to name and prosecute all suspects – CACOL
Eromosele Ebhomele acol The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, on Tuesday said Nigerians have had enough of revelations of how…
NIMASA: Nigeria lost N32bn to foreign investor, says Amaechi
Nigeria’s Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that a foreign investor in the shipping sector got N32 billion for vessels,…
Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received the endorsement Tuesday of conservative firebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential…
Cameroon troops are killing civilians – Nigerian villagers
Cameroonian troops pursuing Boko Haram fired rocket-propelled grenades indiscriminately that killed a family of four, then shot and killed two…