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Commissioner expels 5 students protesting hike in school fees
Five students of Akwa Ibom School of Health Technology in Etinan, have been expelled by the Commissioner for Health, Dr…
Nigerian troops, police arrest Boko Haram kingpins
Nigerian troops attached to 101 Task Force Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, along Lagos Street Maiduguri, Borno State, arrested yet another…
Man kills four own children in Kaduna
A middle aged man, on Wednesday in Kaduna slaughtered four of his children and attempted to kill himself after an…
IS announces execution of Chinese, Norwegian
The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday it has executed a Chinese and a Norwegian hostage, two months after it…
Blast rips through mobile phone market in Kano
A large blast ripped through a busy mobile phone market in Nigeria’s biggest northern city, Kano, on Wednesday, two traders…
Fuel Subsidy: Buhari seeks approval of supplementary budget
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the approval of a supplementary budget to cover mainly the 413 billion naira ($2.1…
NFF to honour Yekini, Best Ogedegbe at Federation Cup final
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, will on Sunday at the final of the 2015 Federation Cup, honour more of those…
Security remains my top priority, Ambode assures Lagosians
…Hosts outgoing and incoming members Of State Security Trust Fund Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday evening restated his…
Biafra Radio: Drama in court as 2 lawyers battles over Kanu`s brief
A mild-drama ensue on Wednesday at Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court as two lawyers, Gabriel Egbule and Vincent Obetta, battle…
Election: Kogi Govt. orders closure of schools
Kogi Government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state from Tuesday, Nov. 18 to…
Edo Govt to rebuild burnt Dumez Road market with N30m
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo said on Wednesday that the state goverment would provide N30 million for the reconstruction of…
Highway sweeper knocked to death in Lagos
A highway sweeper under the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Wednesday lost her life when a vehicle knocked…
Businessman in court over alleged N280,000 hotel bill
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 37-year-old businessman, Muhammed Kawu, in a Senior Magistrates’ Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for…
45 killed in road accidents in Kogi
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says 45 persons lost their lives in 61 road crashes in different parts of…
FIFA Appeal Committee rejects appeals by Blatter, Platini against provisional bans
The FIFA Appeal Committee, chaired by Larry Mussenden, has today rejected in full the appeals lodged by Joseph S. Blatter…
Two accidents claim 5 lives in Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, said five persons had died and 12 others sustained injuries in…
Jobless man, 42, arrested for stealing neighbours food
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 42-year old hungry jobless man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates court for allegedly stealing…
Jumia says Black Friday generating 100 times more traction than last year
Jumia Nigeria on Wednesday revealed that Black Friday was already generating 100 times more traction than in the year 2014.…
Fuel scarcity bites harder in Auchi, hits N180 per litre
Scarcity of petrol has continued to bite harder in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo as the price…
MasterCard to launch facial recognition payment service
The Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) on has said that MasterCard would soon launch a facial recognition payment…
Ethiopian Airlines to operate all-women flight Friday
The Ethiopian Airlines said it would operate an All-Women flight on its Addis Ababa-Bangkok route on Friday to crystallise its…
Yola blast: Relatives besiege hospital for remains of loved ones
Relatives of victims of Tuesday’s blast in Yola have besieged the Specialists Hospital, Yola, to claim the remains of their…
I don’t have money, Siasia tells Mum’s kidnappers
Flying Eagles coach Samson Siasia has told kidnappers of his mother in Bayelsa state that they chose a wrong target…
Why we assist women entrepreneurs – Torera Abiola
Torera Abiola, the late Chief MKO Abiola’s niece, is an ambassador on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) organisation, a group supported…
Woman blows self, as raid on terrorists mount in Paris
Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout Wednesday in north Paris with…
Ford produces first vehicle in Nigeria
The Ford assembly plant near Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, has produced its first vehicle, the company says. It’s tweeted a…
UNIPORT lecturer, Rivers Polytechnic Bursar abducted
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mrs Lillian Ikombia Davies, the Bursar of Kenule Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Bori,the Rivers State owned Polytechnic and Dr…
More troubles for MTN as Uganda fine telco $622,000
It is not only in Nigeria that MTN has run foul of the rules. It is also in hot water…
Reps to probe Nigerian banks for ‘unrealistic targets’ to staff
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Banking and Currency to investigate alleged unwholesome practices of unrealistic…
Man stabs neighbour over witchcraft allegation
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 37-year-old man, Abuchi Simon, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly stabbing his…