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Paris Attacks: One of civilization darkest nights, By Iyoha John Darlington
November 13, 2015, goes down in history when a deadly attack, in fact, the deadliest of its kind was unleashed…
GTB’s Segun Agbaje bags Africa’s Business Leader of the Year award
Leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has reaffirmed its position as a leading global brand following the recent…
Osun denies plans to scrap tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Deputy Governor of Osun state, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Tomori has again debunked the rumours of the alleged plan to…
Husband incurs heavy debt, flees from matrimonial home
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Lagos customary court has dissolved a marriage between a couple, Mrs Sarah Omidiji and her husband, Julius…
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Nigeria extends MTN’s $5.2bn fine payment
Nigerian authorities will not enforce a $5.2 billion fine on South Africa’s MTN until negotiations have been concluded, the telecommunications…
HIV Prevalence Ranking: Rivers State most rampant, Ekiti the safest
Chances of getting infected with HIV/AIDS in Rivers state, Nigeria’s oil-rich city is pretty high as it ranks number one…
Benue ranks 9th in HIV/AIDS prevalence – Ortom
Mrs Eunice Ortom, wife of Benue State Governor, on Sunday, said that the state was now ranked ninth in the…
Health Ministry: Buhari appointed competent professionals – CMA
The Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing competent professionals as ministers to oversee the affairs…
Buhari’s meeting with INEC, Police not to rig elections – Presidency
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police was geared towards…
Stade de France: Germany versus Netherlands will go ahead
World champions Germany are going ahead with Tuesday’s international friendly against the Netherlands in Hanover, dpa learned from German football…
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MTN asks Nigeria to spread payment of N1trn fine
South Africa’s mobile phone giant MTN has asked Nigeria for a plan to allow it to spread the payment of…
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CHAN 2016 : Nigeria to play Tunisia, Guinea, Niger in Group C
Nigeria’s Super Eagles (Team B) have been grouped alongside Tunisia, Niger and Guinea in next year’s Orange African Nations Championship…
AfDB Top Job: You are a liar, Sanusi tells Diezani
Funsho Arogundade The former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor and Emir of Kano, Mohammed Lamido Sanusi has said the…
Nigeria must pay attention to non-oil sector, says Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday urged the country to pay more attention to the non-oil sectors of…
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Siasia, U-23 escape plane crash in Ghana
Nigerian U-23 team and the coaches including Samson Siasia escaped death in Ghana on Sunday morning when their plane developed…
Fayose vows to go ahead with LG polls
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Sunday vowed that no circumstances would make him shift grounds on his plans…
RRS arrests three suspected traffic robbers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command, in the wee hours of…
Winners emerge in Alake Of Egbaland squash competition
Winners have emerged at the maiden edition of the Alake of Egbaland National Junior Under 15 and 18 Open Squash…
Two attackers killed in Paris were Frenchmen
Two assailants who died in the Paris attacks were Frenchmen who had lived in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors said Sunday. The…
The foreigners killed in Paris attacks
Paris (AFP) – Several foreigners have been identified as victims of Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, which left at…
NASS to make public 2016 budget breakdown – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said the National Assembly would make public the details of…
Edo Police boss calls for ‘carrot approach’ in tackling cultism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, has said that using the carrot approach in the fight against…
Clinton urges war on Islamic State, not Muslims
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris…
Nigeria inflation down 0.1%, first time since Nov 14
Nigeria’s consumer inflation was 9.3 per cent year on year in October compared with 9.4 per cent in September, data…
Give Mimiko N7bn loan at your own risk, Boroffice tells Zenith Bank
The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has warned Zenith Bank PLC against granting approval to the N7billion loan…
Indecent dressing triggers violence against women – Obasa
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos State House of Assembly has warned women on the dangers they face…
Buhari’s Treasury Single Account is a fraud, says Fayose
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Sunday declared he was not attending the meeting called by the…
Yar’Adua Foundation, EU to premiere movie on Nigeria
*Documentary to raise awareness about the impact of Climate Change in Nigeria Yar’Adua Foundation, in partnership with the European Union,…
Aregbesola bags Outstanding Leadership Award
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has bagged the Outstanding Leadership Award presented to him by PANAFEST.
IFAD empowers 221,751 farmers in Edo
Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, Coordinator International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said on Sunday that the programme had empowered 221,751 farmers in…