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Research shows higher rate of happiness among non-users of Facebook
Logging off from Facebook can contribute to more happiness, according to a Danish study on users of the social networking…
Union faults aviation ministry merger
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Wednesday faulted the scrapping of the Ministry of Aviation by the…
Court dissolves 8-year-old marriage over wife’s abandonment of matrimonial home
A Grade 1 Area Court Aso Pada, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage over wife’s abandonment of…
Court adjourns KPMG suit against FRC till next week
Akin Kuponiyi Justice Ibrahim Buba presiding over a federal high court in Lagos south west Nigeria today adjourned till Thursday,…
Ibeju-Lekki crisis panel begins sitting Monday
Henry Ojelu The five man tribunal set up by governor Akinwunmi Ambode to investigate the civil unrest that occured in…
Buhari contradicts self, assigns portfolio to all ministers
President Muhammadu Buhari has contradicted himself after swearing-in 36 ministers and assigning portfolios to all them on Wednesday, 11 November.…
U.S. offers $27m reward for information on 6 al-Shabaab leaders
The U.S. State Department has announced to offer rewards of 27 million dollars for information on six “key leaders’’ in…
RCCG to partner NOC for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG) on Wednesday said that it would collaborate with the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC),…
Buhari assigns portfolio to ministers
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially portfolios to his newly-appointed ministers. Former governor of Ogun State finance commissioner, Kemi Adeosun, is…
Fashola gets Power, Works and Housing, Amaechi Transport
President Muhammadu Buhari has distributed portfolios to his 36 ministers, with former Lagos State goevrnor, Babatunde Fashola, given the enlarged…
Buhari swears in Mama Taraba, others
The swearing-in of 36 ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari has taken place, with the ceremony regaled with the nicknames of…
Court fines company N68m for failure to report oil spill
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), said on Wednesday that it has secured a court judgment ordering…
Security agencies owe electricity company over N1bn
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) has said that the military and paramilitary agencies owe the company a backlog of…
Enugu State yet to assess bailout funds from FG – Ugwuanyi
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that the state government have not assessed the bailout funds from the…
Gay magazine names Obama, ‘Ally of the Year’
When Barack Obama was sworn in as president in 2009, gay marriage was legal in just two states, and Obama…
I’m an honest person, says Ben Carson
At the GOP debate here on Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson defended himself against a series of reports…
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Nigeria dismisses world’s worst airport rating
Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria’s Port Harcourt…
Our operations have weakened Boko Haram – Gen Abubakar
Major General Yushau Abubakar, the Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said on Tuesday that Boko Haram terrorists had been…
Vote Audu, APC – Osinbajo tells Kogi electorate
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged electorate in Kogi to vote en masse for Alhaji Abubakar Audu in the governorship…
Four arrested over death of mother, daughter
Enugu State Police Command, has arrested four suspects in connection with the death of a mother and her daughter in…
Female Genital Mutilation: Aregbesola commends Jonathan
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has commended the initiative of former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, on Female Genital Mutilation…
NAF to Benue residents: We’ll protect your lives and property
The Nigerian Air force (NAF), has assured the people of Benue State of adequate protection of their lives and property.…
N84.8m Scam: EFCC arraigns medical director, 4 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 arraigned a former Medical Director of the Federal…
I’m not smart enough to be FIFA president – Ronaldo
World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo is not clever enough to become FIFA president one day in the future,…
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I’ll redeem 30-year old pledge, Buhari tells 1985 U-16 champions
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured the Eaglets team which won the FIFA U-16 World Championship in 1985 that his…
Ahmed Musa, Mikel, others replaceable, says Oliseh
Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh says nobody is irreplaceable as long as he remains the team’s handler. NAN reports…
The Economists goof on Ambodes’ Traffic Policy By Seun Bisuga
The Economist may have done well to speak the minds of millions of Lagosians but it goofed on the transport…
Desecration: Delta Assembly suspends two lawmakers
Two members of Delta House of Assembly, have been suspended for alleged desecration of the hallow chamber. The members, who…
N129m: Omatseye approved contract to company not pre-qualified – EFCC
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos and presided over by Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia was on Tuesday November 10,…
Police confirm death of officer in his car
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the death of a policeman who was found dead in his Volkswagen…