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Trial of Gaddafi son adjourned till December
The son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a Tripoli court to face charges of murdering a football…
BVN deadline: Banks witness rush
The Biometric Verification Number (BVN) dominated the banking industry last week as customers again went into a last minute rush…
MTN’s woes worsen as South Africa’s bourse suspends trading in its shares
The South African bourse has suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN on Monday, a senior official said.…
34 ships expected with foods, petroleum products
Thirty-four ships laden with foods, petroleum products and other goods are expected in Lagos ports from Nov. 2 to Nov.…
NCC to issue new spectrum licences in 2016
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday said that it would issue new telecom spectrum licences in 2016, to create…
Synagogue Collapse: Court adjourns ruling to Nov. 9
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Nov. 9 to rule on a suit by an engineer of…
Calabar fans hail Eaglets’ performance
Football Fans in Calabar on Monday commended Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets for the Sunday night’s 3-0 thrashing of Brazil in the…
Jobless man impersonates MOPOL to fleece motorists
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old jobless man who has been parading himself as a mobile policeman (MOPOL) has been arrested by…
Nigeria’s Osimhen set to break goal record in U-17 World Cup
Taiwo Adelu With eight goals in his kitty, Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen is on the verge of breaking the goal record…
A Desperate Cry To Buhari
Nigerians who travel on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are desperately crying to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Federal Roads Maintenance…
U-17 World Cup, learning process for my boys, says Brazil coach
Taiwo Adelu Coach of Brazil U-17 side, Carlos Amadeu has described his players’ outing in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World…
Buhari, governors, others offer special prayers for late Emir of Borgu
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in New Bussa, Niger state, joined hundreds of sympathisers to offer special prayers for the…
Pa Fasoranti resigns from Afenifere, says it has lost focus
Funsho Arogundade Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said that the body has lost…
Buhari will never lie to Nigerians – Presidency
The Presidency has categorically that President Muhammadu Buhari will always say the truth to Nigerians while dismissing the insinuation by…
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U-17 WC: Nigerians hail ruthless Eaglets after Brazil’s victory
Taiwo Adelu It has been praises galore for Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets after they defeated Brazil in the quarter final of…
Nigeria defeats Brazil 3-0
Holders Nigeria cruised into the FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday after stunning Brazil with three goals within five…
Kogi Govt, APC trade words over bailout delay
The APC on Sunday alleged that the Kogi State Government had yet to apply for the bailout funds provided by…
Amaechi’s clearance by Senate not an endorsement of corruption — Sani
Sen. Shehu Sani (APC – Kaduna Central), on Sunday said that Senate’s clearance of former Rivers Goivernor, Rotimi Amaechi as…
Demand for plastic chairs increases in Calabar
As the annual Calabar Carnival approaches, the demand for plastic chairs and tables has increased in the Cross River capital,…
19-year-old undergraduate wins MBGA 2015 pageant
Miss Debbie Douglas, 19-year-old Political Science student of Nasarawa State University, has won the 2015 edition of the Most Beautiful…
Ambode appoints new Head of Service
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday approved the appointment of Mrs. Olabowale Toluwalope Ademola as the 19th Head…
Taskforce arrests 279 miscreants, impounds 57 motorcycles
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 279 miscreants and impounded…
Nigeria: Despite $5.2bn fine, MTN is number one telco
On internet subscribers base, MTN is number one telecommunication outfit in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed despite…
Nigeria internet users hit 97m, says NCC
The number of internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms networks has hit 97.21 million, up from the 95.37 million recorded in…
APC wins Borno Central Senatorial bye-election
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Babakaka Garbai, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate winner of the bye-election…
Sokoto State rewards cleanest communities with N2.25m
Sokoto State Government on Sunday gave out N 2.25 million as reward to the three cleanest communities in Sokoto metropolis…
IDPs laud UNFPA humanitarian, psycho-social services
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri on have commended the UNFPA for providing humanitarian and psycho-social support services in Borno.…
Rebuild North East, Osinbajo charges CSOs
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has charged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to contribute to the rebuilding, reconstruction, reconciliation and…
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NNPC records N5.53bn loss in sale of petroleum products in Sept.
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it recorded N38.67billion from the sale of downstream petroleum products in September down…
Russia holds day of mourning after 224 die in plane crash
AFP – International investigators on Sunday began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,…