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Kenya yields dip, Nigeria’s to rise as offshore investors sell
Yields on Kenyan Treasury bills are likely to dip again next week, while rates on Nigerians paper were expected to…
Third Term: Obama ejects Burundi from Africa trade pact
President Barack Obama announced Friday that Burundi will be ejected from a pact offering African nations much-desired US market access,…
Emir Sanusi after graveyard of past emirs, says Bayero’s lawyer
Counsel to Alhaji Salim Bayero, the Kano prince who took Emir Muhammadu Sanusi to court has explained that the Emir…
False Assets Declaration: Orubebe to be arraigned before CCT
Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Peter Orubebe will be arraigned at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations…
US to send special forces to Syria, powers divided on Assad
Vienna (AFP) – The United States announced Friday its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria to help the…
Bye election: Army restricts movement in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Friday imposed a restriction movement of persons during Saturday’s Borno Central Senatorial bye election in the…
Lagos will implement policies to resolve ICT challenges, says Ambode
Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state on Friday said government was planning to implement policies in ICT sector to make…
Nine persons jailed 42 years for illegal oil bunkering
Justice O.E Abang of the Federal High Court Lagos today sentenced seven illegal oil dealers to 10 years each in…
Drama as 34 senior officers retire from Customs
There’s been mild drama at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) following the retirement of 34 senior officers on Thursday in…
21,105 cases pending in Edo Courts – Chief Judge
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Cromwell Idahosa Friday disclosed that no fewer than 21,105 civil and…
Kano govt shuts college over sexual child abuse
Kano State Government has ordered immediate closure of boys section of Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo College, Kano, over recent media report…
High Court to Emir Sanusi: Don’t tamper or demolish palace structure
A High Court in Kano on Friday restrained the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, from demolishing or tempering…
Swear-in ministers immediately, DPC tells Buhari
The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately swear in his ministers following successful screening and…
Eto’o raises funds for Boko Haram victims
Africa’s most decorated footballer Samuel Eto’o has appealed for funding to help people escaping violence in Nigeria and Cameroon and…
Umar tasks Lagos State civil servants
Workers in Lagos State employ have been charged to continue to discharge their responsibilities with high level of commitment for…
Stop whining, rebrand or go down – APC tells PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the communique issued by the PDP National Caucus on the so-called political developments…
Traffic offence: 2 drivers sentenced to 60 hours of community service
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Friday sentenced two drivers to 60 hours of community service for obstructing…
Africa the ‘new China’ when it comes to appetite for retail
The African continent is experiencing rapid retail expansion, and is being compared to China in 1987 when it was predicated…
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Nigeria gives MTN two weeks to pay $5.2bn fine
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator on Friday gave MTN Group two weeks to pay a $5.2 billion fine imposed on Africa’s biggest…
Trader wins over N6m on Winners Golden Bet
A seller of building materials, Chigozie Ubaka Prince, has won the sum of N6,480,900 on the coupon of Winners Golden…
Cross River: Six arrested for selling two-week old baby for N19,800
Six people have been arrested in south-eastern Nigeria for allegedly selling a two-week old baby. Police in Cross River state…
Adebutu ‘Baba Ijebu’ donates N50m e-library to Baptist Academy
Chief Kessington Adebutu on Friday described the donation of a N50 million e-library to the Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos State,…
Farmers told to access CBN intervention fund
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Lagos on Friday advised members to develop agri-business proposals to access the…
US responsible for my travails, says Blatter
Suspended Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) President, Sepp Blatter, has accused the US of being responsible for his current…
BVN: CBN warns against disclosure of account details
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday urged bank customers to be wary of individuals alerting them on the…
Rivers gov. poll: APC candidate loses appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday expunged a petition filed against some security agents by Mr Dakuku…
Senator Pwajok’s death, a great loss – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari is saddened over the death of the immediate past senator representing Plateau North senatorial district and Peoples…
North Korea ruling party plans first congress since 1980
Ruling Korean Workers Party in North Korea on Friday announced that it would hold its congress in May, 2016, 36…
Biafra, Oodua and the seventh lesson By Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas, (even trilemmas, quadrilemmas or more)…
19 bodies recovered, 138 migrants rescued off island of Kalymnos
Greece on Friday rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of…