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1 million Africans to catch malaria from dam mosquitoes in 2015 – Study
A study published in Malaria Journal, has predicted that one million Africans would catch malaria in 2015, because they live…
Rome submits bid for 2024 Olympics
Rome on Friday became the second city to formally submit its bid to host the 2024 Games to the International…
Nigerian Air Force rotates troops on operation Lafiya Dole
The Nigerian Air Force has rotated members of its ground forces fighting alongside troops of the Nigerian Army who have…
Boosting Nigerian higher education via ICT
Chijioke Okoronkwo The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the American University of Nigeria (AUN) recently organised a stakeholders’ conference in…
7 dead, 13 injured in Yola IDPs camp explosion – Adamawa Govt
The Adamawa Government confirmed that seven people died and 13 were injured in an explosion that occurred at the Malkohi…
Nigerian interbank lending rate down as liquidity rises
Nigeria’s interbank lending rates fell 75 basis points to an average of 6.50 per cent on Friday from 8.25 per…
UPDATE: 3 dead as bomb blast rips through IDP camp in Yola
Reuters – A bomb went off in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of the Adamawa state…
Eid-el-Kabir: Ram dealers record low sales
Less than two weeks to the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ram dealers in Hadejia, Jigawa are recording low patronage, a check by…
SEC investigates Stanbic IBTC over fees disclosure
Nigeria’s financial regulator is investigating Stanbic IBTC over alleged wrongful disclosure of fees owed to its parent, South Africa’s Standard…
Record number of migrants cross Mediterranean, says IOM
(Reuters) – More than 430,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far in 2015, a record…
Northern governors meet over insurgency, poverty, illiteracy
Femi Adi/Kaduna The governors of the 19 northern states met in Kaduna to discuss how to end problems of insecurity…
Venezuela opposition leader Lopez jailed for nearly 14 years
CARACAS: Activists planned new protests in Venezuela on Friday (Sep 11) after jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to…
Bomb blast hits IDPs camp in Yola
A bomb blast hit a Nigerian internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on Friday morning on the outskirts of Adamawa state…
UNICAL resident doctors resume duty after 3 months strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), on Friday returned to work after a three-month…
Pastor arrested over missing 4-yr-old girl
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Michael Balogun of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ejigbo, where a 4-year-old girl was stolen, has been…
Okagbare laments one event outing at All Africa Games
Taiwo Adelu Africa’s fastest woman, Nigerian Blessing Okagbare, has described her decision to feature in only one event at the…
Obasanjo’s library a product fraud, extortion and corruption, says Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has categorically stated that the library of former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is…
APC hails Nigerian workers, Civil Society for standing up against corruption
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed Nigerian workers and the Civil Society for standing up firmly against corruption, calling…
Soyinka blasts Oyinlola, says he’s in ‘The Republic of Liars’
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has blasted former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunloye Oyinlola, noting that, Oyinlola’s response to his…
President Buhari: 100 Days of Robust Plans for Nigeria
JOE IGBOKWE “Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 hours sharpening…
Obasanjo, African leaders for Afreximbank inauguration
The investiture of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank’s) new President and the inauguration of the Bank’s headquarters in Cairo have…
9 robbery suspects arrested in FCT
The Police Command in FCT has arrested nine `one chance’ robbery suspects, who disguised as cab operators to rob unsuspecting…
De Gea signs long term contract at Man Utd
David De Gea has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United, keeping him at Old Trafford until at least…
Dabiri-Erewa, others lament non-assent to Disability Bill
A former member of the National Assembly, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday decried the inability of the Goodluck Jonathan administration…
Plateau residents relocating to safer areas over flood
Amidst fears of possible flood in some parts of Plateau, residents in flood-prone areas are already relocating to safer areas,…
Oyinlola fires back at Prof Soyinka, says he is misinformed
Former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has stated that Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has been misinformed about how…
Gov uncovers N70b cash withdrawals by govt officials
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State, northcentral Nigeria, has uncovered the withdrawal of N70 billion cash by a few officials…
Toying with civil servants dangerous, Ajayi warns politicians
Eromosele Ebhomele Former President, Association of Nigerian Professional Bodies, Mr. Olubunmi Ajayi, on Friday warned Nigerian politicians to avoid toying…
US marks 14th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks
The U.S. on Friday marked the 14th remembrance of the Sept.11, 2001 attacks with ceremonies including memorial services at some…
Nigerians have more friends abroad than Americans, Britons, Australians
A research conducted by the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology has revealed that Nigerians have more friends than Americans,…