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Breaking: Expose corruption and get rich, says FG
The Federal Government has approved payment of not more than five per cent of the recovered loot to any successful…
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FG releases postings for 47 career ambassadors
The Federal Government on Wednesday released the postings of the 47 career ambassadors recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The…
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Breaking: Ambode, Bagudu officially launch Lake Rice
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and his counterpart from Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu on Wednesday official launched the long awaited…
Teen docked over alleged rape
Toheed Akinleye,19, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s’ Court, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The accused,…
Recession: Nigerians turn to football betting for survival
Many adults and students in Ilorin have resorted to football betting as a way of surviving the current economic recession…
Court arraigns teenager for fingering minor
An 18-year-old boy, Kossy Nsofor, who allegedly fingered a minor, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The…
Christmas: Police caution Niger residents against accepting gifts
The Commissioner of Police in Niger, Mr Muazu Zubairu, on Wednesday cautioned residents of the state against accepting wrapped gifts…
Cross River first lady partners with fashion designers
Mrs Linda Ayade, wife of Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, has offered to provide a platform for fashion designers…
Coca Cola buys African bottling for $3.15bn
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell its majority stake in Africa’s largest Coke bottler to the Coca Cola Company for…
6 die in hotel fire in Western India
A Senior Police Officer said at least six people had been killed in a fire outbreak in a prominent Hotel…
Falana begs Buhari to pardon soldiers jailed for mutiny
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana SAN, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to pardon 70 convicted…
We’re responsible for Berlin lorry attack-IS
The Islamic State Extremist Group, via its Aamaq Agency outlet, has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Berlin Christmas…
2016: Lagos trains 15,000 workers with N1 billion
The Lagos State Government has expended N1 billion in training over 15,000 public servants this year. Commissioner for Establishments, Training…
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At last, Lagos rolls out Lake Rice Wednesday at N12,000 per bag
The long awaited Lake Rice of the Lagos State Government will be rolled out on Wednesday in the three senatorial…
Pressure mounts on Buhari to probe Bola Ige’s murder afresh
Fifteen years after the murder of the nation’s former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, activists, social…
Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks, bangers, others
Police in Jigawa State have placed a total ban on the use of fireworks, bangers and other explosives during the…
Heartbeat, the musical hits a graceful home run
Produced in conjunction with theatre veterans Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva, Tosin Otudeko’s Heartbeat; The Musical, presents a patchwork of…
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Breaking: EFCC drags Etete, Adoke to court over Malabu $1.1b oil deal
The anti-graft EFCC has filed fraud charges against Nigeria’s former Attorney-General, Mohammed Adoke; a former petroleum minister, Dan Etete; and…
Court arraigns woman for beating up man
A middle-aged woman, Kemi Saheed, has appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up a man within the…
Court jails student 2 years for cultism
A high court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced one Adekunle Iyanu to two years’ imprisonment for belonging to the…
Teen suffocates to death after being banned for menstruating
A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal’s western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was…
The Bidoung Challenge
Cameroonians got their chance of introducing into the syllabus of Comedy and Other Comic Forms (a subject I taught in…
Estate agent bolts with accommodation seeker’s N550, 000
A 42-year-old man, Emmanuel Jagede, who allegedly defrauded an accommodation seeker of N550, 000, was on Tuesday released on a…
5 employees docked for stealing N660, 000 Orijin drinks
Five men, who allegedly stole 10 cartons of Origin, a Nigerian alcoholic beverage, worth N660, 000, were on Tuesday brought…
Strike: Arik Air passengers stranded nationwide
Aviation unions on Tuesday shut down the operations of Arik Air, leaving hundreds of the airline’s passengers stranded across the…
Court issues bench warrant against Osun monarch
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has issued a bench warrant against the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi following…
Plateau Govt resuscitates 3 water treatment plants
Mr David Wuyep, the Plateau Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy, says his ministry has resuscitated three water treatment plants…
Man nabbed for alleged N50,00 fraud
A suspect, Ibiabinisi Ayodele,44, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court, Lagos for allegedly obtaining N50,000 under false…
NYSC deploys more corps members in rural schools
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said on Tuesday that the scheme was assisting government in reviving the education sector…