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Okonjo-Iweala denies diverting $1bn rail loan
Nigeria former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has denied allegation that $1 billion loan sourced from China-EximBank for…
Man City thrash Chelsea 3-0 to go top of EPL
Manchester City went top of the Premier League table with a dominant victory over reigning champions Chelsea. Sergio Aguero was…
Group denounces selective probes
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan A non-government organization known as’Watching the Watchers’, has joined the public debate regarding allegations that Governor Babatunde Fashola…
FCT police arrest 38 suspects
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Sunday said that it had arrested 38 suspects in connection with various…
20,000 jobs lost in a month — Zimbabwe union
Zimbabwe has lost 20,000 jobs in the last month after a court ruled that companies can fire workers by giving…
Forgery: YABATECH expels 73 students
The Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria, has expelled 73 students of the college for…
Amosun mourns Borno Deputy Governor
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, has expressed his deep condolences to the government and people…
Toriola, Oshonaike lead Nigerian table tennis team to All Africa Games
Two of Nigeria’s most respected table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Olufunke Oshonaike, will lead Nigeria’s nine-man team to the…
Over 200 boxers for Edo championship
Over 200 boxers are to feature in the maiden edition of the Open Boxing Championship slated for Sept. 30 to…
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace to pick first points of campaign
Arsenal recovered from their opening-day defeat by West Ham to record a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace. Alexis Sanchez had…
Monarch to Governors: Promote fishing festivals, to boost revenue
Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…
Monarch wants govt to promote fishing festival
Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…
NGO calls for probe of Nigeria’s oil sales
An NGO, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), on Sunday urged the Federal Government to critically look into the nation’s oil…
Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions
In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…
No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson
Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…
Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention
The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…
Pakistan provincial minister among 10 killed in suicide attack
A suicide bomber on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least nine other people at a building where…
South Sudan president to attend peace talks
Juba (AFP) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will attend peace talks aimed at brokering an end to civil war,…
70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…
Samsung loses appeals against Apple over patent row
A US appeals court will not reconsider an earlier decision finding that Samsung violated Apple patents. Samsung has been in…
NASS Largesse: Senators receive N23.4m, Reps N17m each
The 8th National Assembly is yet to pass a bill but has spent N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to…
‘Why Buhari can’t forgive corrupt Nigerians’ – APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s…
‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…
Part-time legislature the solution to NASS allowances, says Lateef Raji
Lateef Raji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Lagos State…
“Keep Off Nigeria!”- Workers Tell Walmart
The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON), representing millions of working people in the informal sectors of the…
Somali lawmakers seek to remove president over corruption claims
Mogadishu (Reuters) – Somali lawmakers have a filed a motion to parliament to dismiss President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him…
Southern African leaders meet as region faces food crisis
Johannesburg (AFP) – Leaders of 15 southern African countries will gather for an annual summit on Monday as the region…
Why official release of manifest is delayed – Bristow official
The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…
Emenike bags brace in Al Ain debut
(Reuters) – Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike helped Al Ain fans quickly forget the loss of talisman Asamoah Gyan by scoring…
Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Borno attack
Maiduguri, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern…