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Akpabio seeks leave to call additional 1,106 witnesses
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and now senator, Godswill Akpabio has applied to the state’s national and state Houses…
Former Okitipupa LG Chairman dies at 40
A former Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Femi Aju is dead. NAN learnt that the…
Ambode: death of Borno Dep. Gov tragic loss
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said the death of the Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji…
Wike pledges new shipping vessels for Navy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has asserted that there cannot be any governance if there is no…
Customs destroy 600 cartons of frozen poultry products
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit Zone C, on Saturday destroyed 600 cartons of smuggled frozen turkey and…
Away With This Peace Committee
Joe Igbokwe “I think what we are concerned about is the process. It is no longer a military regime and…
Ayew on target as Swansea beat Newcastle 2-0
Swansea produced a stylish display to beat 10-man Newcastle and inflict a first defeat on new Magpies head coach Steve…
Leicester beat West Ham to go top of EPL
Leicester held on to beat West Ham and continue their 100% winning start to the season under Claudio Ranieri. Shinji…
U-17 World Cup Camping: Eaglets Relocate To Katsina
Nigeria’s U-17 side, Golden Eaglets on Saturday, relocated to Katsina from Abuja for their closed-camping ahead of the Chile 2015…
U-17 World Cup Camping: Eaglets relocate to Katsina
Nigeria’s U-17 side, Golden Eaglets on Saturday, relocated to Katsina from Abuja for their closed-camping ahead of the Chile 2015…
Buhari condoles late Borno State Deputy Gov’s Family
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and immense sadness over the news of the passing away of the Deputy Governor…
APC mourns death of Borno Deputy Governor
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday expressed deep shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Borno State…
Ekiti PDP LG Secretaries back expulsion of Aluko, others
The 16 Local Government Secretaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have declared their support for the…
Why oil theft persists in the Niger Delta – Navy Commander
Commodore Aliyu Sule, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, has identified impunity and slow pace of adjudication as factors responsible…
Ooni: OAU dons, students, pay tribute
Scores of Senior Lecturers and Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, have eulogised the late Ooni of Ife, Oba…
Lukaku brace fires Everton to victory at Southampton
London, (Reuters) – Two excellent first-half goals by Romelu Lukaku inspired Everton to an emphatic 3-0 victory at Southampton in…
Buhari not ‘BabaGoSlow’, says Yuguda’s aide
Alhaji Shehu Gabam, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said President Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions for the…
Power outage stalls INEC taskforce from sorting election materials in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The special taskforce set up by the acting chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, Mrs.…
Bank chief advocates 2-year jail term for defaulters of agric loans
Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture, Prof. Danbaba Danju, has suggested a two-year jail term for defaulters of agricultural loans in…
Borno State Deputy Governor, Zannah Umar, is dead
Ayorinde Oluokun Zannah Umar Mustapha, the Deputy Governor of Borno State is dead. It was gathered the deputy governor died…
Cameroon pledges 2,450 troops to fight Boko Haram
Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s president says his country will contribute 2,450 troops to a five-nation army to fight the Nigeria-based…
Two arrested in Ogun for robbing bank customer
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two armed robbers who trailed and robbed a resident on Nasiru street, behind The Bell University, Ota in…
Benue legislature holds valedictory session for late Hindan
The Benue House of Assembly says it is prepared to assist the Government to tackle the spate of assassinations in…
Alake embarks on vacation puts Regency Committee in charge
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Okujenu IV commences his annual…
PICTURES: The Palace is shut in Ile-Ife
By Idowu Ogunleye/Ile-Ife The palace used by the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse is shut and will…
Search for debris of crashed Malaysian plane to end on Aug. 17
Dominique Sorain, the administrator of French Island La Reunion, said on Friday that the search for more debris of the…
Border strife: Benue, Taraba exchange kidnapped indigenes
The Benue State Government on Friday in Makurdi handed over three indigenes of Taraba, kidnapped during the communal crises between…
China blast residents evacuated over chemical fears
Residents around the site of giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin were evacuated over fears of toxic contamination,…
Volkswagen recalls 420,000 cars over airbag problem
Volkswagen has recalled no fewer than 420,000 cars in the United States to fix a fault that could prevent air…
Photo: Bristow copter Black box retrieved as investigation begins
The Accident Investigation Bureau announced today that the flight recorders, popularly known as black boxes, to the Sikorsky S76 C+…