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Authorities order mosques closed in north Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities have ordered the closure of mosques and Islamic schools following a series of suicide bombing…
PDP to Kwara Chapter: Reverse statement on Saraki’s wife
Following the press statement by the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its petition to the…
Team Meddlelane Wins Fayrouz L’Original Season 2 Competition
Funsho Arogundade On Saturday, 25 July, the beautiful Grand Ball Room of Oriental Hotel, Lagos witnessed an unusual convergence of…
Buhari urges Odusile, journalists to support him rebuild Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated Mr Abdulwaheed Odusile of the Nation Newspapers on his election as the new President…
Varsity admissions: JAMB finds alternative for students with low cut-off mark
Following protests at the University of Lagos, Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said that it was set to…
Fuel subsidy removal will bring untold hardship on Nigerians – Sen Sani
Senator Shehu Sani (APC- Kaduna Central) on Sunday said removal of fuel subsidy was unacceptable because it would lead to…
Man arrested for taking ‘weapon’ into Ghanaian president’s church
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghanaian authorities on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old man who carried a “weapon” into a church where President…
Whitney Houston’s only child Bobbi Kristina dies at 22
Los Angeles (AFP) – Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, has…
Lagos police arrest passenger smoking on board
The Lagos Airport Police Command has arrested a Nigerian passenger, Lawal Oluwabusola, for smoking cigarette in an Arik Air flight…
Unpaid Salaries: Oyo workers to receive arrears
Waheed Olojede, Chairman, Oyo state Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said that workers in the state would start collecting…
APC groups disagree on House of Reps leadership
Groups within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives on Sunday disagreed on caucus elections of Principal…
Buhari orders investigation into Jos gas explosion
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja directed a thorough investigation into the chlorine gas explosion in Jos, Plateau. In…
Aregbesola promises to develop aircraft maintenance airport
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has said that the proposed airport at Ido-Osun in Egbedore Local Government Area of the…
PDP Rep calls on Buhari to intervene in NASS crisis
Rep. Solomon Maren, (PDP Plateau), on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the crisis in the National…
Police says 15 killed, 47 injured in Yobe suicide attack
Fifteen people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded market in Damaturu on…
Two-year old baby dies in fire in Bayelsa
A two-year-old baby girl died in a fire outbreak which rendered many people homeless on Sunday in a suburb area…
Our stand against homosexuality is irrevocable, says Onaiyekan
Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, on Sunday said that the position of the Church in Nigeria…
We’ll protect Nigerians in South Africa, says Nigeria Union
The President of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, says the body is determined to protect the…
At least 15 dead after Damaturu market blast
DAMATURU, (Reuters) – A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern…
Obasanjo’s Prediction: By 2025, Africa will use common currency called Afri
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president has predicted that by the year 2025, the whole of Africa will use a…
Lack of English, Maths teachers worries principal
Mr Maiko Emmanuel, the Principal of Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri in Kebbi, has expressed concern over the dearth of English…
My mother objected my enlisting in the police force , says Arase
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, on Saturday went down memory lane and recalled that his…
3 Lagos policemen assault 8-month pregnant woman, cause her to lose baby
Three policemen who assaulted an eight-month pregnant woman in Lagos are currently undergoing orderly room trial, the Lagos State Police…
Igbos the sleeping political giants, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has labelled the Southeasterners in Nigeria as the “sleeping political giants” of the country,…
The phones no longer ring By Reuben Abati
As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space.…
Eagles won’t underrate any team, says Oliseh after World Cup draw
Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh is happy with outcome of the 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary draw held in…
War No More: APC House of Reps legislators end their crisis
The disagreement in the House of Representatives over sharing of position of principal officers, has been resolved, Rep. Pally Iriase…
Courtois scores winner as Chelsea beat PSG
Watch Man of the Match, Victor Moses leave the field Thibaut Courtois was the hero in Charlotte, scoring the winning…
Toyin’s Invitation By EFCC: Another Trouble For Saraki
Eromosele Ebhomele It is not yet two months after Dr. Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State, North-central Nigeria emerged…
Major explosion rocks Maroua in Cameroon, kills 19
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on…