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Done Deal: Man Utd sign Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manchester United has signed German international, Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich. Schweinsteiger joins on a three-year contract. Schweinsteiger, 30, has…
Morgan Schneiderlin completes move to Man Utd
Manchester United has announced the signing of Morgan Schneiderlin from Southampton. Morgan joins on a four-year contract with the option…
Court remands herdsman for alleged kidnap
A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 33-year-old herdsman, Umaru Abubakar for alleged kidnap of one…
Nigerian police fined N100m over death of detainee
Akin Kuponiyi A federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday ordered the Nigerian Police to pay the family…
Buhari’s pace not worrisome, say Lagos lawmakers
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s pace of governance since…
Suicide bomber kills civillian JTF in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria’s civilian joint task force (JTF) at…
Court reinstates 22 sacked APC Rivers LGA Chairmen
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new twist has been added to the tussle of who occupies the 22 local government secretariats…
Buhari sacks Chief of Army, Navy, Airforce
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as…
Boko Haram attacks kill 12 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – At least a dozen civilians and a Chadian soldier were killed in two suicide attacks by suspected…
Chelsea signs Begovic for £8m from Stoke
Chelsea has completed the signing of goalkeeper, Asmir Begovic for around £8m from Stoke City on a four-year deal. Begovic,…
Boko Haram: Buhari urged to seek spiritual assistance
Jamiu Yisa President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to seek spiritual assistance in defeating the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents and…
World Bank, IMF to improve tax system in developing countries
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said they would establish an initiative to help developing countries…
UAE woman executed for murder of Colorado teacher
A woman was on Monday executed in the United Arab Emirates by firing squad for the murder in December of…
Chadian police to arrest anyone wearing full-face veil
Chadian police on Sunday warned that anyone found wearing the Muslim full-face veil would be arrested, after a Boko Haram…
Gas explosion kills 7, injures 2 in Jigawa
No fewer than seven persons were killed in Jigawa when a welding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba village of Kafin…
EFCC must do more to win cases – Lawyers
Three prominent Lagos-based lawyers on Sunday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) needed to do more in…
Again, Buhari will not meddle in NASS crisis
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity has said that President Munammadu Buhari would…
WAEC to approve new allowances for examiners
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said on Sunday that it would soon approve new allowances it pays to examiners…
Buhari not #BabaGoSlow says Garba Shehu
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity has stated categorically that President Munammadu Buhari…
No quarrel between Buhari, Tinubu – Presidency
The Presidency has rubbished claims that there is a misunderstanding between Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and a national leader of…
Fans mob Van Persie on arrival at Fenerbahce
Robin van Persie’s career at Manchester United is drawing to a close after the Fenerbahce-bound striker touched down in Turkey…
Gov Ahmed lauds Buhari over salary bailout
Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent bailout of all tiers of government, to…
PDP blasts APC, says Jonathan left $5.6bn as NLNG dividend
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed Nigeria’s ruling the party, the All Progressives Congress for insinuating that the past…
Many killed as gunmen shoot at motorcycle riders
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Agbon-Eleme people of Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, were thrown into mourning on…
Shell Collaboration: 27 Nigerian, British firms agree partnerships
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A total of 27 partnerships have been agreed by Nigerian and British companies under the auspices of the…
Sterling set for Man City medical after Liverpool agrees £49m
Liverpool and Manchester City have struck an agreement over the £49m transfer of Raheem Sterling. The transfer of the 20-year-old…
Saudi Visa: Saraki condemns exploitation of Nigerians
Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki, the President of Nigerian Senate has criticised the entry visa issuance policy of the Saudi Arabian…
Edo PDP in crisis as leaders demand dissolution of State Exco
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Disillusioned leaders of state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo North under the aegis of…
How to resolve states’ inability to pay salaries- Hon. Bisi Yusuf
The representative of Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly and member of the All Progressives Congress,…
We’ll protect riverine communities in Lagos, says Speaker
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has promised residents of riverine communities in the…