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Court sacks 22 Rivers Council Chairmen, Councillors
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A federal high court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Lambo Akambi, this morning nullified the…
Iyaloja of Ijebu Ode assassinated
The Iyaloja-General of Ijebuland, Alhaja Sadia Elewuju has been assassinated by unknown gunmen at her residence on Wednesday in Ijebu…
FIFA bans Chuck Blazer for life
FIFA’s independent ethics committee has banned former executive committee member and whistle blower Chuck Blazer from all football-related activity for…
How to curb insurgency in Nigeria – Oshun
Eromosele Ebhomele The first step to curbing insurgency in Nigeria is for the citizens to see it as a collective…
Zaria bomb blast, devil’s handiwork – Rep
Femi Adi/Kaduna House of Representatives member, Barrister Sunday Marshall Katung, has said the Sabon-Gari bomb blast is the handiwork of…
N1.4bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC tenders ‘Proof of Forgery’ against Helen Aninye, others
Dennis Kasari, the prosecution witness in the trial of Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited, on…
Cash Smuggling: Congolese forfeits $511,225 to FG
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos today convicted one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise, from the Democratic Republic of…
N6bn: Oronsaye to be charged with pension fraud today
Former head of the Nigerian civil service, Steven Oronsaye may be arraigned in court today over a N6 billion biometric…
University of Port Harcourt ranked 6th in Africa, 1st in Nigeria
The University of Port Harcourt has been ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher…
Buhari meets BBOG campaigners, says military doing its best
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held his first meeting with campaigners calling for the release of…
South Africa’s Telkom to lay-off 4,400 staff despite court ruling
South African fixed-line telecoms operator, Telkom, said on Wednesday it would continue with its plan to lay-off 4,400 staff. This…
APC pledges to address human rights abuse in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja pledged to address all issues of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated…
Ambode meets Tank Farm owners over Apapa gridlock
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday met with tank farm owners in Apapa on how to resolve the perennial…
Money Laundering: Court remands ex-Govs Ohakim, Nyako, son
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered former Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, and his son, Abdulazzez, to be…
Boko Haram: UN to set up ‘Early Warning Systems’
The UN says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems” in Borno and other states in the North East…
NCC set to empower law enforcement agencies to intercept communication
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it was putting legal and regulatory framework in place to give law enforcement agencies, the…
My visit to Washington DC will strengthen Nigeria-US relationship – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari his optimistic that his meeting with President Barack Obama will further strengthen bilateral ties between Nigeria and…
‎Pandemonium in church as man dies during deliverance in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A pentecostal church in Benin, Edo state, Hope Ministry was on Tuesday thrown into pandemonium as a deliverance…
Woman gives birth to Brazilian hair
A 26-year old woman in Zambia’s Luwingu district has given birth to pure hair, according to the Luwingu District Medical…
Q2: NTA is most watched TV station in Nigeria – GeoPoll
Using the daily data collected through GeoPoll’s Media Measurement Service, GeoPoll has analyzed the top TV stations in Nigeria for…
End of Boko Haram is near, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again conveyed his sincere and heartfelt condolences to all Nigerians who lost relatives in the…
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NFF set to name Oliseh as Super Eagles coach
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed it is in talks with former Super Eagles’ captain Sunday Oliseh with regards to…
British Muslims backs Buhari to eliminate corruption amongst Hajj agencies
The Association of British Hujjaj (Pilgrims) UK ABH, a national Hajj specific organisation, working for the welfare and wellbeing of…
Army arrests mastermind of Jos, Zaria suicide attacks
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the mastermind of the two recent bomb and gun attacks in…
US, UK, China economies weaken further
The United Stated, United Kingdom and Chinese economies are showing fresh signs of weakening, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
I’ve ordered immediate intervention to help local industries – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered immediate intervention in the textile, mining and agro-based industries in a bid to increase employment…
N600k worth of pornographic movies confiscated in Plateau
Mr Ailewon Danlami, the Zonal Coordinator, North Central, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), said the organisation confiscated 4,182…
Boko Haram: 160, 000 Nigerians take refuge in Niger, Chad, Cameroon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the…
Claim by PDP that bailout funds was from Jonathan’s savings is false, ludicrous – Presidency
The Presidency has rubbished claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that President Muhammadu Buhari’s bailout funds for the state…
Saraki meets CBN gov, advises him on how to save N30bn
Senate President, Bukola Saraki met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and advised on how…