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Fela’s first grandchild, Rolari marries
Funsho Arogundade Rolari Femi Segun, the first grandchild of Late Afrobeat music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and only child of Yeni…
El-Rufai to create jobs for 3,000 youths
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai said his administration has concluded plans to immediately create employment for over three…
Iraqi forces capture late Saddam Hussein’s senior aide
Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Saturday said that the Iraqi security forces captured a leading figure in Saddam Hussein’s…
APC will overcome NASS leadership tussle – Garba
A member of the House of Representatives, Amuda Garba (APC-Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Kwara) , has expressed optimism that the…
Fake policeman arrested in Warri
The Police in Delta said it had arrested one Mathew Ochoche parading himself as police corporal, while escorting a vehicle…
Gov. Ortom, a PDP man in APC, says PDP Chairman
Chief Emmanuel Agbo, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has declared that the governor…
Abducted Rivers University VC regains freedom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The vice chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Professor Rosamund Green-Osahagulu, who was abducted…
Ogun Police parade 22 for murder, kidnapping, cultism
Abiodun Onaduye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police command on Thursday paraded 22 suspects arrested in the state in the last one month…
Nigerians should celebrate themselves, says Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has enjoined Nigerians to always celebrate the successes and achievements of…
Tambuwal receives crisis report on Sokoto Traders Association
The committee appointed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State to investigate the crisis rocking the Sokoto Traders Association, submitted…
Senatorial Seat: Court finds evidence against Jonah Jang
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, on Friday, admitted evidence against the election of ex-governor Jonah Jang…
Dangote to spend $250m on rice, sugarcane production in Jigawa
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies, is to spend 250 million dollars on the production of rice…
Imprisonment not end of your life, Cleric tells inmates
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An erudite scholar and the Chief Imam of Sa’adatul Adabiyya Society of Nigeria, Ustaz Ismael Abdul Lateef has…
IS claims responsibility for Tunisia massacre
Port el Kantaoui (Tunisia) (AFP) – The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a massacre in a Tunisian…
Argentina down Colombia to reach Copa America semis
Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) – Carlos Tevez fired Argentina into the semi-finals of the Copa America here Friday, scoring…
Women’s W.Cup: USA beat China 1-0, progress to semis
A second half goal from Carli Lloyd put the United States into the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup for…
JiJi.ng: Free marketplace board in Nigeria
SPONSORED A bulletin board – a universal platform, the content of which is a set of commercial ads and/or non-commercial…
Nigerians should ignore ‘Hate Messages’ from Radio Biafra, says NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Friday, urged the public to ignore radio Biafra transmission. This was contained in a…
Supreme Court legalises ‘Gay Marriage” all over America
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the country’s Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing…
Terrorism: Tunisia, France, Kuwait hit by deadly attacks
A 16-year-old British boy injured when a gunman stormed a tourist beach in Tunisia saw his mother and grandmother killed…
Return home and contribute your quota, Nigerian tells others in Diaspora
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerians in Diaspora have been called upon to return home and contribute their quota to the development and…
10 killed in suicide bomb attack on a Kuwait Mosque
Over 10 people were killed or wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque, with…
Ambode, APC ask tribunal to dismiss Agbaje’s petition
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Lagos State…
NUJ to shut down ThisDay, Newswatch, AIT, National Mirror, others
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lent its support for the ongoing industrial action, embarked upon by the workers…
Wike inaugurates committee to host international matches
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday in Port Harcourt inaugurated an organising committee for the city’s hosting of two…
Lawmaker condemns fracas in House of Representatives
Rep. Ajayi Adeyinka (Osun-APC), representing Odo Itin/Ifelodun/Boripe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Friday described the quarrel over…
Freight forwarders set agenda for Buhari govt
Josephine Odum-John Freight forwarders’ under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) have come out with a…
Buhari attends first Juma’at service in Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari participated in today’s Juma’at prayer at the Presidential Villa Mosque. President Buhari did so out of consideration…
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Buhari dissolves NNPC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has dissolved the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. In a statement signed…
NDLEA celebrates UN Drug Free Day with success report
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano It was a record of success for this year’s United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…