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Industrial court restrains Oshiomhole, others from sacking judiciary workers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, has been restrained by the National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo…
Woman dumps 3-day old baby, arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Residents of Obazuaye Street, off Osakpamwan Street, Evbareke Quarters, in Benin, capital of Edo state, on Tuesday woke…
Boko Haram: 27 missing policemen yet to be declared dead, says I-G
Twenty seven policemen missing after terrorists attacked Gwoza in Borno in August, 2014, are yet to be declared dead, Inspector-General…
Egyptian court confirms Morsi’s death sentence
The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence for deposed president Mohammed Morsi for orchestrating a prison escape…
Nigerians react angrily to #9bn wardrobe allowance for NASS
Nigerians have reacted angrily to reports that members of the National Assembly will receive a wardrobe allowance of N8.64bn Naira…
Israel bars UN human rights envoy from its territory
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed that government has banned the entry of a UN human rights envoy, Makarim Wibisono, into…
Father doubts paternity of 35-year old son
I doubt the paternity of my first child, a 67-year-old businessman, Mr Vincent Omojena told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos,…
Corruption: Nobel Peace Centre to end partnership with FIFA
The board of the Nobel Peace Centre said on Monday it wished to end its formal cooperation with football’s scandal-plagued…
Buhari to meet anti-corruption watchdog head
ABUJA, (Reuters) Nigeria’s new leaders will meet the head of a leading global watchdog on corruption to see how billions…
APC NWC members meet, discuss party crisis
The APC Board of Trustees and national leaders will meet in Abuja today to deliberate on the crisis plaguing the…
Ban condemns bombing in N’Djamena
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has condemned the bombings on Monday in N’Djamena, Chad, which reportedly killed 25 people and…
African leaders commend NEPAD
African leaders have commended the role of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in keeping the dreams and potential…
14 dead, hundreds of zoo animals wiped out in Tbilisi floods
Tbilisi (AFP) – Nine people were missing in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Monday, a day after freak floods killed 14…
Stand firm, remain united, Opadokun tells APC
Chief Ayo Opadokun, Convener of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), on Monday urged members of the All…
IAEA urges Nigeria to ensure safety of its nuclear energy programme
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has stressed the need for Nigeria to ensure that its nuclear power programme is…
14,000 South Sudanese flee Sudan – UNHCR
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that some 14,000 South Sudanese, mainly women and children, fled into…
Work in the interest of Nigerians, Dogara urges lawmakers
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has urged members of the 8th Assembly to work in…
What They Won’t Tell You About Pay-As-You-Watch TV
SPONSORED The budget-conscious segment of the pay-Television market in Nigeria has been strident in its push for a pay-as-watch (PAYW)…
Bauchi elects 8th Assembly Speaker
Sani Muh’d Sani/Bauchi Lawmakers of Bauchi State House of Assembly have elected Kawuwa Shehu Dhamina as speaker of the 8th…
EFCC can arrest Nyako, court says after striking out application
An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday refused to grant an application filed by ex-Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako, seeking to…
Speaker Dogara approves ad hoc welfare committee
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, approved the constitution of an Ad Hoc Committee on…
Scores of Boko Haram gunmen killed by Nigerian troops
The Defence Headquarters on Monday said scores of heavily armed terrorists using women and children as shield died on Sunday…
N8bn Currency Scam: Court denies CBN staff, others bail
Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, today 15 June, 2015 dismissed the bail application…
Nigerian student arraigned for internet romance fraud
A 21 year-old student, Ebiechina Chikeluba has been charged with internet romance fraud, his latest heist being the N20million he…
I am not the ‘First Lady’, says Aisha Buhari
“I am not the First Lady”, said Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the wife of the President of the Federal Republic…
EFCC to question ex-gov Lamido on Thursday
Alhaji Sule Lamido, the immediate past Governor of Jigawa state has returned to the country from his foreign trip and…
NNPC doesn’t know all its bank accounts, says Buhari
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has too many bank accounts, some of which either the Ministry of Finance or the…
Ambode appoints Umar as Accountant-General
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the redeployment of Mrs. Abimbola Shukrat Umar as the Accountant General/Permanent Secretary, State…
Transparency will strengthen democracy in Nigeria – NLC
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, said on Monday that a transparent democratic process had the…
Europe’s migrants including Nigerians send home $110bn in 2014
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), disclosed in a report published on Monday in Rome, that the Europe’s 50-million-strong…