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Nyako returns to Yola 10 months after impeachment
The former Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, on Saturday returned to Yola, after staying 10 months outside the country. Nyako,…
Ambode laments Idimu fire disaster, calls stakeholders meeting Monday
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday visited the scene of a petrol tanker explosion which consumed 34…
Lagos West Senator-elect decries Idimu petrol tanker accident
The senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District, Hon. Solomon Adeola has expressed sadness over yet another petrol tanker accident at…
34 houses, 70 shops razed as another tanker explodes in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 34 houses and 70 shops have been razed in Lagos as another fuel tanker fell and…
APC lawmakers elect Gbajabiamila as Speaker, House of Reps
House of Representatives members-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have elected Honourable Femi Gbajiabiamila as their…
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Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam
PARIS — What started out as a stroll became quite a struggle for Serena Williams. After going up by a…
Islamic State seizes another town in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have seized another town in Libya, the group and a military source said…
Sokoto LG council reinstates 480 workers
Sokoto North Local Government Council said on Saturday that it had reinstated no fewer than 480 workers who were sacked…
Nigerians educate Fani-Kayode after Senate gaffe
Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has gotten some education on social…
Guru Maharajji tells Buhari how to solve fuel scarcity
The founder of One Love Family sect, Satguru Maharajji has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how to tackle the lingering…
Don’t appoint APC members only as ministers, Activist tells Buhari
A human right activist, Christopher Ozor, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to look beyond party considerations in appointing his…
Messi the man as Barca close on historic treble
alismanic Lionel Messi remains the driving force of a talented side on the brink of repeating 2009’s historic treble despite…
Buhari condoles Ghana over fire, flood tragedies
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Ghana over the dual tragedy of flooding and fire…
French Open Final: Djokovic in, Murray out
Tennis World Number One, Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray to book a place in the French Open finals. He…
Anti-G7 protesters gear up for summit demonstration
No fewer than 10,000 demonstrators are expected to march through the small Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday ahead of…
Three APC members shot dead
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead three members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo state, eastern Nigeria. Reports say…
Leaky tax administration to cost Nigeria, others $56bn
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Leaky tax administration could result in the loss of an estimated $56 billion dollars for West African…
Egyptian court cancels Hamas as terrorist group
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, judicial…
China ship disaster death toll reaches 396
The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 396…
FG reaffirms commitment to protect environment
The Federal Ministry of Environment says it will implement relevant actions to achieve sustainable development and environmental protection in the…
LASPOTECH To Expel 30 Exam Cheats
Harrison Iyoha At least 30 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH are on the institution’s expulsion list for examination…
30 civil servants arrested as robbers bombard Lagos Secretariat, steal N3m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Daredevil armed robbers at the early hours of Friday broke into the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa,…
Lawmaker cautions colleagues against indiscriminate defection
A re-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mr Leo Ogor (Delta-PDP), has cautioned his colleagues against indiscriminate defection to…
Ex-Speaker urges newly inaugurated house to support Fayose
The immediate past Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Dele Olugbemi, on Friday urged the newly inaugurated legislators…
Buhari rewards six ‘Environmental Friendly’ Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja conferred the Environmental Friendly awards on six Nigerians, assuring that his administration would…
Nigeria in serious cash crisis, says Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and…
Diesel tanker explosion rocks Idimu
Cyriacus Izuekwe Fire broke out at Idimu this morning after a tanker conveying diesel fell close to a petroleum pipeline…
Yola blast death toll rises to 45
ase The death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to…
U-20 World Cup: Ghana, New Zealand advance, as Argentina crash out
Ghana, as well as Austria, Ukraine and hosts New Zealand, on Friday advanced to the second round at the ongoing…
History should be compulsory subject in schools, says Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advocated making of history as a compulsory subject in schools to enable…