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Learn to cook Nigerian food, Aisha Buhari tells Iara Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Auchi Wife of president-elect, Hajiya Aisha Buhari has admonished Iara, Governor Oshiomhole’s newly wedded wife, to learn how to…
EFCC calls for actors for its anti-corruption drama
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it has concluded plans to use of drama to promote…
NSCDC arrests 60 vandals, seal 30 security companies in Lagos
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested over 60 suspected…
African First Ladies elects Koroma as Patience Jonathan’s successor
The African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), on Friday in Abuja, elected Mrs Sia Nyama Koroma, the First Lady of…
Bin Laden aide gets life in prison for East Africa attacks
New York (AFP) – A New York court sentenced Saudi exile Khalid al-Fawwaz to life in prison Friday over his…
US jury sentences Boston bomber Tsarnaev to death
Washington (AFP) – US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation’s top law enforcement official, on Friday welcomed a jury’s decision…
Mourinho more focused on beach than transfer market
LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is expecting to be busier on the beach than in the transfer market…
Boko Haram attacks outskirts of Maiduguri
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital…
Catholic Priest escapes assassination
Cyriacus Izuekwe/Onitsha A Catholic priest in Onitsha area, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria, Rev Fr. Obinna Emmanuel, popularly known as Ebube…
Education ministry not gutted by fire – Minister
Prof. Viola Onwuliri, the Minister of State for Education, said on Friday that fire did not gut her ministry on…
Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town
Medical Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed on Friday in Kinshasa that armed men raped 127 women earlier this month,…
Burundi arrest 3 Generals behind coup bid
Burundi says it has arrested three generals for their role in an attempted coup but the leader of the bid…
Garba picks Muhammed, Iheanacho, 19 others for U-20 World Cup
Flying Eagles’ Head Coach Manu Garba has released a list of 21 players who will wear the nation’s colours at…
“My wife is pregnant for another man,” Man tells court
A 51-year old tricyclist, Adetunji Adedoyin on Friday pleaded with a Lagos Island Customary Court to dissolve his 13-year-old marriage…
Why Eshinlokun May Not Be Lagos Speaker
Jamiu Yisa For one of the contenders to the speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni,…
Italy rescues pregnant Nigerian, 3,600 migrants
The Italian government on Friday said 3,600 migrants, including a pregnant Nigerian woman, have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing…
Kwankwaso warns principals against charging illegal fees
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state on Friday in Kano warned Heads of Government-owned Primary and Secondary Schools to desist…
Woman, 38, loses pregnancy after rape by pastor-husband
“My husband raped me and I had to lose a two-month old pregnancy in the process. I want the dissolution…
APC sets up committee on youths welfare
The National Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday set up a committee that would liaise with…
Kidnappers free university student
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 19-year old female undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, who was…
OAU ASUU urges kidnappers to free Don
Lukmon Akintola The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Chapter, has appealed for the release of their…
NYSC: Angry NOUN students threaten nationwide protests
Harrison Iyoha The crisis rocking National Open University on Nigeria (NOUN) will soon escalate if something urgent is not done…
Conflict-ravaged South Sudan gets seeds, tools for farming
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that it was accelerating efforts to get vital seeds, tools and other materials to…
Nigerians should be involved in Jega’s successor – Stakeholders
Some election stakeholders on Thursday called on Nigerians, especially civil society organisations (CSOs), to be interested in who succeeds Prof.…
Edo orders striking judiciary workers to resume or be sacked
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The newly constituted Edo State Judicial Service Commission has ordered striking members of the State Judiciary Staff Union…
JTF arrests 4 pirates on Bayelsa waterways
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Thursday announced the arrest of four suspected…
Don’t label Nigerian products as Made-In-Asia, Manufacturers lament
Some manufacturers and experts on Thursday in Lagos decried the trend of labeling Nigerian goods as made-in-Asia or made-in-China. They…
Edo officials, others may be charged for terrorism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There are indications from Edo Police Command on Thursday that the four officials of Edo State Government and…
Obasanjo gives Buhari the blueprint for success
A think-tank constituted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support incoming administration’s transition on Thursday presented its report to president-elect,…