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UNIBEN appoints ex-VC’s wife as registrar
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Wife of the immediate past Vice Chancellor of University of Benin (UNIBEN), Mrs. Otasowie Oshodin, has been appointed…
Jonathan sacks NHIS CEO, appoints Peter Obi as SEC chairman
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi…
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Jonathan orders immediate release of $20bn NNPC audit report
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has denied allegations by the All Progressives Congress that his administration is engaging in last…
FCT Minister names streets after Jonathan, Sambo, 186 others
The Federal Capital Territory has honoured some Nigerians and other accomplished Africans by naming streets in Asokoro Extension, Guzape, Wupa,…
Ogun signs multi-billion light rail deal
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibukunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has reinstated his administration’s commitment to the provision of the…
Kenny K’ore’s twin sister kidnapped
The twin sister of gospel artiste, Kenny K’ore, was kidnapped on Friday, April 16, 2015. Ms. Taiwo Oluwatoyin Akinbode travelled…
Protest as Burundi president seeks controversial third term
Burundi’s president was Saturday declared as candidate for a controversial third term in office, his ruling party announced, despite mounting…
Nigerians lose N84m to xenophobic attacks in South Africa
The Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand (N84 million) to…
NFF lands $750k deal with NIKE
World’s leading brand, Nike is to supply kits to the value of $750,000 to Nigeria’s Super Eagles and other national…
PDP lauds Olanusi’s impeachment, accuses him of treachery
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo state chapter, Monday reacted to the impeachment of Ali Olanusi as the state’s deputy…
Rivers LGA polls: 27 Political parties ready for polls, PDP boycott
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite the planned boycott of the local government by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Rivers State…
Eze Amaechi abducted in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state police command has confirmed the abduction of Eze Samuel Amaechi, the monarch of Igbo-Agwurasa…
Australian trafficker marries before Indonesia execution
An Australian drug trafficker married his girlfriend Monday on the Indonesian prison island where he is set to be executed…
Fire destroys N23bn property, kills 157 in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Fire has destroyed estimated properties worth N23.02 billion and has killed 157 people in Lagos state in the…
Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year award
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard’s impressive season was recognised by his peers when he won England’s Professional Footballers’ Association Player of…
5 more die of gin poisoning in Ondo
A total of 23 people have now died from ethanol poisoning blamed on locally brewed gin in southwest Nigeria, the…
Sudan’s Bashir reelected with 94.5% of vote
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was reelected on Monday with 94.5 percent of the vote in polls he had been widely…
Onitsha: Police smash 4-man robbery gang
The Police in Okpoko community near Onitsha, have smashed a four-man armed robbery gang that has been terrorising residents of…
I’ll work with opposition for greater Imo – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and winner of Saturday’s governorship election has extended a hand of fellowship to his opponents…
Ondo State deputy gov. Alli Olanusi impeached
The Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Alli Olanusi, has been impeached by members of the state House of Assembly this…
Challenges for PM Abe, as polls produce only 4 female mayors
Local elections in Japan produced just four female mayors of the 222 positions up for grabs, results showed Monday, underlining…
Spare Filipina on death row, Pacquiao begs Indonesia
World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took time out Monday from final preparations for his $400 million megafight with Floyd Mayweather…
Court freezes ex-Reps 11 bank accounts over N100m debt
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, has ordered eleven commercial banks in Nigeria not to…
Bar NDDC from accessing 2015 budget, Activists tell court
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A group of Niger Delta Activists, Civil Rights Lawyers and Non Profit Organizations, have dragged the President…
Jay Z heads to Nigeria in search of musical talents
Rap and business mogul Jay Z said his new company Tidal has embarked on a talent hunt in Nigeria. He…
Reduce cost of governance, lawmaker tells Assembly
A newly-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mike Etaba, said the 8th National Assembly must facilitate Bills and oversight…
Arsenal, a boring team, says Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claimed that Arsenal were more deserving of the “boring” epithet after his team closed on the…
Pedestrian bridge collapses, kills 7 in Kano
No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed,…
IDPs commend Borno on feeding, welfare
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Sunday commended the state government for its free feeding arrangement for displaced persons…
Re-run: PDP wins Delta Central Senatorial election
Ighoyota Amori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Delta Central Senatorial election. Announcing the…