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Ambode, Ajimobi, Aregbesola make case for women empowerment
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterparts in Oyo and Osun States, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola…
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43 passengers dead in Pakistan plane crash
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the…
Wike, PDP behind killings in Rivers State – Amaechi
With three days to the December 10 re-run elections in Rivers State, former governor of Rivers State and Minister of…
Frozen $15.5m: Court adjourns Jonathan’s suit to next year
Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, further adjourned till Jan. 18, 2017, hearing in a…
NIMC registers 60,000 persons for national ID
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it registered 60,000 persons for the national identity cards in Borno in 2016.…
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THISDAY sacks 76 workers
*As staff demand payment of salary arrears After owing staff salaries ranging from 10 to 17 months, THISDAY Newspapers Limited…
Donald Trump named Time magazine’s Person of the Year
United States president-elect Donald Trump has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine. The business tycoon-turned-politician defied the…
Yuletide: EKO Disco to install 138 transformers
The Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has said that over 138 transformers worth N700 million had been…
Fraud: Court adjourns Justice Ngwuta’s trial
The criminal trial of Justice Sylvester Ngwuta by the Federal High Court, Abuja was on Wednesday stalled on allegation of…
Max Air former employees drags company to court
Four former employees of Max Air Ltd have dragged the company to the National Industrial Court, Kano, over alleged wrongful…
Beyonce leads Grammy nominations as pop, R&B dominate
Beyonce got a leading nine Grammy nominations on Tuesday, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nods each.…
Buhari swears in new INEC commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in the newly-appointed Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The swearing-in was conducted…
BREAKING: Court dismisses Buhari’s suit against AIT
Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out a defamation suit filed last year…
Public toilets can create 11,000 jobs -Manager
Bio-Power Environmental Solutions Ltd, says the establishment of high-quality public toilets can generate revenue, create 11,000 jobs and promote a…
Elechi Amadi goes home in grand style
The news of the demise of the literary icon, Captain Elechi Amadi (retd.), who died on June 29 at the…
Sixty people missing after ship capsizes off Yemen
No fewer than 60 people were missing after a ship capsized in high seas off the coast of Yemen, a…
Group condemns Dr Junaidu’s allegation against President Buhari
The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as “uncharitable and baseless”, the allegation by a former House of Representatives…
Woman faces N131,000 fraud charge
A 23- year-old woman, Ayo Olaniyi, who allegedly obtained N131,000 from one Ayo Johnbull under false pretences, on Wednesday appeared…
800 tourists stranded on Indian island amid heavy rains
The Indian Navy on Wednesday launched operations to evacuate 800 tourists stranded on an island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar…
Bolivia arrests airline boss over Chapecoense plane crash
The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week which killed 71…
CBN policy delays wheat farming in Kano – Farmers
Wheat Farmers in Kano State have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the delay in the take-off of…
South Sudan authorities deports AP journalist
South Sudan on Wednesday deported a journalist working for the international Associated Press news agency, and the reporter said it…
NUC approves Usmanu Danfodiyo University engineering programmes
National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has given approval to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to commence four core engineering…
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Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections
Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…
Quake in north Indonesia kills 52- official
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday said the death toll from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the northern province of Aceh has…
Tanzania, Dangote Cement haggle over price of gas
Tanzania is in talks with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement on supply of natural gas to a manufacturing plant for building material,…
Teenager jailed 7 years for planning terror attack
An Australian teenager on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years jail for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne on Mother’s…
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No mercy for Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia
A Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia, Precious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed. Nwoko, also known as…
Reps plan 3-day retreat on constitution amendment
The House of Representatives Special Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review planned to host a three-day retreat on the amendment…
Bayern end Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten run
A Robert Lewandowski free-kick sealed Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League with both…