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Fuel Scarcity: Nigeria at the mercy of imports, says Buhari
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, presidential candidate has lamented the fuel scarcity that has hit the country, noting…
Boko Haram beheads two spies in IS style
The Mail Online has published a new video by Boko Haram purporting to show the executions of two alleged spies.…
Dakuku dares gunmen, campaigns in Tombia, Bakana
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state led by the governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside…
$12bn gas fund loot, fraud responsible for fuel scarcity – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the real causes of the debilitating fuel scarcity across the country is the…
Petrol scarcity: NNPC set to import 1billion litres in March
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday began fresh measures to halt what it described as…
Ignore self-serving endorsements of Jonathan in South-West – Chief Ayo Fasanmi
Chief Ayo Fasanmi, an elder statesman and First Republic Senator has urged South-Westerners to ignore the self-serving endorsements of President…
Tinubu set to sue AIT for N20bn over documentary peddling lies
All Progressives Congress National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to sue the management of the Daar Communications Limited,…
Dangote crash on Forbes richest ranking, loses $10.3billion
Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, fell sharply in ranking in the new Forbes world’s richest list. Dangote’s bulging networth…
Benin Royal Family Blasts Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The younger brother of the Oba of Benin and the Enogie of Obazuwa, Prince Edun Akenzua, has lampooned…
Court rejects suit seeking to stop use of card readers
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja A federal court in Abuja on Monday refused an application brought before it by four of Nigeria’s…
Disaster displaces 8,000 in South-West
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said 8,000 people were displaced in seven major disasters in Lagos, Ogun…
Troops dominating Boko Haram in Yobe – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters on Monday in Abuja said troops were dominating operations in Kukawa, Geri, Gujba in Yobe to rid…
Jonathan gives 164 NYSC members automatic employment, scholarship
The Federal Government, on Monday, granted automatic employment and Post-Graduate Scholarship to 164 ex- National Youth Service Corps members, who…
FG has created 1.4 million jobs in 3 years, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Federal Government has created 1.4 million jobs in the past three years in a bid to address unemployment in…
Nigeria Navy hands over 11 suspected oil thieves to EFCC
Navy Captain Noel Madugu, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Brass, says the Nigerian Navy has handed over 11 suspected oil…
Rise above ethnic politics, Amaechi urges traditional rulers
Rivers governor, Chibuike Amaechi, on Monday urged traditional rulers, electorate to rise above ethnic politics in casting their votes in…
GOtv to stage W/African featherweight, national heavyweight title fights
Boxing fans in Nigeria and across Africa will be treated to six top class boxing bouts at the second edition…
Niger residents drown in bid to escape Boko Haram attacks
Boko Haram gunmen attacked an island on the Niger side of Lake Chad, with locals reporting heavy casualties among those…
USAID to spend N475bn in Nigeria in four years
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Monday that it would invest N475 billion in the execution…
Namibia president wins Mo Ibrahim $5m leadership prize
Namibia’s outgoing president was on Monday named winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for “good governance” in Africa, the world’s…
I didn’t share of Presidency N7bn largesse, Edo CAN Chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Peter Imasuen, has denied sharing in the N7 billion largesse…
Indian who kidnapped self bags 1 year imprisonment
A Senior magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced one Mishal Vishwanath, an Indian, to one year…
Communities of Democracy mourns Nemtsov
The Secretary General of the Community of Democracies says it was shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of…
Polls: Northern Youth Council endorse Jonathan, sign peace pact
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan while signing a peace pact with the Ijaw Youth…
Buhari no match for Jonathan – Fani-Kayode
The Director PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode has stated that Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives…
Jonathan promises to involve youths in governance
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday pledged to get more Nigerian youth involved in governance if re-elected. The President also said…
2015 Elections: We’re Ready For APC, says PDP
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, has said that contrary to claims by the opposition, the party is ready for the…
Over 6,000 killed in ‘merciless devastation’ in Ukraine – UN
More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said Monday,…
Kukah urges women to caution family against electoral violence
The Cathoilic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr Mathew Kukah, on Sunday urged women to caution their husbands and children…
Boko Haram: #BringBackOurGirls Campaigners lament lack of information
#BringBackOurGirls campaigners on Sunday said it is disheartening that there is no information on measures being taken to rescue the…