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Senate reduces oil benchmark to $52
The Senate on Tuesday, reduced the oil benchmark from 65 dollars to 52 dollars. NAN reports that this is the…
Blogger to remove all sexually explicit content
Google said Tuesday it would ban sexually explicit content or “graphic nudity” on its Blogger platform, asking users to remove…
Blasts hit two Nigeria bus stations, at least 27 dead
Two blasts rocked bus stations in embattled northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, as relentless attacks persist…
I betrayed G7 colleagues, says Gov Lamido
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa, on Tuesday admitted that he betrayed his “G-7” governors in their face-off against Peoples Democratic…
The tide has turned against Boko Haram, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the military was gaining the upper hand against Boko Haram, despite two bombings in…
Ekiti Rigging Tape Should Be Investigated, Probed, says Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called for a proper investigation and probe of the alleged Ekiti rigging tape that…
Obasanjo’s torn party card has expired – PDP
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, on Tuesday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s party membership card which…
APC says Boko Haram was Jonathan’s re-election trump card
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan bears a huge moral responsibility that will hunt him for…
Fayose like a cancer to Ekiti, says Opeyemi Bamidele
Hon Opeyemi Bamidele popularly referred to has MOB as called on Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to stop wishing…
Delta Court Jails Driver 35 Years For Rape
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba An Asaba High Court has sentenced one Chukwu Ebuka Sunday, to 35 years in jail for gang-raping a…
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Obasanjo never commissioned Olorunsogo II – NDPHC
The management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHC) says the newly-commissioned 750MW National Integrated Power Project (NIPP)…
Lawyer, Retired Policeman Killed In Edo Auto Crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A multiple accident that occurred on Monday morning at Okhuahie River bridge along the Benin-Asaba express road, has…
Cape Verdean woman jailed 6 months for drug importation
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today sentenced a Cape Verde woman, Rosangela Homes Gonclaves, to…
Explosion rocks busy Kano bus stop
An explosion hit a busy bus station in northern Nigeria’s largest city Kano on Tuesday, witnesses said, just hours after…
Money Laundering: Court orders EFCC to release Fani-Kayode’s passport
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court in Lagos, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the…
Masked gunmen kidnap American woman in Kogi
Masked gunmen in central Nigeria kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack,…
VIDEO: Emir Sanusi foresaw what Nigeria is today
Over three years ago, shortly after the oil subsidy protest, a group of Nigerian economist deliberated over a very salient…
UPDATE: At least 17 dead in Potiskum bus blast
At least 17 people were killed on Tuesday when a blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, witnesses…
Hamburg still need embattled Van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart still has a future at Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg, according to the club’s chairman, despite a string…
Blast rips through bus in Potiskum
A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday, witnesses said, in the latest explosion to hit…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian near Bethlehem
Israeli troops have shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian man during unrest at a refugee camp near the West Bank town…
Missing Korean teen at IS training camp
A South Korean teenager who went missing last month has joined the Islamic State (IS) group and is receiving training,…
FIFA task force consider 2022 World Cup in winter
A FIFA World Cup task force on Tuesday recommended the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be shortened and held in…
IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, a monitor said on…
Buhari is stronger than Fayose, declares Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has come hard on his Ekiti counterpart, Ayodele Fayose over…
Mexico president hits back at Birdman director’s Oscar comments
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday fired back at comments made by Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, saying the…
I don’t have Facebook, Twitter account, says Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Contrary to speculations from several quarters that the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has social media accounts, especially…
Those against Buhari’s candidature are Nigeria’s enemies, says Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has called for prayers from all Nigerians against those he…
Premier League, La Liga lead shirt sponsorship deal
The English Premier League and Spain’s La Liga led a $130 million (115 million-euro) rise in shirt sponsorship deals for…
Monaco reunion holds no romance for Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he hasn’t been wasting any time on nostalgic reminiscences ahead of his reunion with former…