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Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants
Cameroon’s army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist…
Capital market indices up by 0.52%
Transactions in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), reopened on Monday on a bullish trend with the market capitalisation appreciating by…
Poll Shift: INEC rejects nomination of fresh candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would not accept new nominations of candidates from any political…
Over 160 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Niger
More than 160 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram have been arrested in Niger’s border area with Nigeria…
Arsenal could play Man Utd in FA Cup showdown
FA Cup holders Arsenal were handed a potential showdown with Manchester United in Monday’s draw for the quarter-finals. The draw…
Court Of Appeal upholds Fayose’s victory
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Court of Appeal siting in Abuja on Monday, upheld the victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti…
Oshiomhole Accuses FG Of Diverting N800m Project Fund
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of diverting N800 million…
Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Hard Drugs
By Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended the resident pastor of the Eternal…
Obasanjo an embarrassment to the military – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has described Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statements about the military as an embarrassment, noting that, much as…
Customs denies withdrawing personnel Sokoto, Kebbi borders
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has not ordered the withdrawal of its personnel from the border stations in…
Naira hits N210, 213 to dollar at BDC, black market
The naira on Monday lost N2 to the dollar to sell at N210 at the Bureau De Change (BDCs) segment…
Nigeria troops reclaim Monguno from Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military on Monday claimed the recapture of Monguno, a garrison town in northeast Borno state, after it was seized…
Overwhelming crowd welcome Buhari to Borno
A massive crowd of cheering supporters mobbed Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari in the embattled northeast city of Maiduguri on…
Cartoonist targeted in Copenhagen gone into hiding
A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent…
Spanish court drops charges against 11 clerical sex abuse case
A Spanish court dropped charges against 11 out of 12 suspects in the country’s biggest ever clerical sex abuse scandal…
Fashola appoints new Head Of Service
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs Folashade Sherifat Jaji as the new Head…
Court adjourns ruling on Oyedepo’s N9bn breach of contract
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos southwest Nigeria has adjourned till March 25 a ruling on the…
PDP has reduced Nigeria to a global laughing stock, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the federal level has reduced Nigeria to…
CBN set to licence more microfinance banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said it would inject more certified microfinance bank operators into the industry.…
Pastor arraigned over N5.1m fraud charge
A 47-year-old pastor, Olateju Oluwakemi, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…
20,000 Nigerians got visas to China in 2014 – Envoy
Liu Kan, Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China’s Consulate-General in Lagos, on Monday said that about 20,000 Nigerians were…
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola virus
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,…
Ogun PDP expels Obasanjo from party
Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expelled former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party.…
Lagos lawyer arraigned for N117.3m fraud
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned a Lagos lawyer, Babatunde Ojo, over an alleged N117.3…
Ejigbo Market Women Torture Suspects For Arraignment March 3
Henry Ojelu Five men who were accused of torturing three women by rubbing pepper in their private parts in the…
Kashamu Largesse: Three dead as cult groups clash in Ijebu Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three persons have been confirmed dead in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun state after…
World oil prices edged higher Monday
World oil prices edged higher Monday on lingering optimism over falling United States production. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…
Pope voices sadness over Libya beheadings of Christians
Pope Francis on Monday expressed “profound sadness” over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya,…
Arik Air Staff Caught Siphoning Fuel From Aircraft
By Simon Ateba An Arik Air staff have been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, western Nigeria,…
Jews have ‘their place in Europe and especially France’ – Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that Jews were welcome in Europe and France, in an apparent retort to…