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Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram, slow, inadequate, failure of leadership – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram militants as slow, inadequate and a…
Buhari’s govt, most brutal dictatorship after Abacha – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described General Muhammadu Buhari, the main opposition presidential candidate in Nigeria as the most…
Elections were postponed to frustrate Buhari – NY Times
The New York Times, in another harsh editorial against the government of President Goddluck Jonathan of Nigeria, has stressed that…
Patience Jonathan in Bayelsa to mourn PDP women leaders
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The wife of the president, Patience Jonathan arrived Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital on Monday and paid a…
Don’t flee Nigeria, elections will be peaceful, says Tambuwal
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful,…
Obasanjo should not have torn his membership card – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party believes that former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo should not have ripped his membership card…
We’ll breath fresh air on Nigeria, says KOWA presidential candidate
The Presidential candidate of KOWA party, Prof. Remilekun Shonaiya, said the party would breathe fresh air on the country. Shonaiya,…
FG set to boost electricity, signs MoU for 500 megawatts
The Federal Government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with One Nation Energy Platform Ltd. for the production of…
Arrest politicians buying PVCs, Oshiomhole tells CP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Monday charged the police and other security agencies in the state…
‘Too many blacks’ in Italy under-20 ranks, Arrigo Sacchi laments
Former AC Milan and Italy coach Arrigo Sacchi has hit out at Italy’s youth set-up by claiming it features ‘too…
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…