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Okorocha urges Nigerians to pray for peaceful elections
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has urged Nigerians to use the Christmas season to pray for peaceful conduct of the…
In Pictures: Lagos lit up for Christmas celebration
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye/Lagos
Citigroup selling its Japan retail bank business
Citigroup said Thursday it was selling its century-old Japanese retail banking operations to major lender Sumitomo Mitsui as part of…
Igbos highest donors to Buhari’s campaign
Osita Okechukwu, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria’s south east zone said Igbos cheerful givers topped the…
Change Has No Age Barrier: Buhari Gets Tunisian Example
There has been so much talk about General Muhammadu Buhari contesting at the age of 72. There has been so…
Pope urges ‘tenderness’ as millions celebrate Christmas
Pope Francis called for “tenderness” and “warmth” after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking Christmas. The Argentine…
Father of three, 12 others killed in cult rivalry in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Thirteen persons, including a 33-year-old father of three, have been reportedly killed in renewed violent rivalry between members…
Fashola preaches peaceful co-existence at Christmas
As Christians in Nigeria join the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas which is the birth of Jesus Christ,…
Senator Ashafa enjoins Christians to emulate Christ
The lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has enjoined all Christians to emulate…
Why PDP Must Go In 2015 – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, has said that a further extension of Peoples Democratic Party…
This is your last Christmas in bondage, APC tells Nigerians
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that this will be their last Christmas celebration under the bondage of…
Excess crude account is empty, not shared in 18 months, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Wednesday revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan-led federal government has emptied the nation’s…
Live your life like Jesus, Jonathan tells Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged Nigerians to deeply reflect and imbibe the ideals and virtues taught by Jesus Christ…
Suicide bomber killed in Gombe
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said a suicide bomber who rammed into a military check point in Bajoga, Gombe State on…
Amosun is performing miracles in Ogun, says Ernest Sonekan
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former interim president of Nigeria, Chief Ernest Shonekan has declared that with the spate of development in Ogun…
Ogun promises food sufficiency in 2015 – Sokefun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria have been assured of sufficient food production as well as food security…
Ogun Forestry Ministry rakes in N128m in 10 months
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, Alhaji Adebayo Fari has disclosed that his ministry had as at October 2014…
Fourth UN staff contracts Ebola in Liberia
A fourth member of the UN mission in Liberia, the country hardest-hit by the Ebola epidemic, has been hospitalised after…
Borno, Yobe restrict vehicular movement through Xmas
Two northeast Nigeria states have put heavy restrictions on vehicle movement beginning on Christmas Eve and lasting through the weekend…
Jacob Zuma denies marrying fifth wife
South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday denied media local reports that he has hinted he may be ready to…
Oshiomhole recalls Ihonvbere, accepts Commissioner’s resignation
Former Secretary to Edo State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, has been recalled back to his duty post by the State…
Edo Sports Commissioner to sack female players for protesting 2-year unpaid salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Chris Okaeben, has threatened to sack players of state-owned female football…
Obama right to shield millions from deportation – Court
A United States federal judge handed a victory to President Barack Obama late Tuesday, throwing out a lawsuit over controversial…
Oron youths, women lament over marginalization in A’Ibom
Some Oron youths in Akwa Ibom on Tuesday protested over “undue marginalisation” of Oron nation by the current administration. The…
President George H. W. Bush in hospital
Former United States president George H. W. Bush, 90, has been admitted to a Texas hospital suffering shortness of breath,…
Police did not attack Goje’s family house – Gombe Govt.
The Gombe State Government has debunked accusation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo ordered police and…
Fuel scarcity: DPR releases 335 trucks to Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources, Abuja, said 335 trucks of petroleum products were released from the depot between Monday and…
Jonathan yet to approve 40 NASS bills, says Zakari
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Zakari Mohammed, on Tuesday said 40 bills were awaiting President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to…
Why PDP described Buhari as a semi-illiterate jackboot – Metuh
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out to defend the party’s national secretary, Prof. Wole Oladipo who referred to…
2015: Buhari’s campaign gets N54m donation
The presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, says he has received N54 million from Nigerians…