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2015: Buhari’s stance against corruption is biggest arsenal
“I am not a rich person, I can’t give you a pocketful of dollars or naira to purchase your support,”…
Canadian court orders Apple to hand over iPhone documents
A Federal Court in Canada on Wednesday ordered Apple’s Canadian subsidiary to hand over nearly three years worth of documents…
Sterling shines as Liverpool make League Cup semis
Raheem Sterling eased the pressure on under-fire manager Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool swept into the League Cup semi-finals with a…
Political parties, media should abide by election ethics – Jega
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Tuesday urged the political class and the media to…
Okonjo-Iweala denies 1bn dollars missing from Excess Crude Acct
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday said that there was no money missing from the Excess Crude…
Edo Assembly Pardons Two Renegade PDP Lawmakers, Rejects LG Autonomy Bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two lawmakers on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo state who were suspended by…
Saraki congratulates Osinbajo, lauds Tinubu’s gesture
Senator Bukola Saraki has welcomed the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the running mate of All Progressives Congress (APC)…
FG approves N24bn for rehabilitation of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N24.2 billion for the rehabilitation of the outstanding section of…
FG, States, LGs share N628.8bn for November
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Tuesday said that the Federal, states and local government shared…
I’ll defeat Okorocha in 2015, says Iheanacho
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo, Emmanuel Iheanacho, said he would win the 2015 governorship…
Jonathan condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja flayed the deadly terrorist attack on Peshawar in Pakistan that left 140 people,…
Garcia quits as FIFA corruption investigator
Former United States prosecutor Michael Garcia resigned Wednesday as FIFA’s chief corruption investigator in protest at the football governing body’s…
Platini slams new FIFA ‘failure’
UEFA president Michel Platini said Wednesday that the resignation of FIFA’s top corruption investigator Michael Garcia was a “new failure”…
Sierra Leone goes door-to-door to fight Ebola surge
Sierra Leone on Wednesday said health workers would go door-to-door as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of…
I won’t retire from politics – Ikuforiji
Eromosele Ebhomele After his defeat at the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the Speaker of the Lagos…
Uduaghan Budgets N327.6 Billion For 2015 Fiscal Year
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state has presented a budget estimate of N327.68 billion for the 2015 fiscal…
Zambia’s acting president refuses to quit, slams ‘treason’
Zambia’s acting president Guy Scott on Wednesday rejected a call for his resignation by a majority of cabinet ministers, and…
Anyone but the Chinese, Madagascar workers demand new masters
Workers at a Chinese sugar refinery in Madagascar, where a long-simmering labour dispute boiled over into deadly riots last week…
Netanyahu says Europe ‘learned nothing’ from Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Europeans appeared to have learned nothing from the Holocaust, after an EU…
Fidson boss urges healthcare companies to embrace listing
Fidson Healthcare Plc, Dr Fidelis Ayebae has joined other stakeholders in the health sector and capital market in urging Healthcare…
PCC Receives 754 Complaints In Lagos
Henry Ojelu The Public Complaint Commission, PCC has disclosed that the numbers of complaints received from residents of Lagos state…
SON destroy sub-standard goods worth N5billion
The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that it destroyed substandard goods worth N5 billion in the first…
Church of England names first woman bishop
The Church of England on Wednesday named vicar Libby Lane as its first woman bishop, following a historic change in…
N. Korea marks end of 3-year mourning for late leader Kim Jong-Il
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Wednesday led tens of thousands of military and party officials in a ceremony to…
Cultism: Five MAPOLY students remanded in prison
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Magistrate Adekunte of the Magistrate court 3, Isabo, Abeokuta this morning ordered that five students from the Moshood…
2015: Buhari picks Osibajo as running mate
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has picked Professor Yemi Osibajo as his running mate after…
2015: SSG, Oluranti Adebule Emerges Ambode’s Running Mate
Jamiu Yisa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked the serving Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Dr Idiat…
No going back on reduction of tertiary institution fees, Ogun Govt
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state government has debunked the allegation that the pronouncement of reduction in the tertiary institution fees in…
I was paid to indict Modu Sheriff as Boko Haram sponsor – Negotiator
Abubakar Yusuf, alias Baba Sani, has admitted that he was a former member of the sect and was paid to…
Jonathan to reduce government spending in 2015 budget
President Goodluck Jonathan warned Tuesday that Nigeria could be forced to cut further the amount of oil revenue it uses…