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Fashola Swears In Three New Judges
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola today sworn in three new judges into the state judiciary. The three judges…
Federal High Court Upholds Prisoner’s Right To Vote
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Many Nigerian politicians do not see their campaign train going to the prisons across the country but that…
Court sets aside Reps’ invitation to Deziani
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday set aside House of Representatives’ invitation to Petroleum Minister Deziani Alison-Madueke to appear…
Court orders alcoholic Father to pay child’s medical bill
One Taiwo Adeoye has been ordered to pay N85,000 for the treatment of his three-year old son he almost squeezed…
Police rescue kidnap victim, apprehends 3 suspects
The police in Rivers on Wednesday said that it had rescued the Branch Manager of First City Monument Bank in…
FG awards N12bn contracts for sea port projects in Lagos, Makurdi
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a 59-million-dollar (N9 billion) contract for the construction of Berth 21 at the Terminal…
Boko Haram kills 32, kidnap more women and girls in Borno
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in…
Eagles to play Ivory Coast, Mali in Abu Dhabi
In kick starting its pledge to ensure that the senior national team, Super Eagles are engaged for all the FIFA–free…
Liverpool face Chelsea clash in Capital One Cup semis
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is relishing the prospect of facing Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals. Rodgers’ side…
Court orders Agbaje to stop parading self as Lagos PDP governorship candidate
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission…
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…