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Amaechi is not VP to Buhari – Dakuku
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The rumour making the rounds that Governor Chibuike Amaechi had been picked as the Vice Presidential candidate…
EFCC arraigns contractor, 2 ex-MTN staff over N1b fraud
Eromosele Ebhomele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a contractor, Mutairu Babatunde, and two former staff of…
Man dies after allegedly gulping energy drink from 8 cans during a bet
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ebere Amarizu, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police in…
Sand Eagles begin title defence on a good note, beat Ghana 7-5
The Sand Eagles of Nigeria on Friday began the defence of their Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Championship title on a…
Court strikes out PDP’s suit seeking to unseat defecting governors
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging the…
Kwankwaso to support Buhari’s 2015 presidential ambition
Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano has expressed his readiness to support Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to actualise his presidential ambition in…
Jonathan lauds Nollywood for promoting Nigeria globally
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday commended Creative Professionals for using their works to promote the country’s global image. Jonathan gave…
Balotelli accepts FA charge over ‘racist’ post
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has accepted a Football Association charge of making racist and anti-semitic comments on social media, according…
Cynthia Osokogu Murder Trial stalled
Henry Ojelu The ongoing trial of the alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu before a Lagos High Court today suffered another…
US Congress approves Russia sanctions, arms for Ukraine
United States lawmakers approved fresh economic sanctions against Russia overnight Thursday, a move likely to anger President Vladimir Putin as…
Milner ready to sign new City deal
Manchester City midfielder James Milner is on the verge of signing a new contract with the Premier League champions according…
Liverpool can still compete with United says Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool can still compete with Manchester United in the transfer market despite their contrasting results in the…
Buhari tipped to end Nigeria’s woes
More than 30 years after he ruled with an iron fist, jailing the corrupt and championing the virtues of military…
Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens
Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to…
Boko Haram: Nigerians now refugees in their country
Dauda Bello came face-to-face with Boko Haram militants but managed to escape their hail of bullets, fleeing to safety after…
Obanikoro takes PDP, Agbaje to court over Lagos guber primary
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has taken his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to court to redress the anomaly that ensued…
APC commends security operatives, media, others for successful convention
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday commended the security agencies, the media, party supporters and Lagos residents for their…
MPPP picks Santuraki as presidential candidate
Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP), on Friday, picked Alhaji Hamisu Santuraki as its presidential candidate for the 2015 election. Santuraki,…
Only PDP can solve Nasarawa security challenges, says BOT secretary
Senator Walid Jibril, Secretary, PDP Board of Trustees, said on Friday that the party had the ingredient to tackle the…
32 dead, 47 injured in Jos twin blast, says NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday morning, confirmed 32 persons dead and 47 others injured in Jos suicide…
Boko Haram behind Jos bombings, says Plateau govt
A double bomb attack that killed 31 people in a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos was…
Carniriv 2014: Rivers set to thrill the world, says Sam Dede
All is now set for the 2014 edition of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt carnival, annual flagship tourism and cultural export…
Buhari serves Jonathan quit notice, says Rivers APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The emergence of Major General Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress…
Priests celibacy reason for child abuse
The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday said that obligatory celibacy may have contributed to priests abusing children, and recommended…
I will govern Nigeria in line with Constitution, says Buhari
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the February 14, 2015 presidential election, on Thursday…
Animals Go To Heaven, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis declared recently in his regular weekly address at St. Peter’s Square that animals go to heaven. He made…
Leadership Beyond Good Luck
At the wake of the protests against subsidy removal in 2012, I wrote an article titled “Subsidy removal and unsubsidized…
Kenya, Nigeria to partner on security to end insurgency
The Kenyan Government said on Thursday in Abuja it was working closely with Nigeria to tackle the security challenges currently…
Korean Air CEO apologises for daughter’s ‘foolish act’
Korean Air CEO Cho Yang-Ho publicly apologised Friday after his daughter triggered public anger and ridicule by kicking the head…