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12 ships laden with petroleum products arrive in Lagos
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 12 ships laden with petroleum products had arrived in Lagos ports. NPA stated this…
UNIPORT moves to reduce unemployment by 24%
In a bid to reduce unemployment by 24 per cent, the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) is adapting its conventional…
APC Reschedules Primaries Again
Jamiu Yisa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its primaries aimed at picking candidates for the various elective positions…
Over 500, 000 visitors expected at the Port Harcourt Carnival 2014
An estimated number of over Five Hundred Thousand carnival lovers and participants are expected in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for…
Man, 22, jailed for 3 years for drug dealing
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria today sentenced, a 22-year old man, Toyosi Joseph, to…
NSE market indices record 2.51% growth after downturn
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday ended on a positive note as some blue chips recorded price…
Rooney ‘considered quitting’ at 14
England captain Wayne Rooney has revealed that he considered turning his back on football at the age of 14 after…
Ronaldo sets Euro goal record with Portugal
In Group I, Real Madrid star Ronaldo scored in the 72nd minute as Portugal egded out Armenia 1-0, converting from…
Germany struggle to see off Gibraltar
World champions Germany posted a 4-0 win over minnows Gibraltar on Friday, but will still finish 2014 third in their…
Tunde Bakare will be president of Nigeria, says Gov. Mimiko
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state believes that Pastor Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Church will…
I’m still contesting for presidency on PDP platform – Tafawa Balewa
Dr Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa of PDP, on Friday in Abuja said he had not withdrawn from the 2015 presidential…
El-Rufai, Adebanjo, others beg Bakare to return to politics
Some prominent Nigerians including Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Friday urged renowned cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare, to…
PDP to sanction aspirants who criticise party leadership
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The chairman, Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Felix Obuah has warned aspirants on the…
Boko Haram: Nigerians want hunters not the military
The three North eastern states in Nigeria under the ceaseless attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, may not have taken a…
Suicide bomber behind Kano petrol station blast, 6 dead – Police
Six people were killed, including three police, in a suicide bomb attack at a petrol station in northern Nigeria’s biggest…
Atiku says Osoba’s defection to SDP is regrettable
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that the defection of the former governor of Ogun…
N1.5billion Libel Suit: Court Dismisses Governor Chime’s Appeal
Akin Kuponiyi An Appeal Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has dismissed an appeal filed by Enugu state governor, Sullivan…
2015: Atiku visits Lagos lawmakers
Eromosele Ebhomele Ahead of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, former vice president of Nigeria and presidential aspirant…
Three dead in Yola air crash as Boko Haram attack
Nigeria on Friday said three servicemen were killed in a military helicopter crash in the restive northeast, while Boko Haram…
Boko Haram seizes Chibok, hometown of kidnapped schoolgirls
Boko Haram has seized the town of Chibok in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, from where 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped more…
Ladipo Market To Be Shut Saturday for Voters Card
Cyriacus Izuekwe The leadership of Ladipo Auto Spare Parts market in Mushin Lagos state, Western Nigeria has ordered the closure…
Scottish nationalists name new leader to maintain independence fight
Scotland’s ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) on Friday crowned a new leader to build on a surge of support following…
Boko Haram turns robust trading town to ghost town
A deathly silence hangs over the once lively trading town of Amchide in the far north of Cameroun, abandoned to…
Nigeria’s Air force chopper carrying weapons, crashes
A Nigerian air force helicopter burst into flames midair and crashed near Modibo Adama University of Technology in Yola, Adamawa…
Drug makers arrested in India over sterilisation deaths
Indian police have arrested the head of a drug manufacturing company and his son on suspicion of destroying evidence related…
Media watchdog urges Saudi to free cyber activists
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Saudi authorities Friday to drop charges against dissidents jailed in recent months over…
World Bank warns of calamity if Ebola lessons are ignored
Millions of lives could be lost in a global pandemic if the international community repeats its tardy response to West…
I’m Not Going Into Politics, says City People Boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The chairman and editor-in-chief of City People magazine, Mr. Seye Kehinde has declared that he is not dabbling…
Israel removes age restriction on Jerusalem mosque
Men of all ages will be allowed to attend the main weekly Muslim prayers Friday at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque…
Slump In Oil Prices: A Progressive Way Out, By Bola Tinubu
Awash in the great tide of politics, we must not forget why politics can be a noble endeavor. It leads…