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Football Politicians Are Not Missionary Change Agents
The newsflash arrived again, just like a regular phone caller. “FIFA set deadline for Nigeria ban”. Only a couple of…
Man charged with cutting toddler’s finger
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday fixed 19 November for report on settlement in a case of…
2015: Jonathan meets with political party representatives
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja held a closed-door meeting with the executive members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) over…
Real Madrid cruise to victory in Cup opener
An understrength Real Madrid began their defence of the Copa del Rey with a comfortable 4-1 win over third-tier UD…
Roma level top in Serie A as Juve beaten
An injury-time goal from Genoa midfielder Luca Antonini handed Juventus their first defeat of the season Wednesday while a 2-0…
2015: We’ve not endorsed anyone as governor – Bode George
Jamiu Yisa Former Southwest Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that anybody…
2015: Jonathan promises FCT indigenes ministerial, PS slots
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja promised indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) a ministerial slot in the…
Man charged over fake Obama assassination plot
A 30-year-old US man was arrested Wednesday and released on bail accused of lying to the Secret Service about a…
Keyamo says warlord Tompolo wants to kill him
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo has alleged that leading Niger Delta ex-militant, Government Ekpemupolo,…
Edo Immortalizes Admiral Akhigbe
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State unveiled the statue of the former Chief of General Staff, late Vice…
Protesting Workers Shut Edo Govt House Over Unpaid Salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Activities at the Edo State Government House were put on hold on Wednesday by protesting workers of the…
Boko Haram attacks commercial hub in Adamawa
Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country’s remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two…
Conductor Slumps, Dies At Bus Stop
Daniels Ekugo There was confusion around Aguda bus stop, Ogba, Lagos, when a middle aged conductor plying Ogba –Ojota route,…
Lagos Council Chairmen Quit As Tenure Expires
Many of the chairmen in the 20 local governments and the 37 local council development areas vacated their offices yesterday…
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2015: Amosun’s 2nd Term Bid May Fail – Deputy
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Deputy Governor, Prince Segun Adesegun, has warned his boss, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, that he may not…
Truck Driver Diverts N14m Goods
Cyriacus Izuekwe A company truck driver, Wasiu Bello, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…
Tambuwal present as APC unveils manifesto
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC, has flagged off the party’s extraordinary national convention at the Old Parade Ground,…
NURTW Members Sue Police
Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…
Nigeria, China trade volume hits N1.7trn in 7 months
The Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in Lagos, Mr Liu Kan, on Wednesday said that the trade volume…
Jonathan to pick nomination, gets N100mn from donors
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will on Thursday 30 October obtain the PDP nomination form for the 2015 Presidential elections. Unilke…
Businessman gets 10 years jail term for drug offences
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a 31 year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Remignus Chibuzor,…
FG to host conference on infrastructure development
The Federal Government in collaboration with the private sector will hold a public policy conference on “Infrastructure Development In Africa…
Osun PDP endorses 4 candidates, others to face primaries
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun said it had endorsed one senatorial candidate, three House of Representatives candidates and…
French man dies after drinking game
A man in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand has died of alcohol poisoning after knocking back 56 shooters in…
US soldiers under Ebola quarantine in Italy sent packing
Veneto President Luca Zaia on Wednesday said Italy should not allow US soldiers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia to be quarantined…
Spain court summons 17 suspects in corruption scandal
A Madrid court summoned 17 suspects including five mayors and a French energy executive for questioning in a corruption scandal…
Russia proposes marriage for men caught with prostitutes
A fine, prison… or a shotgun wedding: one Russian lawmaker has come up with a novel proposal to punish men…
Norway donates $2.7m to AU Ebola programme
The Government of Norway on Wednesday announced a grant of 2.7 million dollars assistance to the African Union Support to…
Impossible to shut Blatter up, says Ancelotti
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has launched a stinging attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter as he backed Cristiano Ronaldo’s…
Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…