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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,…
2015: Ikorodu Must Produce The Next Governor – Benson
Damilare Okunola The Asiwaju of Ikorodu Land, Chief Babatunde O. Benson, has categorically stated that the next governor of Lagos…
Ogun to Purchase Another 500 Metro Taxis
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Given the level of cooperation and understanding from the transaction of the Metro taxis distributed to some people…
Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road
The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…
ECOWAS advises INEC on 2015 elections
The ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be complacent about its…
Chibok girls: Negotiations ongoing with Boko Haram, says FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday said negotiations were still ongoing between it and the Boko Haram sect on the abducted…
Gunmen kill four police, kidnap six in Bayelsa
Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy…
Tambuwal’s defection, a welcome development – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun has joined other Nigerians to react to the defection of the Speaker of the Federal…
Danagogo Orders Pinnick, Giwa To End NFF Crisis Now
The Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr Tammy Danagogo has ordered quick and unambiguous resolution of the…
Only APC can save Nigeria in 2015 – Kwankwaso
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state, Nigeria on Tuesday swelled the rank of aspirants for the 2015 presidential…
A Reply To Critics: Why Buhari Does Not Belong in Nigeria’s Future
1. I would like to thank those who read and, even more, those who have commented upon, given feedback to,…
Chibok parents beg Boko Haram to release their girls
Some parents and relatives of the abducted students of Government Secondary School (GSS), Chibok, Borno, have appealed to the Boko…
Worst Local Councils In Lagos
KAZEEM UGBODAGA, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE & JAMIU YISA As chairmen of the 20 Local Government Areas and the 37 Local Council…
Federal ministry of works building gutted by fire
The Federal Ministry of Works building in Lagos is currently on fire. It is not clear whether there are casualties.…
Tambuwal’s defection will not affect Reps activities – Legislators
Some members of the House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday said that the defection of the Speaker of the…
World Bank needs 5,000 more health workers to fight Ebola
World Bank President Jim Kim said on Tuesday in Addis Ababa that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa required additional…
Edo To Drag EFCC To Court For Dabbling In Politics
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday disclosed that the state government would drag the Economic…
Defection: PDP Asks Tambuwal to Resign
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has asked Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives to resign…
Why I Dumped PDP — Tambuwal
Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday formally announced his defection from the ruling Peoples Democratic…
Taskforce Seizes 30 Okadas
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have impounded 30 commercial motorcycles…
Female Banker Diverts LASTMA, VIO’s N6.6m
Paul Iyoghojie A female banker, Bola Ogunlowo, has been arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court for allegedly diverting N6.6m…