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Eid El-Kabir: FRSC urges motorists to observe traffic laws
Mrs Stella Uchegbu, Federal Road Safety Commission Public Education Officer, said the commission would not hesitate to prosecute traffic offenders…
Woman has baby after womb transplant in world first
A 36-year old Swede has become the world’s first woman to give birth after receiving a womb transplant, medical journal…
IS Jihadists murder Briton, battle for Kurdish town
Islamic State jihadists mounted brutal offensives on both the Syrian battlefield and in their online propaganda war Friday, murdering a…
N100m fraud: Court orders company CEO to forfeit all assets to victim
An Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered a company, Folik International Ventures Limited, to forfeit its assets to another company…
FIRS clamps down on oil companies, recovers N333m
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Friday recovered N333 million from corporate tax payer in the Oil and Gas…
Eid El-Kabir: Gbemi Saraki donates 4 buses, food items
Senator Gbemisola Saraki, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara on Friday donated four buses and food…
Texas tracks 50 exposed to Ebola, 10 ‘high risk’
Texas health officials were monitoring 50 people for Ebola exposure Friday, 10 of whom are at high risk of the…
Eid El-Kabir: Borno, Yobe halt travel over holiday threats
Nigeria’s embattled northeast Yobe and Borno states on Friday imposed a travel ban through the Muslim holiday weekend to guard…
3 Boko Haram members convicted of terror in secret trial
The authorities in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, said they have tried and convicted in secret three suspects on terror charges,…
Nigeria military rejects Boko Haram jet, execution claims
Nigeria’s military on Friday dismissed claims that a man beheaded by Boko Haram fighters in the group’s latest video was…
NFA crisis: Minister, Maigari, others charged for court contempt
The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo and Aminu Maigari, immediate past Chairman of Nigeria Football Association (NFA) have been charged…
AIT correspondent floors the ‘Lion’ Joseph Mbu
A magistrate court siting in Abuja has discharged Mr. Amaechi Anakwue, a journalist with the African Independent Television, AIT. Amaechi…
Obasanjo needs to be consulted always for Nigeria’s progress – David Mark
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Senate President, David Mark has disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is a father of the nation and…
Fayemi rates self high as World Bank inaugurates scheme
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Friday said his administration had repositioned the state and put it in the limelight…
Eid El-Kabir: Rededicate yourselves to God, PDP tells Nigerians
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the period of Eid-El-Kabir to re-dedicate themselves to God by…
NSE market indices record further depreciation
Weekly activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on Friday with market indicators recording further depreciation of 0.07 per…
I’ll only contest in the interest of Nigerians – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said that national interest would override any personal ambition or sectional agenda in his decision…
Ebola strikes fourth American in Liberia
A US television network prepared Friday to evacuate a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the UN’s pointman flew…
Mutiny: Anglican Primate appeals to FG to spare soldiers
The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has appealed to the Federal Government to spare…
Dep. Speaker, others laud Alex Otti
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has congratulated Dr. Alex Otti, Group Managing Director and…
Synagogue: Coroner’s inquest to commence Oct.13
The coroner’s inquest into the recent collapse of a building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations…
Sturridge signs new deal at Liverpool
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has committed his future to the club by signing a new “long-term” contract, the five-time European…
One dead in Bayelsa cult clash
A clash between two rival cult groups in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has left one person dead, NAN…
Lengthy jail terms for 3 Canadians, 14 Cubans in corruption case
Cuba has imposed heavy prison terms on three Canadians and 14 Cuban officials in a corruption scandal the government says…
Moving train crushes woman to death at Iganmu
Authorities at the Nigeria Railway Corporation on Friday confirmed the death of a middle-aged woman believed to have been crushed…
Nadal crashes at China Open as Serena withdraws
Rafael Nadal crashed out of the China Open Friday, tiring at the end of a gruelling three-set quarter-final against qualifier…
Amaechi condoles the family of Oluremi Oyo
Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi has offered condolence to the family of late Oluremi Oyo, former spokesperson to erstwhile President…
Nasarawa SURE-P recruits 83 physically challenged persons
The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) said it had recruited 83 physically challenged persons in Nasarawa state as part…
Sirleaf angry over countryman with Ebola in Texas
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said she is “very angry” with a fellow Liberian, Thomas Duncan, who travelled to…
Ibuprofen can help Ebola carrier pass airport screening
The infection control specialist, and President of Behavioral-based Improvement Solutions in Atlanta, Sean Kaufman, on Friday said people who contracted…