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Fashola says Synagogue’s deaths unnatural, vows to investigate
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola describes the killing of over 100 people at the Synagogue Church of…
LG boss assures of hitch free Sallah
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta People coming to Ijebu Ode, the headquarters of Ijebuland for this year’s Ileya and Ojude Oba festivals have…
Why we can’t hold local government elections – LASIEC boss
Eromosele Ebhomele Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Fatai Adeyinka (Rtd), has told members of the…
Let God judge Oritsejafor, Oyakhilome, Joshua
The Nigerian Women in Clergy (WIC), a faith-based women group, has expressed concerns over the spate of criticisms surrounding Pastor…
Britain to freeze welfare payment for two years
British finance minister George Osborne said Monday there would be no increases in state benefits for the working-age population for…
Lawmakers back FG against Boko Haram – Rep
Rep. John Owan-Enoh (PDP-Cross River) says the house supports Federal Government’s military action against the Boko Haram insurgency. Owan-Enoh said…
Oil Subsidy Trial: Court Summons EFCC Witness
By Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court Judge, Justice Lateefat Okunnu today issued a witness summon against a witness of…
3-year old organ donor saves 5 people after death
Five people are in stable condition in a hospital after undergoing heart, liver, kidney and cornea transplants with organs donated…
My album will be the best by 2015 – Jah Bless
Hip-Hop musician, Owoloye Olatunde Oluwabukunmi popularly known has Jah Bless has been off the music scene for while. He was…
FRSC issues 1,334 new driver’s licences in Osun
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun on Monday said it issued 1,334 driver’s licences to motorists in the…
Canada’s Encana agrees to buy Texas oil for $7.1 bn
Canadian energy company Encana on Monday said it has agreed to buy Texas’s Athlon Energy for $7.1 billion, in a…
Bangladesh arrests Briton over ‘IS jihad recruitment’
Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested a British citizen suspected of entering the country to recruit militants for jihadist…
Police arrest suspected rapist in Bauchi
The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist in Bauchi for allegedly attacking a 13-year-old girl. The Command’s Public…
Tight security as dignitaries receive national honour awards
Security is tight around the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, venue of the 2014 National Honours Award Investiture ceremony being…
Jonathan keeps 6 planes hovering for 2 hours
By Simon Ateba At least six planes full of passengers were made to hover around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
US-led strikes hit Syria’s Raqa, Aleppo provinces
Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo…
Firewood killing many Nigerian women, activist warns
By Simon Ateba/Lagos The frequent usage of firewood to cook is killing many Nigerian women, an activist warned on Monday,…
2015: US tells INEC to ensure displaced persons vote
A United States election security expert, Dr Patrick Quirk, has called on INEC to ensure that Nigerians displaced by conflict…
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
Ashraf Ghani, a one-time United States-based academic, was sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday, taking power…
NEMA donates ambulance to FRSC
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend donated a Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) ambulance to the Federal…
2015: Zone Rivers governorship slot to Ogoni land, forum tells parties
The Ogoni Leadership Forum on Sunday called on political parties to zone the 2015 Rivers governorship slot to the area.…
Pacquiao ‘pities Mayweather’, vows to play pro basketball
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao Monday brushed off Floyd Mayweather’s latest taunts, saying he pitied his American rival as he…
US offers grants to alumni in Nigeria
By Simon Ateba The United States government has created innovation funds and grants to support projects by its exchange programme…
IGI boss, Remi Olowude is dead
Remi Olowude, Executive Vice Chairman, Industry and General Insurance Plc is dead at the age of 63. Olowude, a staunch…
Corruption, Terrorism our greatest problems – Oritsejafor
President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, has said that most of the challenges confronting the country were…
Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that terrorism and kidnapping were still major national challenges because Nigerians had not united…
Amaechi raises alarm over dwindling federal allocation
…urges Rivers people to vote credible successor Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely eight months to the expiration of his term in…
Kenya commends Nigeria for boosting its agric policies
Mrs Dorcas Makwoi, the focal person, Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), Kenya, has commended Nigeria’s Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwunmi…
Jonathan has deep hatred, wickedness for Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has described President Goodluck Jonathan has having deep hatred and wickedness towards…
2015: Jonathan’s boast to win Rivers is laughable – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous, the boast by President Goodluck…