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Story of Chibok schoolgirls release false – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports that over 200 girls kidnapped from a girls’ college in Chibok, Borno State on…
Nigeria records 85 per cent employment in 6 months – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded 85 per cent employment in the first half of 2014. This…
CBN lists challenges to electronic payment system
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has named weak risk management framework and security issues among the major challenges affecting…
Oritsejaforgate: APC reps walk out as PDP members block $9.3m debate
Controversies over the $9.3 million seized from two Nigerians and an Isreali on arrival in South Africa in a private…
PDP youths to work for party’s success in elections
The newly-inaugurated executive members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontiers (PNYF), Oyo State Chapter, on Tuesday pledged to…
Entitlements: Casual PHCN workers get judgment on Oct.15
The National Industrial Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday said it would on 15 October decide on an application filed by the…
6 ships arrive Lagos ports with petroleum products
Six motor tankers laden with petroleum products have arrived at the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on…
DiCaprio urges leaders to rise to climate challenge
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio brought star power to the UN summit on climate change Tuesday, urging leaders to stop treating…
Lampard could get Chelsea send-off – Pellegrini
Frank Lampard’s loan spell at Manchester City could come to an end with a game at his former club Chelsea…
Obama to speak as US strikes kills 120 jihadists
President Barack Obama will make his first public comments on US and allied strikes on jihadists in Syria at 10…
Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases – WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of…
Court halts probe of Suntai’s health by medical panel
A High Court sitting in Jalingo, caital of Taraba state has halted the probe of Governor Danbaba Suntai by a…
7 Notorious Robbers Paraded In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The suspected leader of a robbery gang, Chief Jude Dike, has been arrested by the police and paraded…
Ebola: Nigeria, Senegal get thumbs up from WHO
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the…
No rift between Gov. Shettima, SSG – Borno Govt
The Borno Government on said there was no disagreement between Governor Kashim Shettima and the Secretary to the State Government…
NUPENG loses N10bn to 5 days strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), says their members cumulatively lost more than N10 billion during the…
Suicide attack kills four in Pakistan
A car bomb suicide attack targeting a senior military officer rocked Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar Tuesday, killing at least…
Algerian troops hunt for French hostage
Algerian troops scoured a mountainous eastern region Tuesday for a Frenchman kidnapped by militants linked to the Islamic State group…
Qatar says not a gas ‘alternative’ to Russia
Wealthy gas producer Qatar has no plans to pitch in as an alternative supplier as Europe seeks to reduce its…
EU condemns China’s life sentence for Uighur scholar
The European Union condemned Tuesday China’s “completely unjustified” life sentence against Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti and called for his immediate…
White tiger kills schoolboy at New Delhi zoo
A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a schoolboy who appeared to have jumped or fallen into its enclosure…
Israel army kills 2 Palestinians suspected of teens murder
Israeli troops on Tuesday killed two Palestinians named as suspects in the June murder of three Jewish teenagers in the…
Oritsejafor’s CAN a ‘sorry arm of Aso Rock’ – Senate leader
Senator George Akume, Senate Minority Leader on Monday accused the bling-wearing President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor…
Arms Deal: Oritsejafor is damaging CAN’s credibility – Akume
George Akume, Senate Minority Leader on Monday accused the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor…
Obiano dedicates S.Court victory to Ndi Anambra
Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano has dedicated the Supreme Court judgment which he won to the people of the state,…
Suntai, deputy set for impeachment
Taraba state governor, Danbaba Suntai and his deputy who is the acting governor of the state, Garba Umar could both…
APC, my last bus stop – Atiku
Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is his “final bus stop” as…
DSS arrests NTA reporter over N50M bribe demand
The Niger State command of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded Sampson Oghenedoro, a 28-year old staff…
Ebola: Kwara vows to shut down schools that resume
The Kwara State Government on Monday vowed to close down any school which violates the directive postponing the resumption of…
I’m committed to reducing corruption, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his administration’s commitment to reducing corruption to the barest minimum in the country. Jonathan stated…