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30 dead as bus falls into ravine in India

A bus skidded off a hill road into a ravine in north-eastern India killing 30 passengers, police said Wednesday. The…

69 air passengers escape death as plane catches fire

Jet Airways airlines, on Wednesday, said its passenger plane, Flight 9W 2839, with 69 people on board, made an emergency…
Musiliu Obanikoro will not step down for anyone: OCO issues statement

Obanikoro spits fire from US, says I won’t submit to EFCC

Former Minister of State for Defence and one time Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has condemned yesterday’s raid…

Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin

A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…

Boko Haram strikes near Chibok, kidnaps 3 women

In a move to demonstrate that they are still a potent force, Boko Haram jihadists have attacked a village near…

AIT sacks workers over 16 months salary arrears

‎Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of the African Independent Television (AIT) Tuesday sacked all the workers at its Benin City station,…
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Abuja House: I’m not a thief, Diezani Alison-Madueke fights back

Okundia Jennifer Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has declared that she is not a thief as being bandied…

Ex-Ogun FA scribe dies at 57

A former Secretary of Ogun State Football Association, Mr Leo Oyenekan is dead. This was contained in a statement issued…

Indonesia to execute 30 drug traffickers

Bambang Waluyo, Indonesian Deputy Attorney General, has said government planned to execute 30 death-row convicts in 2017. He disclosed this…

MEND names 7-member team to dialogue with FG

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday, announced a seven-member team, led by Mr Odein…

BREAKING: Ambode swears-in LG sole administrators, warns against corruption

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode this morning swore in the new Sole Administrators for the 20 local governments…

50 killed in Florida Gay Club shooting

A gunman behind the killing of 50 people in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub early Sunday has reportedly been identified as…

June 12 and MKO Abiola by Reuben Abati

This day, June 12 will always be remembered by those who have defied the culture of silence and conspiracy against…

Shuaibu Amodu laid to rest amidst tears

Jethro Ibileke/Okpella The remains of the late former Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shuaibu Amodu, were laid to rest Saturday evening…

Ambode appoints 57 sole administrators for LGs/LCDAs

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday approved the appointment of new Sole Administrators to oversee the…

Amodu Shuaibu, ex-Super Eagles coach dies

The Nigerian Football Federation has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu. Shuaib was a former coach of…

IBB back from Germany after medical treatment

Former military ruler, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, arrived Minna on Friday evening after undergoing medical treatment in Germany. A statement issued…

MTN agrees to pay Nigeria N330bn fine

mtn MTN Group has agreed to pay a reduced fine of 330 billion naira ($1.67 billion) in a settlement with…

Robert Mugabe, 92, hints at retirement

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, one of the longest serving heads of state, has hinted about his possible retirement but declined…

Niger Delta Avengers on the rampage, blow up another pipeline

The Niger Delta Avengers are on the rampage in Nigeria’s South as they blew up another crude oil pipeline belonging…

Explosion rocks NPDC pipeline in Warri

An explosion rocked a pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Nigeria’s state oil company in the West African country’s restive…
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Abia State: Ikpeazu sacks all media aides

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Thursday relieved his media aides, including the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Godwin Adindu, of…

Niger Delta Avengers push for secession from Nigeria

The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers which has claimed a string of attacks on oil pipelines on Thursday asked for…

BREAKING NEWS: Ambode Sacks 57 LGs/LCDAs Executive Secretaries

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday evening sacked the Executive Secretaries of the 57 Local Governments Councils and Local…

Lagos At 50 celebration not running for 365 days – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka says claim in some quarters that the Lagos at 50 celebration will run for 365…

Senate confirms 47 new diplomats

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sent a list of forty-seven ambassadorial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Senate President…

NNPC loses N20b in one month due to attacks by Niger Delta Avengers

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed that it lost N20 billion in April due to attacks on Forcados…

FG to immortalise Late Stephen Keshi

The Federal Government has promised to seek ways to immortalise the late Stephen Keshi, the Minister of Youth and Sports,…

FG commences recruitment of 500,000 graduates

*Non-graduates’ training programmes also open for additional 100,000 young Nigerians In what is the first roll out of its N500bn…

Niger Delta Avengers strike again, blow up Chevron pipeline

To show that they are in no mood for any dialogue with the Federal Government, the resurgent militant group, Niger…