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Breaking: Lagos records 6 deaths from cholera outbreak

Lagos State Government says it has recorded six deaths from cholera outbreak out of 45 cases in some communities in…

Buhari Invites UN mediation for Chibok schoolgirls

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will welcome intermediaries from the UN on the proposed swapping of the abducted…

I won’t appear before committee unless hearing is made public – Jibrin

A former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that he will not appear before…

How SARS ‘get rich’ torturing detainees, demanding bribes for freedom-Amnesty

A Nigerian police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees…

Benin monarch’s coronation postponed

The Benin Traditional Council on Wednesday announced Oct. 20, as the new date for the coronation of the Crown Prince…

Breaking: 29 dead after boat carrying 600 African migrants capsize

A boat carrying 600 migrants has capsized off the Egyptian coast near Kafr al-Sheikh, the Egyptian military said Wednesday. Around…

Breaking: Uproar in House of Representatives

There was an uproar in the House of Representatives on Wednesday as supporters of Speaker Yakubu Dogara started shouting his…

PDP factions set to reconcile as Makarfi, Modu-Sheriff meet

Reconciliation in the lingering leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) started on Tuesday, as leaders of the two…

FG begins recruitment for 500,000 jobs – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the 500,000 jobs it promised. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…

Supreme Court upholds Bello’s election as Kogi governor

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Mr Yahaya Bello as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. The…

Bloomberg paints a dark picture of Nigeria’s recession

On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the Niger river, the Ajaokuta steel plant…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan orders EFCC to defreeze her accounts

First Law Associates, the solicitor to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC),…

Breaking: New York bombing suspect arrested

The suspect wanted in connection with bombings in New York City has been taken into custody after a firefight with…

Militants blow up another oil facility in Delta

A militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), on Monday, claimed an attack on a crude oil pipeline in…

Breaking: Boko Haram kills eight in church attack

At least eight people were killed outside a church in a suspected Boko Haram attack carried out by gunmen on…

US probes attacks for terror links

Investigators on Sunday probed three attacks carried out on US soil in one day — a Manhattan bombing, a Minnesota…

Nigeria sues Agip, Total for $635m over undeclared cargoes

Cash strapped Nigeria’s Federal Government is demanding $635 million from two multinational oil companies, Agip and Total for undeclared crude…

Police rescue 7 Nestoil workers after 16 days in kidnappers’ den

The remaining seven Nestoil workers who were abducted by hoodlums on Friday September 2 have been rescued by the Tactical…

Isheri kidnappers demand N1.2 billion ransom

The gunmen who kidnapped four residents of Isheri area of Lagos State, are asking the families to pay N300m each,…

SERAP urges court to order EFCC to prosecute Dogara, others

As the National Assembly resumes on Tuesday, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in…

Evangelist, wife, 3 children missing after herdsmen attack

The family of Evangelist Martins Oko- Oboh has called on the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the…

Explosion rocks New York City, 29 injured

An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities…
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Gilbert Chagoury sues FBI, US Justice Department over visa ban

Gilbert Chagoury, billionaire businessman and owner of Eko Hotels in Lagos Nigeria has filed a legal action against the US…

Mad man rams car into St Peter’s Square, demanding to see pope

A man with mental health issues broke the security barrier around St Peter’s Square in Rome, ramming his car through…

Why Awolowo resigned from Gowon’s government

Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late Premier of the old Western Region and leader of opposition in the First Republic was…
A Nigerian pilgrim on 2024 Hajj from Niger State, Hajiya Adeshetu Abubakar, dies reportedly of heat stroke in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Nigeria protest seizure of pilgrims’ e-wristband by Saudi Authority

Nigeria is to protest the seizure of electronic wristbands brought into Saudi Arabia for use of its pilgrims. The Consulate-General,…

Buhari, Obama to meet in New York – White House

President Barack Obama and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will meet on Tuesday in New York, on the sidelines of the…

Plagiarism: Buhari angry, orders disciplinary measures against culprits

President Muhammadu Buhari is angry over reports in the social media that the speech he delivered at the launching of…

Breaking: Our efforts to rescue Chibok schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja revealed that the security agencies had thrice struck a chord to rescue the…

Wanted ex-Katsina governor reports to EFCC

Wanted former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, on Friday reported to the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial…