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JAMB won’t extend Nov. 30 deadline for admissions – Registrar

The November 30 deadline for conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 remains effective, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…

Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 17.6 % in August – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August…

16 killed in Pakistani mosque suicide bomb attack

A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan must forfeit $15m-EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is heading to court to file an application seeking the total forfeiture…

Gov Okorocha sacks information commissioner, others

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his…

Ibori’s conviction stands despite bribery evidence-UK

Jailed former Nigerian state governor James Ibori’s convictions remain valid despite evidence a British police officer took bribes during the…

Companies plead guilty in Patience Jonathan’s $15m saga

The four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo Dudafa, and two…
Chris Oyakhilome now a grandfather

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome kicks against divorce

Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, the General Overseer of Believers Love World, aka Christ Embassy who is separated from his wife, in…
Katsina govt vows funding for Federal University of Transportation’s growth

EFCC declares former Katsina governor Ibrahim Shema wanted

Former governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…

$15m Saga: Patience Jonathan to sue EFCC

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has confirmed to the BBC that former first lady Patience Jonathan is taking the agency to court…
Patience Jonathan says she won't return to Presidential Villa again

$15m saga: ‘FG must prosecute Patience Jonathan now’

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of…

Breaking: Boko Haram threatens to capture Buhari in new video

A new video by Boko Haram has surfaced, with the insurgents threatening to capture President Muhammadu Buhari. The footage, narrated…

Militants blow up another pipeline in Delta

A militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, in the early hours of Tuesday, blew up the Afiesere-Iwhrenene major…

Nigerian woman delivers baby on Mediterranean rescue ship

A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked…

Family of 7 killed in bomb blast

Bomb blast killed seven members of a Iraqi family who were fleeing a besieged town in Iraq’s Salahudin province on…

I can’t serve Buhari – Okonjo Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that she would not serve in the government of President Muhammadu…

Tinubu: Nigeria’ll overcome her challenges

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said the that the “present circumstance”…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan used houseboy, driver’s names to open $15m accounts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a driver, houseboy and two other domestic staff, whose names were…

Another earth tremor rocks Kaduna

Residents of Sambang Dagi in Jaba Local Government of Kaduna State witnessed another earth tremor in the early hours of…

Tragedy: Mother, 2 sons die in Sokoto fire

A 42-year old mother, Mrs Blessing Arigi-Osakwe, lost her life on Sunday to injuries sustained while attempting to save her…

8 killed in Benin burning waste explosion

An explosion at a waste dump in Benin Republic earlier this week killed eight people, local mayor Robert Tolegbon said…

Bakers beg Buhari on high cost of bread

Bakers in Nigeria have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the rising cost of bread production just…

Economy will bounce back, Buhari assures Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country. Buhari,…

Harassment of #BringBackOurGirls members, SERAP seeks UN intervention

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mr. Maina Kiai UN Special Rapporteur on the…

Breaking: Angelique Kerber wins US Open, beats Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliskova in a thriller, 6-3 4-6 6-4, to win the US Open and claim her second…

Tanzania earthquake kills 11, injures 192

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 11 people and injured 192 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say. The…

Factory fire leaves 24 dead in Bangladesh

At least 24 workers were killed while scores injured on Saturday in an explosion that triggered a massive fire leading…

Flood submerge 30 buildings in Owerri

No fewer than 30 buildings located in densely populated Works Layout in Amakohia area, Owerri, were submerged by flood following…

Nigerian orphan is best graduating medical doctor in Sudan

Dr Islamiyat Oluwatoyin Abdulkadir, who had been orphaned since age six, has emerged the overall best graduating medical student at…

Police rescue deputy Controller of Prisons, his 2 children from kidnappers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has rescued 17 passengers of a commuter bus seized by suspected kidnappers…