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Over 1,000 schools destroyed by Boko Haram in 2015 – UN

Boko Haram Islamists have destroyed an estimated 1,100 schools this year in their stronghold region surrounding Lake Chad, the United…

TSA: There’ll be no diversion of public funds under Buhari, says Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government on Monday dismissed the alleged fraud in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the rumoured diversion of…

Dasuki vs DSS: Justice Minister to appear in court next Monday

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has extended till Monday November 23, the summon issued against the Attorney…

Nigerians determined to stay together, says Buhari

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that the fact that the country has remained as one despite the…

Money Laundering: Court adjourns Sambo Dasuki’s case

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the case of retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, till November 23. The…

Ashaka Cement loses N46n to Boko Haram attacks

A leading cement company in Nigeria has suffered losses of N46 billion to attacks by militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram…

Nigeria extends MTN’s $5.2bn fine payment

Nigerian authorities will not enforce a $5.2 billion fine on South Africa’s MTN until negotiations have been concluded, the telecommunications…

HIV Prevalence Ranking: Rivers State most rampant, Ekiti the safest

Chances of getting infected with HIV/AIDS in Rivers state, Nigeria’s oil-rich city is pretty high as it ranks number one…

Buhari’s meeting with INEC, Police not to rig elections – Presidency

The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police was geared towards…

$5.2b fine: MTN denies asking for staggered payment

South African mobile phone firm MTN Group denied on Sunday that it has asked the Nigerian authorities to be allowed…

MTN asks Nigeria to spread payment of N1trn fine

South Africa’s mobile phone giant MTN has asked Nigeria for a plan to allow it to spread the payment of…

AfDB Top Job: You are a liar, Sanusi tells Diezani

Funsho Arogundade The former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor and Emir of Kano, Mohammed Lamido Sanusi has said the…

Clinton urges war on Islamic State, not Muslims

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris…

Nigeria inflation down 0.1%, first time since Nov 14

Nigeria’s consumer inflation was 9.3 per cent year on year in October compared with 9.4 per cent in September, data…

Give Mimiko N7bn loan at your own risk, Boroffice tells Zenith Bank

The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has warned Zenith Bank PLC against granting approval to the N7billion loan…

Buhari’s Treasury Single Account is a fraud, says Fayose

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Sunday declared he was not attending the meeting called by the…

Niger opposition figure arrested after returning from exile

Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou was arrested when he flew in to the capital on Saturday as security forces blocked…
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2015 Election: Jonathan should have sacked partisan Jega – Okupe

By Seun Bisuga Doyin Okupe, a former spokesperson to Goodluck Jonathan, a former Nigerian president has outlined the errors his…
Former Edo State, Governor Lucky Igbinedion

Oshiomhole is biggest thief in Benin, says Lucky Igbinedion

A former Governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion said Governor Adams Oshiomhole lives in a glasshouse, accusing him of…
Ejike Mbaka not with DSS

Pro-Biafra protests are evil, says Father Mbaka

A Catholic Priest in Enugu, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has condemned the recent agitation and protests for Biafra nation describing…

Military better off under democratic rule, says COAS

General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, says military is far better off under democratic dispensation than under the military…

APC will deliver, Dogara reassures Nigerians

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has appealed to Nigerians to be more patient with the All Progressives…

DHQ dismisses report of Boko Haram attack in South-West

The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports that the Boko Haram sect was planning to attack some South-Western states of Nigeria.…

Man, 28, defrauds AIG Manko in Lagos

By Cyriacus Izuekwe Swindling a police officer in the class of Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Umar Manko might…

Help save Nigeria’s health sector, Saraki urges World Bank

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called on the international financial institutions to intervene in saving the nation’s health sector so…

Paris attacks: Hollande blames Islamic State for ‘act of war’

The near-simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed nearly 130 people were an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State…

Buhari condemns terrorist attack on Paris, stands by France

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attack on Paris that killed over 220 people and injured many more. “President…
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Diezani Opens Up: I didn’t steal $20bn and my sister has no kid for Jonathan

In an interview with Dele Momodu, Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison Madueke denied all the stories making rounds about…

UPDATE: 120 dead in Paris attacks, Hollande declares emergency

Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at…

Stade de France: Fear, panic as terror attack leave fans fearing the worst

France and Germany fans were allowed on to the Stade de France pitch to be evacuated after the full-time whistle…