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Citi Group appoints Nigerian head sub-Saharan Africa

US banking giant Citigroup has appointed Ade Ayeyemi to head its Johannesburg-based sub-Saharan Africa division, the company said on Tuesday.…

Twin storms ravage Mexico, 40 die

ACAPULCO (AFP) – Mexico reeled Monday from the rare one-two punch of major storms on opposite coasts that triggered floods…

US tells Sudan’s leader not welcome at UN Assembly

The United States condemned — without rejecting — Monday a visa request from Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the…

US naval reservist kills 13 at Washington DC base

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US naval reservist launched out a shooting rampage on a base in the heart of Washington…

Russian chief justice in Ghana car crash

Russia’s top judge was hurt in a car accident in Ghana on Monday and was being treated in an intensive…

New PDP says defector was sacked

The Abubakar Baraje faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said its former National Treasurer, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna who claimed…

Spain-based Nigerian Arrested With Cocaine

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A Nigerian living in Spain has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos with 6.49…

Parents of kid hawkers to be punished, says Uduaghan

Nigeria’s Delta State Government has threatened to prosecute any parent or guardian, whose child or ward is found hawking or…

UN confirms ‘chilling’ sarin gas attack in Syria

New York (AFP) The United Nations on Monday revealed what it called “chilling” details of a sarin gas attack in…

PDP sacks Kano State Exco, receives Abacha’s son

In a move seemingly targeted at taking the party structure away from Governor Musa Kwankwaso, one of the seven governors…

Jonathan’s 2nd term not negotiable, says Akpabio

Governor of the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio said on Monday that the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party…

Ibori’s hidden wealth traced to Oando

Jailed former Nigerian Delta state governor, James Onanefe Ibori, hid some of his assets in the oil firm Oando and…

Send Me To Jail, Accused Tells Judge

A 35-year old university graduate, Adesokan Ifeoluwa, who allegedly took N1.4 million from his lover with a promise to marry…

14 Die As Vehicle Plunges Into River

No fewer than 14 people died in an accident when a vehicle plunged into a river on Bahindi-Kende road in…

Bank Manager, 3 Others Remanded For Fraud

The branch manager of Grooming Micro-Finance Bank, Ipata Market, Ilorin, Kwara State,  northcentral Nigeria, Oyelade Oloyede Kazeem, has been remanded…

Give Them A Dose Of Pain!

By Adeleke Adeeko No observer of contemporary Nigerian Christianity can be unaffected by the church songs. I refer to the…

Nigeria book Ethiopia for final World Cup Qualifier

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be visiting Ethiopia in October in the first of the two leg final qualification match for…

PDP slams dissenters as media headline seekers

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, on Sunday accused desperate politician of exaggerating challenges…

4 Boko Haram suspects killed by Vigilantes

Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria killed four suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and captured seven others before handing…

Enyimba Lift Federation Cup In Lagos

Sunday Akintoye Former Africa champions, Enyimba Football Club of Aba Sunday evening recorded victory over Warri Wolves Football Club to…

‘New PDP’ treasurer crosses back to Tukur-PDP

The National Treasurer of the `New’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, has resigned from the faction’s National…

Kidnapped Archbishop Kattey freed

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Anglican Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey, and the Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria kidnapped eight…

Abubakar, Nigeria’s police boss remarries

Nigeria’s foremost police chief, Mohammed Abubakar, 53, has remarried in Abuja, 19 months after he lost his first wife, Maryam.…

Agagu, ex governor hypertensive, says son

Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday…

21,193 students in Lagos pass WASCE, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday said 21,193 out of the 51,604 students in the state…

In Afghanistan, soccer provides reason to celebrate

Bad news is almost synonymous with Afghanistan. If it is not Afghan Taliban bombing Americans or killing people, it is…

Senator Mark, others mourn Agagu

Nigeria’s Senate President David Mark on Saturday mourned the death of former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu,…

Reports: Agagu, Ex Ondo governor dies

Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, a former Governor of Ondo State, in western Nigeria has died. He was aged 65. Agagu,…

Thunder strikes 4 persons dead

Four persons were killed on Friday when thunder struck at Mechanic Village in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State,…

Police end blockade to Rivers Government House

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After widespread public condemnation of the Police blockade of the access road to one of the entrances…