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Breaking: Ex-FIFA President Joao Havelange is dead

Former Fifa president Joao Havelange has died at the age of 100. The Brazilian was predecessor to Sepp Blatter at…

US Election: Clinton’s lead widens as voters doubt Trump’s temperament

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 9 points — 50 percent to 41 percent — in the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey…

Electrician docked for stealing rechargeable fans

A 34-year-old electrician, Musa Ajimoh, was on Tuesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly…

Robbers attack CBN bullion vans, kill 2 policemen

Armed robbers have attacked a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and killed two…

NAFDAC boss warns staff against corruption

Mrs Yetunde Oni, the Acting Director-Geeneral, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday warned the…

Stop wasting taxpayers money on PDP, APC tells Wike

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Tuesday urged Gov. Nyesom Wike to stop wasting taxpayers’ money on what…

12 abandoned babies recovered in Kebbi

The Kebbi State Hisbah Committee has recovered 12 abandoned babies and settled 332 civil cases brought before it in the…

Cleric, daughter insert needles inside bean-cake for beggars

A 50-year old Muslim cleric, Mohammed Yusuf, and daughter, Salamat, 18, were on Tuesday arraigned at a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court,…

Zimbabwe acquires 2 drones to fight elephant poaching

Zimbabwe has acquired two drones in its biggest wildlife sanctuary in the west to combat poaching of elephants, an official…

Majority of U.S. youth reject Trump – poll

A report on Tuesday in Washington said majority of U.S. youths had rejected Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s strategy of…

Troops rescue 88, kill 3 insurgents in Bama, Borno

Troops on clearance operations in the North-East have rescued 88 people in Bama Local Government Area of Borno and killed…

Govt to train 100,000 graduates as extension workers – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says that the Federal Government will train 100,000 graduates as extension workers out of the 500,000 graduates…

130 million people depend on aid to survive – UN chief

No fewer than 130 million people depend on humanitarian aid to survive, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message…
Police dock two employees of FoodCo in Ibadan for allegedly stealing two loaves of bread worth N2,600 from their employer.

Bread price goes up in Lagos

Oluwole Adeboye The Lagos State Association Of Master Bakers and Caterers Of Nigeria, will on Wednesday increase the price of…

Buhari is to decide exchange of Chibok schoolgirls with suspects – CDS

The decision to release Boko Haram suspects in exchange for abducted Chibok schoolgirls as being demanded by the terror sect,…

Taxi driver crushes LASTMA officer’s leg

A Lagos taxi driver Sunday Agbariko on Monday crushed the leg of an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management…

Fayemi dissociates self from fraudulent facebook account

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has dissociated himself from unscrupulous activities of some individuals who defraud…

PDP rejects court’s order, vows to hold convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to hold its national convention slated for Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State…

Nigeria’s D’Tigers crash out of Rio Olympics

Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Monday crashed out of the ongoing Rio Olympics men basketball event, losing 69-86 to hosts Brazil. The…

Buhari mourns Aso Rock’s late Director of Information

Mr Justin Onuorah Abuah, Director of Information, in Nigeria’s presidency, Abuja has passed on. His death was announced today by…
Court jails Lagos woman, Bose Lateef arrested by EFCC while hawking naira notes at Eko Club after she pleaded guilty to money racketeering.

Naira falls against Dollar

The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market. The Nigerian currency lost N3 to exchange at…

Edo workers jubilate over payment of 7 months salary

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The joy of workers of Egor local government council, Edo State, knew no bound on Monday following the…

Teachers protest over backlog of salaries in Bayelsa

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in Bayelsa on Monday protested over unpaid four months’ salary arrears. The…

EFCC arrests fake lawyer over N7m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested one Thankgod Echem it described as a fake lawyer…
Tinubu appoints ex-LAMATA boss Mobereola as NIMASA DG

Lagos begins construction of alternative road to decongest Oworoshoki traffic

The Lagos State Government has begun the construction of alternative road from Olopomeji areas of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in order…
Ali Modu Sheriff

Breaking: Court suspends PDP National Convention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday suspended the planned convention of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), slated for Aug.…

Ejeh of Ankpa – Ahmodu dies at 73

Alhaji Yakubu Ahmodu, the Ejeh of Ankpa in Kogi State, died in his place on Monday at the age of…

Primary school teacher allegedly rapes 7 girls

The Katsina State Police Command has arraigned Hamisu Galadima, a primary school teacher, before a senior magistrate’s court for allegedly…

South African woman jailed 10 years for child theft

A woman who snatched a newborn from a South African maternity ward 19 years ago was sentenced to 10 years…

Saudi Arabia arrests Nigerian pilgrim with kolanuts

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A yet-to-be identified Nigerian pilgrim has landed in trouble in Saudi Arabia for taking kolanuts to the holy…