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Supreme Court affirms 14-year jail term for robbery convict

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a 14-year jailed term slammed on Niran Lawal for attempted robbery. The lead judgment…

Brexit will hurt Nigeria – Don

Professor Amadu Sesay of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, on Friday said Britain’s decision to…

Fashola begs employers not to sack workers

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has advised industrialists, directors and other employers of labour in…
Tinubu appoints ex-LAMATA boss Mobereola as NIMASA DG

Lagos decongests 3rd mainland bridge‎ traffic

The Lagos State Government has finally reduced the perennial traffic on Third Mainland Bridge during peak hours with the completion…

Technology is key to grow maritime industry – Peterside

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that technology is…
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Update: 50 killed in militant attacks in Ikorodu

No fewer than ‎50 persons were feared killed on Thursday night when militants invaded border town communities between Ogun and…

Sanders says he’ll vote for Clinton

Bernie Sanders said Friday he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election in November, bowing to his…

Kogi Commissioner to fight child, women abuse

Mrs Bolanle Amupitan, the new Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Kogi, says her major focus will be…

Fresh militants’ attack hit Ikorodu communities

Gunmen suspected to be militants have invaded the Igbolomu and Ishawo areas of Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.…
Price of kerosene shoots up to N1,769.86 per litre in July - NBS

Consumers groan over costly kerosene

Consumers of household kerosene in the Federal Capital Territory have raised concerns over the continued increase in the price of…

Brexit: France holds emergency cabinet meeting

Reactions have continued to trail Britain after the country voted on Thursday in a referendum to leave the European Union.…

CAF kicks ES Setif out of Champions League

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has disqualified Algerian side ES Setif from further participation in the ongoing 2016 African…

Nigerians in UK disappointed over referendum result

A cross section of Nigerians in Europe on Friday expressed disappointment over the decision of the UK in a referendum…

See the man who will be British prime minister after Cameron quits

Boris Johnson could become Prime Minister within weeks after David Cameron dramatically announced his resignation from Downing Street. Mr Cameron…

Equatorial Guinea president appoints son as VP

Equatorial Guinea’s veteran ruler, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, on Wednesday named his son Teodorin Nguema Obiang vice president of the tiny…

New militant group springs up, demands sovereign state

Despite the recent efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration to bring succour to the crisis-ravaged oil-rich Niger Delta…

Fayose claims Zenith Bank apologizes for denying funding his election

Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor, has revealed that a top management team of Zenith Bank Plc has begged him…

Pound sinks to a 31-year low as Britain quits EU

The pound collapsed to a 31-year low and there was pandemonium on currency, equity and oil markets Friday as Britain…

NPFL issues live broadcast rights to Brila, Beat FM

Sports Radio Brila FM and Megalectrics Limited became the first radio stations to be issued Radio broadcast rights of the…

Bianca Ojukwu’s mother passes on

The death of Mrs Caroline Chinweolu Onoh (Mmili-Aku; Nee Eke), the wife of former governor of old Anambra State, late…

Autonomy for LGs: I’m helpless, Obasanjo tells NULGE

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented his inability to assist in restoring the autonomy of local governments in…

Judge’s ill-health stalls Rickey Tarfa’s trial

The trial of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, was on Thursday stalled due to ill health of the…

Pictures: Buhari hosts Judiciary to breaking of fast (Ramadan)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 23 June hosted members of the Judiciary to breaking of the Ramadan fast at the…

Police launch operation to rescue 5 kidnapped workers

The Cross River Police Command said on Thursday that it had launched an operation to rescue five construction workers kidnapped…

Passenger trains collide, 100 injured

Nearly 100 people were injured Thursday when two passenger trains collided head-on in the South African city of Durban, the…

Shell pipeline in Imo blown up

The police have confirmed an attack on a facility belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Awarra, Ohaji/Egbema Local…

New IGP orders officers to declare assets

All officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Inspector-General of Police, will henceforth declare their assets,…

Easy oil money to blame for our woes – Osinbajo

Having an easy source of revenues denied Nigeria the opportunity to engage in the critical thinking and prioritization that usually…

EFCC closes case against ex-Gov Akwe Doma

The trial of a former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma, and two others, continued on Thursday with the…

Abandoned brick factory claims lives of 4 children

No fewer than four children and some domestic animals have reportedly lost their lives in an abandoned Federal Government bricks…