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Laws should not restrict freedom of worship – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that laws should not be made to restrict the freedom of worship in the…

Senate probes aviation industry frauds

The Senate has commenced an investigation into the disbursement and utilisation of 40 million dollars Afrix Loan and N86 billion…

Synagogue church turns down request for documents, says witness

Dr Olusegun Oyenuga, a state witness in the ongoing trial of two engineers charged with negligence and manslaughter in the…

Group protests exclusion of Bayelsa from Ambassadorial nomination

A group of Concerned Bayelsa Indigenes on Monday protested against the exclusion of Bayelsa from the list of ambassadorial nominees…

Osinbajo tells business practitioners to embrace arbitration

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has urged business practitioners to embrace commercial arbitration for the desired speed in dispute…

Edo 2016: APC election committee recommends reconciliation meeting

The All Progressives Congress (APC) seven-member election committee for Edo governorship primary had recommended that the party should organise a…

Residents desert Ikorodu community following gunmen attack

Kazeem Ugbodaga Residents of Elegbete and surrounding villages in Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have abandoned their homes following the…

Man in soup after pouring hot soup on policeman

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Monday remanded 33-year-old Emmanuel Imole in prison custody for allegedly pouring hot soup on a…

Man pours hot soup on police officer

For allegedly pouring hot soup on a police officer, an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Monday remanded 33-year-old Emmanuel Imole in…

Donald Trump fires campaign manager

Donald Trump has fired his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Monday in the face of sagging poll numbers and a…

Kano metropolis flooded after 10 hours rain

Some parts of Kano metropolis were flooded on Monday following prolonged rainfall. The rains, which began Sunday midnight, persisted till…

Edo 2016: Ize-Iyamu emerges PDP’s candidate

Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Monday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 10 governorship election…

Corruption hinders distribution of prepaid meters – Expert

An indigenous meter manufacturer, Mr Atilade Bolarinwa, on Monday listed finance, technical partner influence and corruption as major reasons why…
ESUTH doctors present 10-point demand

Borno doctors opt out of nationwide strike

The Borno chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) said its members would not participate in…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

EFCC to arraign former NNPC GMD, others on July 4

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rearrested oil magnate, Jide Omokore, and a former Group Managing Director of…

Lagos warns residents against blocked Ogun river

The Lagos State Government has warned residents to keep up the Ogun River, near the Kara Cattle Market which was…

Jolly Nyame’s trial stalled by witness absence

The trial of former governor of Taraba, Jolly Nyame, was stalled on Monday in an FCT High Court Gudu, due…

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Yoruba nation needs you now

By Adebayo Adeyinka My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state…

Naira falls in free float

The naira plunged against the US dollar on Monday after Nigeria’s government scrapped its fixed exchange rate and allowed market…

Strange disease kills 7 in central Tanzania

Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzania’s Minister of Health, on Monday in Dar es Salaam said that a strange disease in central Tanzania…

MTN appoints new group CEO after Nigerian dispute

South Africa-based Telecoms giant MTN on Monday named a new chief executive after resolving a dispute with Nigeria over a…

FRSC warns against driving without license

Mr Hyginus Omeje, Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it is unlawful for fresh applicants for drivers’…

UCH trains 15 new graduate psychiatrists

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, said it had trained 15 additional doctors and nurses in Master programme in Child…

Miss Tourism Nigeria 2016 finalist, Maureen Onu is dead

20-year-old Maureen Onu, a finalist for this year’s Miss Tourism Nigeria event set to hold in July, has passed away…

Iceland deports Boko Haram victim from Nigeria

As the world marks World Refugee Day today, Al Jazeera has aired the pitiable story of a young Nigerian, Eze…

Buhari challenges State House reporter to a wrestling bout

To convince Nigerians that he’s fully recuperated and strong, President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived the country on Sunday after spending…

Ex-Ekiti lawmaker loses wife to cancer

Former Ekiti State lawmaker, Mr Ayodeji Odu has lost his wife, Mrs Bimbola Odu, to cancer. A statement on her…

Amosun seeks assembly’s approval for N14b loan

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has written to the House of Assembly seeking approval to access the…

Why we reduced MTN’s fine – Minister

Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications has disclosed that the $5.2billion fine slammed on telecommunication giant, MTN, was reduced to…

Humanity, globalization start from Africa – Obasanjo

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Africa as the root of humanity and globalization, which were later exported…