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Bloomberg paints a dark picture of Nigeria’s recession

On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the Niger river, the Ajaokuta steel plant…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan orders EFCC to defreeze her accounts

First Law Associates, the solicitor to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC),…

Breaking: New York bombing suspect arrested

The suspect wanted in connection with bombings in New York City has been taken into custody after a firefight with…

Militants blow up another oil facility in Delta

A militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), on Monday, claimed an attack on a crude oil pipeline in…

Breaking: Boko Haram kills eight in church attack

At least eight people were killed outside a church in a suspected Boko Haram attack carried out by gunmen on…

US probes attacks for terror links

Investigators on Sunday probed three attacks carried out on US soil in one day — a Manhattan bombing, a Minnesota…

Nigeria sues Agip, Total for $635m over undeclared cargoes

Cash strapped Nigeria’s Federal Government is demanding $635 million from two multinational oil companies, Agip and Total for undeclared crude…

Police rescue 7 Nestoil workers after 16 days in kidnappers’ den

The remaining seven Nestoil workers who were abducted by hoodlums on Friday September 2 have been rescued by the Tactical…

Isheri kidnappers demand N1.2 billion ransom

The gunmen who kidnapped four residents of Isheri area of Lagos State, are asking the families to pay N300m each,…

SERAP urges court to order EFCC to prosecute Dogara, others

As the National Assembly resumes on Tuesday, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in…

Evangelist, wife, 3 children missing after herdsmen attack

The family of Evangelist Martins Oko- Oboh has called on the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the…

Explosion rocks New York City, 29 injured

An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities…
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Gilbert Chagoury sues FBI, US Justice Department over visa ban

Gilbert Chagoury, billionaire businessman and owner of Eko Hotels in Lagos Nigeria has filed a legal action against the US…

Mad man rams car into St Peter’s Square, demanding to see pope

A man with mental health issues broke the security barrier around St Peter’s Square in Rome, ramming his car through…

Why Awolowo resigned from Gowon’s government

Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late Premier of the old Western Region and leader of opposition in the First Republic was…
A Nigerian pilgrim on 2024 Hajj from Niger State, Hajiya Adeshetu Abubakar, dies reportedly of heat stroke in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Nigeria protest seizure of pilgrims’ e-wristband by Saudi Authority

Nigeria is to protest the seizure of electronic wristbands brought into Saudi Arabia for use of its pilgrims. The Consulate-General,…

Buhari, Obama to meet in New York – White House

President Barack Obama and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will meet on Tuesday in New York, on the sidelines of the…

Plagiarism: Buhari angry, orders disciplinary measures against culprits

President Muhammadu Buhari is angry over reports in the social media that the speech he delivered at the launching of…

Breaking: Our efforts to rescue Chibok schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja revealed that the security agencies had thrice struck a chord to rescue the…

Wanted ex-Katsina governor reports to EFCC

Wanted former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, on Friday reported to the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial…
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JAMB won’t extend Nov. 30 deadline for admissions – Registrar

The November 30 deadline for conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 remains effective, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…

Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 17.6 % in August – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August…

16 killed in Pakistani mosque suicide bomb attack

A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan must forfeit $15m-EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is heading to court to file an application seeking the total forfeiture…

Gov Okorocha sacks information commissioner, others

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his…

Ibori’s conviction stands despite bribery evidence-UK

Jailed former Nigerian state governor James Ibori’s convictions remain valid despite evidence a British police officer took bribes during the…

Companies plead guilty in Patience Jonathan’s $15m saga

The four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo Dudafa, and two…
Chris Oyakhilome now a grandfather

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome kicks against divorce

Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, the General Overseer of Believers Love World, aka Christ Embassy who is separated from his wife, in…
Katsina govt vows funding for Federal University of Transportation’s growth

EFCC declares former Katsina governor Ibrahim Shema wanted

Former governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…

$15m Saga: Patience Jonathan to sue EFCC

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has confirmed to the BBC that former first lady Patience Jonathan is taking the agency to court…