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FlyDubai jet crashes in Russia, all 62 on board dead

A passenger jet has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on…
Orji Uzor Kalu

N5b fraud: Orji Uzor Kalu fails to stop trial

Former governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu on Friday finally failed in his bid to stop his trial on 107-count…
Amaechi

Amaechi vs Wike or APC vs PDP? The die is cast

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The rerun election in Nigeria’s Rivers state is a few hours away. On the surface, it is…

Three Russians on Nigeria’s ‘wanted list’

By Akin Kuponiyi Three Russians convicted in absentia for illicit oil deal by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos…

Tears, eulogies as the Ocholis are laid to rest

The remains of James Ocholi, the former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, was on Friday laid to rest…

CCT freed Bola Tinubu in error – Rotimi Jacobs

Rotimi Jacobs, a senior advocate of Nigeria and the Federal Government prosecuting counsel in the 13 count charge of false…
The Senate invokes provisions of Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution to sack Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT) Danladi Umar.

CCT to decide Saraki’s fate on March 24

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja di The Code of Conduct Tribunal will on 24 March decide whether it had jurisdiction to hear the…

Discharge Saraki like you did Tinubu, Agabi tells CCT

Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja Chief Kanu Agabi, Lead lawyer for Senate President, Bukola Saraki demands his client’s discharge and acquittal by…

Legal fireworks expected as Saraki’s CCT trial resumes

Legal fireworks are expected to be on display this morning as the trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki…
Dakuku Peterside ex- APC governorship candidate criticizes Gov. Wike over alleged failure to pay NECO fees, employ more teachers in Rivers

Hold Wike, PDP responsible for attack on army – Peterside

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has condemned the unfortunate death of…

Don’t abandon Ocholi’s masterplan, family begs FG, Kogi

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja With a day to the final burial of the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi (SAN), his…

Ekiti lawmaker not dead, says DSS

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Department of State Security Services on Thursday dismissed claims that Honourable Akanni Afolabi, a member of Ekiti…

Army confirms officer, soldier dead in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Army 2 Brigade based in Port Harcourt has confirmed an attack and death of an army…

Ekiti lawmaker dies in DSS custody

Ekiti State government has claimed that a member of the state’s House of Assembly, Honourable Afolabi Akanni, has died in the…

Nigerian army officer, three soldiers killed in Rivers

A serving major in the Nigerian Army and three soldiers have been reported killed in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru LGA, Rivers state…

Plans to arrest PDP leaders 48 hours to polls is politically motivated – Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has declared that the attempt by the Police High Command to arrest…

Senate fails to pass 2016 Budget

The Senate on Wednesday said that the Thursday deadline fixed for passage of the 2016 Appropriation Bill was no longer…

Wike calls for Amaechi’s arrest

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt ama The Rivers State Government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has called on security operatives to adhere…

Maiduguri attack an indication Boko Haram is dying – Buratai

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, has said Wednesday’s twin attack on a mosque in Maiduguri,…

Badeh used N3bn of AirForce funds to acquire properties – Witness

The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March…

NNPC denies embezzling N3.2trillion

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has debunked a report by the auditor-general which alleged that it had failed to…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

PDP will bounce back, says Ali Modu Sheriff

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, has expressed confidence that the party would regain its lost…

FG, NLC bid farewell to Ocholi

The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday extolled the qualities of the late Minister of State…

APC lists 24 sins committed by Wike, Jonathan, PDP

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has listed 24 sins committed by former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent…

Buhari reacts to Maiduguri blast, says Boko Haram is mindless

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the suicide attack on a mosque in Maiduguri, stating that, he is heartbroken by…

Gender Equality bill, a slight setback, says Saraki #GEOBill

Senator Bukola Saraki has stated that the Gender Equality bill will be revisited by the senate after it was unanimously…

Two female bombers kill 21, injure 32 in Maiduguri mosque

suicide At least 21 people have been killed and 32 were injured in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque…

The Ocholis begin final home journey today

The funeral programme for late James Ocholi (SAN), Minister of State for Labour and Employment, his wife, Blessing and son,…

Clinton, Trump bag big wins in Florida

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both bagged decisive wins in the crucial presidential primary in the US state of…

Dasuki drags FG to ECOWAS court over unlawful detention

Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has dragged the Federal Government to Economic Community of West…