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Trailer kills 25 at village market in Anambra

Cyriacus Izuekwe A truck driver lost control of the vehicle after its brake failed and killed many people on Sunday…

Tinubu replies The Sun Newspapers

National Leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has strongly denounced a report in The…

Militants attack Nigerian flow station, kill guard – Shell

Shell Nigeria says armed militants attacked an oil flow station in the southern Delta and killed a guard, amid fears…

No cholera outbreak in Akwanga-Nasarawa, says council boss

The Chairman Akwanga Local Government Area, Nassarawa state, Mr Abashiya Koto, on Sunday debunked speculations of cholera outbreak in the…

Aregbesola begs Soyinka not to quit Centre for Black Culture

The Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led State Government of Osun on Sunday formally responded to the Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka over…

Okowa, Delta people mourn Alamieyeseigha

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Condolences have continued to pour in over the death of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former Governor of Bayelsa…

Ambode charges Nigerians on civic responsibilities

Lagos Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode has urged Nigerians to show commitment to their civic responsibilities in order to drive the desired…

Storey building collapses in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An uncompleted storey building collapsed on Thursday at New Osoosun area of Ifo in Ifo local government area…

Aregbesola sets up 17-man committee on revenue allocation

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has set up a 17-man committee to oversee the allocation of funds accruable to the…

FRSC appeals to security agents to stop escorting over-loaded vehicles

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appealed to security agents to stop escorting over-loaded vehicles, saying the practice is…

Kogi gov. poll : Group backs Wada

A group, National Coalition of Ebira/Okun/Lokoja/Koton Youths for Good Governance, has promised to support the re-election bid of Gov. Idris.…

APC mourns Alamieyeseigha

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the family of former governor of Bayelsa, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who died…

Fayose hails Jonathan’s appointment as leader of election observers

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has hailed the appointment of former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan as leader of a…

NSC DG loses elder brother in Saudi stampede

Alhaji Abdullahi Yakmut, elder brother to Alhassan Yakmut, Director General, National Sports Council (NSC), is among the pilgrims who died…

19m children blind globally- Opthalmologist

An Ophthalmologist, Dr Jaiyeola Adido, has said that at least 19 million children were blind globally. Adido, who disclosed to…

RATTAWU again advocates media salary structure

The Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) on Saturday again called for a new salary structure…

Stringent bail condition: Ogiamen seeks relief in high court

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Richard Arisco Osemwengie, the PDP chieftain in Edo state who was remanded in prison custody by an Oredo…

Late Ogun RTEAN chairman buried

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Alhaji Mugisu Akinpelu, who died…

Edo LG accounts frozen over attempt to withdraw N18m

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following an alleged plot to illegally withdraw the sum of N18 million from one the accounts of Oredo…

Soyinka resigns from Centre for Black Culture

Professor Wole Soyinka has resigned from Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) in Osogbo, Osun State, western Nigeria.…

Four Nigerian journalists scoop CNN/Multichoice Award in Kenya

Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Two journalists from Punch Newspaper, one from Tribune Newspaper and another from online news platform, PremiumTimes News scooped…

Ex-Bayelsa governor, Alamieyeseigha is dead

Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha,former Nigerian air force officer and former Bayelsa State governor, is dead. He died today in Port…

285m people blind worldwide, says ophthalmologist

A Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr Abiola Oyeleye, on Saturday said there were at least 285 million blind and severely vision impaired…

Military in massive hunt for vandals, criminals

Kazeem Ugbodaga There is heavy presence of Nigerian military personnel in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, as they…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Please pray for me, Diezani asks Nigerians

The family of the former oil minister is asking Nigerians to pray for her as she fights cancer and British…

N18.3bn Scam: Judge fixes Nov 4 for hearing against Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 4, 2015 for definite hearing, in a 21-count…

Wike orders prosecution of Amaechi, three others

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 72 hours after Justice George Omeriji probe panel set up by Governor Nyesom Wike submitted…

NDLEA nabs Brazil-bound passenger with $34,000

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a passenger for attempting to smuggle out 23 wraps containing 34,000…

CNN/Multichoice Awards: 20 years of journalism in Africa

Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Joana Mantey, a Ghanian journalist, who currently freelances was the first African journalist to scoop the African Journalist…

Buruji Kashamu sacked from Senate

The Election Tribunal in Ogun State has nullified the election of alleged US wanted drug baron, Buruji Kashamu. The tribunal…