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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…
12 people escape death on Ondo road

Oil tanker crushes 19 to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

No fewer than 19 persons lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred on Sunday along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.…

President Buhari returns to Abuja after a successful vacation in London

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful vacation in London. The presidential plane carrying the president landed…

Islamic movement alerts on plans to attack members

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has alerted Nigerians of plans by security agents to scuttle the marking of this…

SERAP condemns proposal for life pension, immunity for Saraki, Dogara

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly condemned as “self-serving and despicable the demand by some senators on Saturday…
The 2015 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside has said the victory of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just concluded presidential election represents a promising moment in Nigeria's history.

NIMASA to automate payment process

In line with its restructuring programme, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to automate its payment…

Father’s Day: Obama yet to read letters from his father

Barack Obama with his father, Barack Obama Sr., in an undated family photo from the 1960s released by Mr. Obama’s…