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Islamic State captures 3,000 Iraqi civilians

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on…

LASG arrests woman for using twins to beg

The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development monitoring team recently apprehended a woman soliciting alms with two infant…

Football fans hail Nigeria’s U-23 impressive start in Rio Olympic

Football enthusiasts in Nsukka, Enugu state, have hailed the impressive beginning of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team which beat Japan 5-4…

18 bodies found, 23 feared dead in bridge collapse

Rescue workers in India found 18 bodies on Friday after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river earlier in the…

Militants kill 14 in busy market

At least 14 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after militants opened fire and hurled grenades at…

Fayemi orders closure of NDCC

Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development on Thursday ordered the immediate sealing off of the Nigerian Development…

Endorsing Hillary Clinton

Reuben Abati If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change tactics and be more restrained after winning the…

Southwest to produce PDP National Chairman

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Southern Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday night formally zoned the National Chairmanship…

Buhari to meet Dogara over budget padding

Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari today meet with the…

Security concerns as Olympic Games formally begin

As the Rio 2016 olympic games formally begin with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium, Brazil, there has been…

Rio Olympics 2016: Controversy trails wrong Nigerian Anthem

It was a disappointing moment when the wrong national anthem was played for the Nigerian Olympic football (Dream Team) team…

Woman sells unborn child in Anambra

29-year-old Miss Chidimma Okorie from Amasiri, Ebonyi State, yesterday, stunned people at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command…

Rio Olympics 2016: Games set for opening ceremony

The 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. Athletes from…

Kano Govt to construct multi-billion naira under pass

Kano state government is to construct a vehicle underpass at cost of N1.2 billion, at the busy Bukavu Barrack junction…

Chinese investor to buy West Brom

West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has agreed a deal to sell the club to a Chinese investment group led by…

Etebo scores 4 as Dream Team beat Japan 5-4

The Dream Team played an interesting first game at the Olympics to earn their first three points in Manaus on…

Why Kano has more Almajirai than other states – Ganduje

Kano state has become a center for convergence of Almajirai in Northern Nigeria because there is no legislation outlawing itinerancy…

250 reps want Speaker Yakubu Dogara removed – Jibrin

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, says at least 250 out of the…

There’s nothing like budget padding – Ex-Reps Spokesman

The Spokesman of House of Representatives in the Sixth Assembly, Eseme Eyibo, has said that there is nothing like budget…

Armed robbers attack Delta Govt House, kill driver

Suspected armed robbers stormed Delta Government House Annexe, Warri and killed one person on Thursday. Chief Press Secretary to the…

Edo Gov Election: I can’t vouch for Ize-Iyamu – Traditional Ruler

The Ojuromi of Uromi Kingdom, Edo Central, HRH Anslem Eidenojie II, has declared that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…

Rio Football: South Africa Hold Brazil to goalless draw

Home advantage, a multi-million dollar strike force and a man advantage for almost half the match could not help Brazil…

IOC clears 271 Russian athletes for Rio Games

Russia has its first win of the Olympics. A total of 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to take part…

Rio Olympics: Bolt vows to beat Gatlin again

Usain Bolt has vowed to let American sprinter Justin Gatlin “feel his full wrath” as he targets an unprecedented treble-treble…

3 oil pipeline vandals nabbed in Ebonyi

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi on Thursday announced the arrest of a 20-year-old woman and…

Pictures: Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil

Members of Nigeria’s U-23 team have finally arrived Manaus, Brazil after the delay in Atlanta caused by payment for flight…

WAEC releases WASSCE tomorrow

The West African Examination Council will tomorrow (Friday) release results of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)…

Buhari seeks stronger economic ties with Italy

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more intensive trade and economic engagement between Nigeria and Italy. peaking Thursday during a…

Rio 2016: 270 Russians cleared to compete at Olympic Games

Russia will be able to have a boxing team at Rio 2016, which starts in Brazil on 5 August. Russia’s…

Abia govt. officials invade Lagos court for Ogah’s trial

Some very senior officials of the Abia State Government on Thursday invaded the premises of Tinubu Magistrates Court in Lagos…