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Landslides bury 8 villagers in Tibet

Eight villagers were buried by landslides in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday, local publicity department said Saturday night. Nine…

Pickpocket nabbed at Edo APC primary election

Jethro Ibileke/Benin An unidentified middle-aged man was arrested by security agents ‎at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, venue of the…

Pictures: Edo APC governorship primary in Benin

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC on Saturday 18 June held its governorship primary in Benin.…

Edo APC Primary: Aspirants protest Oshiomhole’s ‎unrestricted movement

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Several governorship aspirants ‎of the All Progressives Congress (APC) participating in the ongoing governorship primary election have expressed…

Nigerian students in diaspora returning home over forex crisis

Mr Julius Ayuk-Tabe, Assistant Vice-President, Digital Services, African American University (AUN), Yola has said that Nigerian students studying abroad are…

Pipeline Vandalism: Three fishermen in trouble

The Joint Task Force (JTF), code name: ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ has arrested three suspects, including two teenagers and an elderly…
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia

43 Islamist militants sentenced to death in Somalia

A Somalia Court on Saturday sentenced 43 Islamist militants to death in the north-eastern city of Garowe in Puntland region…

Egypt’s former president sentenced to 40 years in jail

Egypt’s deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges of leaking secret…

Sex Scandal: Mine is mistaken identity – Rep

Mr Samuel Ikon, one of the three House of Representatives members accused of sexual indiscretion in the U.S., has dismissed…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

Bank customers to submit bids ahead of naira float

Commercial banks have asked customers to submit bids ahead of the start of new interbank foreign exchange trading on Monday.…

Ogun Correspondents Chapel holds annual Ramadan lecture

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The annual Ramadan lecture of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno probes diversion of rice meant for Boko Haram victims

The Borno Government has directed security agencies to investigate alleged diversion of large quantities of rice meant for feeding Internally…

Nigerian Army, British Military in joint contemporary training

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that the essence of joint military training with British Military Advisory Training Team was…

PDP’s festering sore

The Peoples Democratic Party’s self-inflicted problem is festering. Ali Modu Sheriff, removed as chairman at PDP’s Port-Harcourt convention, is not…

Nigerian businessman dupes Chinese companies of N49.6m

Paul Iyoghojie A Nigerian businessman who duped Chinese companies of N49.6m has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for…

Army urges for calm as it begins shooting exercise in Badagry

The 243 Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Friday says it will hold a field training which will involve shooting…

APC delegates accredited for Edo governorship primaries

Accreditation of All Progressives Party(APC) delegates for the primaries to select the governorship candidate of the party ahead of the…

ECOWAS community court of justice elects new president

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Saturday in Abuja elected Justice Jérôme Traoré from Burkina Faso as its new President.…

In Pictures: Chinese woman turns car boot into ‘barbecue pot’

A Chinese woman in the East China city of Jinan has turned the boot of a car into a ‘carbecue’,…

“People are now scared of keeping monies in banks”- EFCC boss

Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday revealed that due to the ongoing anti-corruption…

An Open letter to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on future of Yorubaland

By Adebayo Adeyinka My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-Banker admits Dariye operated account illegally

A former staff of the defunct All States Trust Bank, Adonye Roberts, on June 17, 2016 told a Federal Capital…

Final year IMT student jailed 2 years for fraud

Justice M.N Yinusa of the Federal High court, Enugu has sentenced Frank Joseph and his accomplice, Muonwuba Valentine, a final…

Minister condoles with NUJ over journalist’s death

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the…

House of Reps probes 3 members over sex scandal

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is set to probe three members alleged to have committed sexual misconduct in the United States.…

Niger warns: Boko Haram now has an army

Niger’s defence minister, Hassoumi Messaoudou, told Radio France International on Friday that regional leaders needed to “rethink Boko Haram” and…

Ajimobi finally constitutes cabinet one year after

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN More than a year after he was sworn in for a second term, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo…

Court of Appeal dismisses SEC appeal against Ndidi Onyiuke

The Court of Appeal Court in Lagos, on Friday dismissed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), appeal challenging a lower…

NECO offers last chance to pupils writing Unity Colleges exam

Barely few hours to the second test of the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), qualified candidates still have an opportunity…

Bread price to go up again, say Masterbakers

Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said there would be a hike…