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3 Ecobank employees docked for stealing N2.8m from customers’ accounts

Three Ecobank employees were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons…

Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram

Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…

NIMASA paid me N905m for unexecuted jobs – Witness

A prosecution witness, Uche Obilor in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others today…

Apologize now, Okowa tells APC, LP guber candidate

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Following his victory at the Supreme Court which declared him winner of the 11 April, 2015 governorship election…

ICC considering Falana’s petition against Okonjo-Iweala

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering the petition submitted to it by…

Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…

FG to save $1bn as NNPC ends crude oil swap

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu,…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

UTME candidates in South West protest non-availability of centres

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 students in the South-West who intend to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, that would…

NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base

The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…

NDDC seeks EFCC’s collaboration

The acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has called for the support and collaboration…

FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo

The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…

Supreme court verdict brilliant, straightforward – Delta Speaker

The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the…
Ex-Governor Joshua Dariye: Killers of his father arrested

How Dariye shared N1.2bn Ecological Fund

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…

Breaking News: Supreme Court upholds Okowa, Ajimobi, Gaidam’s elections

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governors Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe states can now concentrate…

Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko

‎The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…

Oshiomhole gives succour to 2012 accident victims

Jethro Ibileke/Benin‎ Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has given relief to seven of the journalists who were seriously injured…

Banker withdraws N13m from customer’s account

Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 33-year-old staff of an old generation…
The N395m debt recovery suit filed against a Lagos businessman Lateef Bello- Osagie by AMCON has been adjourned till 14th day of February.

Driver jailed for stealing bus

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ An Egor magistrates’ court in Benin, on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old commuter bus driver, Oghenero Magaji, to…

Edo hospital better than many in Europe, Asia – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the newly constructed state’s 200-bed Central Hospital in Benin,…

INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…

Pregnant woman stabbed to death over N1k

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A woman nursing a six-month pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death…

Ambode’s focus on youths to stem social vices —group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Ambode Youth Initiative (AYI), a youth group working for projection of the work and policies of the…

23 nations converge on Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya

Nearly two dozen nations gathered on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and…

Kidnapped Delta monarch regains freedom

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt King Odiologbo of Olomoro Kingdom, Delta state, HRM Josiah Umukoro Agbaza II, who was kidnapped last week…

Rivers APC denies members are defecting to PDP

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has described claim by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP…

Dasuki: Late arrival from custody stalls trial

The late arrival of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, from security custody has stalled the commencement of his trial…

Rivers APC chieftains allege plot by PDP to eliminate them

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent a Save Our Souls (SOS)…

Lawyer, others arraigned over demolition of building

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 65-year-old legal practitioner, Barrister Olu Johnson, has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for his…

Wike to election riggers: You’ll be treated as armed robbers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has repeated his threat to any official of Independent National Electoral…
Abdulrasheed Maina jailed for 61 years

From EFCC to INTERPOL: Maina declared wanted

The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued world-wide red alert on former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed…