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Bayelsa: Tension grips APC as defected PDP chairman slumps

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt With less than three months to the December 5 governorship election, major tragedy was averted on Saturday…

Buhari orders probe of weapons procurement since 2007

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and…

Okagbare finishes 8th in 100m as Fraser-Pryce wins gold

Nigeria’s star athlete, Blessing Okagbare failed to win a medal in the final of the 100 metres race in Beijing…

Chief matron of Lagos Assembly found dead in office

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, was reportedly found dead in…

JAMB to commence sale of 2016 UTME forms on Aug. 31

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says arrangement has been concluded for the sale of its 2016 application documents.…

Lagos alerts residents over impending massive flooding

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low lying areas of the impending…

Pope summons Bishops over marital crises

Cyriacus Izuekwe The head of Catholic church, His Holiness, Pope Francis has summoned Catholic Bishops for a crucial meeting on…

Pistorius killed our daughter deliberately—Steenkamps

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp said on Monday that Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend deliberately. They spoke ahead of…

Merkel decries violence against refugees disgusting

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her government spoke out on Monday against weekend’s violent protests against asylum seekers in the…

Lagos alerts residents over impending flood

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low line areas of the impending…

Violence against refugees disgusting – Merkel

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her government spoke out on Monday against weekend’s violent protests against asylum seekers in the…

Journalist arrested over body armour

Thai authorities have arrested a Hong Kong-based photojournalist for carrying body armour and helmet. Anthony Kwan travelled to Bangkok to…

APC lauds Service Chiefs for personally leading war against insurgency

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Service Chiefs for showing leadership by example by personally taking charge of…

Australian woman gets $1.6m after she was wrongfully jailed for 10 years

A woman, who was found by a court to have been wrongly jailed for 10 years for attempting to kill…

Explosion rocks US military base

Pentagon Spokesman, Navy Comdr. William Urban, confirmed that an explosion occurred at the United States Army Sagami General Depot in…

Death toll in British air crash could rise to 11 – London police

London police said on Sunday that the number of dead in the crash of a military jet taking part in…

France honours Americans, Briton in train attack courage

President Francois Hollande bestowed France’s highest honour on a group of Americans and a Briton on Monday saying the whole…

Fashola sank borehole at N69.5m each; repaired rural road at N619m

Former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Diezani cheated Nigeria over $15b oil sale to India

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ajjampur R. Ghanashyam, has revealed the dubious practice by former Minister of Petroleum Resources,…

Ambode charges women to embrace vocational skills

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday urged women to embrace vocational and skill acquisition to empower themselves and…

Buhari, Corruption and Party Loyalty

By Remi Oyeyemi “Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably…

UN Sec Gen meets governors amid tight security

The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Sunday in Abuja, began his visit to Nigeria with a meeting with state…

Let vulnerable Nigerians benefit from its riches, Ban Ki-moon tells governors

United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday urged states and local governments in Nigeria to ensure that available resources…

Corruption Allegation: Amaechi has no bank account in Minnesota – APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the corruption allegations against immediate…

DHQ alerts the public on fake CDS Facebook accounts

Nigeria Defence Headquarters has alerted the general public of the existence of fake Facebook accounts claiming to belong to the…

Nigerian Air Force destroys two Boko Haram trucks

Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) sect have been intercepted…
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2 die in auto crash

Two persons died while three others sustained injuries in an auto crash on Bauchi – Jos Road in Bauchi State…

Taskforce clears Oshodi, arrests 223 miscreants

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) on Sunday, raided some black spots at the…

Buhari inaugurates hajj 2015 flight to Saudi Arabia

President Mohammadu Buhari on Sunday inaugurated Muslim pilgrims flight to Saudi Arabia for 2015. Buhari, represented by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai…

PDP commences e-registration for members

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resuscitates the online system for registration of party members…