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SSANU returns to work

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike. The suspension of the…

Delta senate election: APC accuses PDP of intimidation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of using security agents to intimidate voters while preventing voting materials…

ICPC arrests 17 fake corps members

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested seventeen fake Youth Corp Members at the NYSC…

Olawale Ojo: ASUU Made Me Take Part In Project Fame

Olawale Ayodele Ojo, winner of the MTN Project Fame (Season 6), tells BAYO ADETU about his experience in the competition…

Erelu Fayemi celebrates with books

GBENRO ADESINA/ADO-EKITI Notable people in and outside Nigeria today gathered at Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State to shower encomiums on…

TV Drama: Long-lost ‘Doctor Who’ episodes found in Nigeria

Nine missing episodes of the cult BBC science fiction drama “Doctor Who” have been found in a television station storeroom…

Father, uncle of Cross River deputy governor kidnapped

The Nigerian police has confirmed the abduction of Etubom Essien Cobham, the father of the deputy governor of Cross River…

N77m Fraud: Ex-Oyo Commissioner Gets N10m Bail

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, granted a N10 million bail to Kazeem Adedeji, a former…

26 Sex Workers Get Service Sentence

The Special Offences Court, Alausa, Ikeja,  on Thursday sentenced 26 commercial sex workers to six-hour community service each for soliciting…

NGIGE: I Left N12.8b In Anambra

Former Governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige says he left N12.8 billion in Anambra State Government’s coffers before leaving…
Scene of a plane crash

Pilots Argued In Crashed Plane

Simon Ateba/Abuja There appeared to be an argument between the Captain and the First Officer of the Associated Airline aircraft…

Okusanya’s Last Moments —Bosom Friend

The late MIC Funeral Services boss,  Tunji Okusanya, spent his last moments discussing how he was to turn the funeral…

Navy Arrests 8 Oil Thieves

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria,  said on Thursday it impounded a vessel laden with 1,300…

17 die in ghastly auto-crash

Stephen Oni/Ilorin Seventeen people have been reported dead in an accident early today on Ilorin-Jebba Expressway,Kwara state, central Nigeria. Ten…

Lagos Plane Crash: Man recounts how he cheated death

Gideon Ade Akingboye, a very close friend of  the late Tunji Okusanya, the director of MIC Funerals. He spoke to…

Blood-Thirsty Dad Eats Up Daughter

A Papua New Guinea man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting…

Ethiopia leads attack on ICC at AU summit

Ethiopia’s foreign minister opened a special African Union summit Friday with a scathing attack on the International Criminal Court, blasting…

Nigeria vs Ethiopia: Predict the scoreline and win $500

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be playing against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia in a crucial FIFA World Cup Qualification match…

Education of girls will end child marriage, says UNESCO

UNESCO marks the International Day of the Girl Child today, with mind-boggling statistics about the implications, in missed opportunities, for…

Anti-chemical weapons group wins Nobel Peace Prize

The watchdog now overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for its efforts to…

Nigeria’s Adichie says bestseller helped recall painful past

Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the bestseller “Half of a Yellow Sun”, said writing a novel about the Nigerian…

Cash-Gate: Malawi president sacks cabinet

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Thursday dissolved her entire 25-member cabinet in a move a presidential source said was in…

Pele sued by grandkids for child support

Two teenage grandchildren of Brazil football legend Pele have sued him for child support, the Diario de Sao Paulo reported…

Family of 10 killed by cattle rustlers

Armed gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers have killed 10 members of one family in Kukek Village, Plateau State, central…

Tuesday, Wednesday declared Sallah holiday

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday declared October 15 and October 16 as public holiday to commemorate the muslim festival of…

MFM church demolished for road project

Government of eastern Nigerian state of Enugu has explained the demolition of Mountain of Fire Ministries in the capital city,…

Ex-Detroit mayor jailed 28 years for corruption

Disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in a federal prison on corruption and extortion charges. The…

Jonathan to attend AU’s special session

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a two-day visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tomorrow to participate in an extraordinary session…

In Picture: Ogunlewe retires from Lagos Civil service

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Hon Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (right) presenting a certificate of honor to the outgoing Head of Service of…

Saudi confirms new MERS deaths ahead of Hajj

Two Saudis have died in Riyadh after they contracted the MERS virus, health authorities announced Thursday, as the kingdom prepares…