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Italian Navy rescues boat carrying Nigerian migrants, others

Italy’s navy has rescued 233 mostly Nigerian and other African immigrants from a boat in trouble off the coast of…

Nigeria: Monarch, 21 prisoners get state pardon, amnesty

Gbenro Adesina/ Ibadan Oba Gabriel Adepoju Adeyemo of Oko-Ile of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, western Nigeria was among the four…

Six-year old son of ex-commissioner abducted

A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa state, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen. The…

2014 to define Nigeria’s destiny, says Pastor Adeboye

Kazeem Ugbodaga General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye says God told him that the destiny…

Nigeria to celebrate centenary February, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday disclosed that the nationwide ceremonies to mark the hundred years of the Nigeria’s existence would…

I am loyal to Suntai, says Taraba deputy governor

The Acting Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Wednesday, said his loyalty to his…

In Pictures: Tu Face, Olamide, D’banj at the Lagos Countdown

To herald the new year in Lagos, many of the city’s accomplished artistes from Tu Face Idibia, to Olamide, Iyanya…

Dazzling lights, Fireworks, herald New Year in Lagos

Courtesy of Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, LASAA, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, witnessed a mesmerising display of lights and…

Saraki now APC senator, blasts PDP

.The ex-governor of the central state of Kwara Says PDP Retrogressive, Repressive Jamiu Yisa After months of identifying with the…

Ajimobi sacks boards, pledges interest free loan in New Year

.Traders to get free credit in New Year Deal GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of…

Aregbesola presents N216bn Budget For 2014

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Tuesday in Osogbo presented a budget of N216 billion for the 2014 fiscal year…

Citizens to the leaders: ‘Our New Year messages to you’

Goodbye 2013. Welcome 2014. Nigeria’s political and religious leaders have been issuing forth a plethora of new year messages to…

Brig. Olawunmi new boss of NYSC, Waziri chairs TCN

The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).…

Tambuwal charges INEC to get acts together

The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission…

APC To Nigerians: Change Is Imminent!

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that the party is ready, willing and determined to make all the…

Oduah To Spend N800m On Vehicles

Nigeria’s embattled Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, will spend at least N800 million on vehicles in 2014, after splashing N643…

Lagos Assembly delays passage of budget

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria could not hide their confusion and disappointment on…

Reps member hints at more defections to APC

Member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara (APC- Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency) in Bauchi State, said the…

Abia government to build seaport, airport

Gov. Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia, on Monday, said the proposed Umuahia Airport and a seaport…

Al-Mustapha dismisses Obasanjo’s comments over acquittal

MADUABUCHI NMEIBEH/Kano Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to Nigeria’s erstwhile maximum ruler, General Sani Abacha, on Monday faulted…

Jonathan, Amosun condole Soyinka over death of daughter

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a message of condolence to Professor Wole Soyinka and other members of…

The Lagos slum amidst affluent neighbours

Jamiu Yisa In the highbrow Lekki Peninsula of the city of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, where the rich and mighty live,…

Female FCT Staff In Police Net

Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police at Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested…

Soldier Kills Danfo Driver Over Fare

For insisting that a soldier who boarded his vehicle must pay his fare, a commuter bus (danfo) driver has paid…
President-Goodluck-Jonathan

Jonathan’s Crazy Budget

    Sectoral highlights of the 2014 Federal Government budgetary allocations have again shown how profligate the government could be…

200 Sokoto students on scholarship to Cyprus, Pakistan

The Sokoto Government on Sunday announced plans to sponsor 200 students to pursue various degree programmes in Cyprus and Pakistan.…

Bakare Blasts Jonathan Presidency Over Cow Gift

David Odey The presiding overseer of the Latter Rain Church and the convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare…

Malawi’s First Couple worship in TB Joshua’s Synagogue

.As South Sudan President sends delegation to pray for peace Simon Ateba/Lagos Like a carnival, with thousands of people singing…

Ahmed a worthy successor, says Bukola Saraki

Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the current governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed as a worthy successor. Saraki, Ahmed’s…
Bayero University Kano (BUK)

BUK to begin semester exams mid-January

The authorities of Bayero University Kano (BUK) have directed students of the institution to return to school on Wednesday, Jan.…