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French Muslims hit back at pressure to denounce jihadists

Imams and ordinary Muslims in France have reacted with fury to the beheading of a fellow citizen by jihadists, but…

Acquitted Ikuforiji is next governor of Lagos – Supporters

By Simon Ateba Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji who was acquitted and discharged by Justice…

Gov. Fayemi declares curfew in Ekiti after violence

The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has declared a 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew in the state after thugs…

Fayemi’s campaign office, APC secretariat burnt as violence erupt in Ado Ekiti

The campaign office of Governor Kayode Fayemi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital, has…

Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji, acquitted of N600mn money laundering charges

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has been discharged and acquitted by Justice Ibrahim Buba of…

EFCC drops N6bn fraud charges against former Works minister

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday dropped the 47 counts of N6bn fraud charges against a former Minister…

The Boko Haram militants to be swapped with Chibok Girls

Islamist sect, Boko Haram has said it will let go of over 200 girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno state only…

School pupils join Hong Kong democracy protests

Nearly 1,000 Hong Kong secondary school pupils, some wearing uniforms, joined university students on Friday to bolster a days-long protest…

3 dead, 11 missing after tourism vessel capsizes in Brazil

Search and rescue teams on Thursday combed the Paraguay River in search of 11 tourists still missing a day after…

Qatar emir denies funding Syria extremists

The emir of Qatar has denied accusations that his country funds extremist groups in Syria, while stressing the Gulf state’s…

40 ‘rioters’ killed in China

Forty “rioters” were killed in China’s far-western Xinjiang region following a series of explosions last Sunday, the worst incident of…

Syria refugees disembark from cruise liner in Cyprus

Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner in the Mediterranean disembarked in Cyprus on Friday, after hours…

Amosun allays fear over armed robbery attack in Ijebuland

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ijebu Igbo and other towns in Ijebuland have been assured of adequate protection of lives and…

Australia commits N8.7mn to tackle Ebola in Nigeria

The Australian Government says it has contributed ₦ 8.7 million to the Nigeria Ebola Virus Emergency Appeal launched by the…

Swindled widow wants control of fortune back from Chinese man

A dementia-stricken Singaporean widow who claims to have been swindled out of her fortune by a Chinese tour guide is…

New CP igniting fresh crisis in Rivers, says House of Assembly

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly has condemned the attempt by the new state commissioner of Police…

Medical panel not to remove Suntai, says acting Gov.

The acting governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, has debunked reports that the medical panel set up to ascertain the…

Refugees rescued by cruise ship refuse to disembark

More than 300 mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner on Thursday refused to disembark in Cyprus’s southern port…

NURTW Chairman shot dead after beating Ekiti judge with Fayose

The former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ekiti state, Mr. Omolafe Aderiye has been…

PDP is my home, I’ll never leave – Gov. Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa has doused any rumour of him defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to another…

PDP applauds Lamido’s performance in Jigawa

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed satisfaction with the performance of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa. The party’s National…

Parents of Chibok girls ponder over funerals

The parents of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria are considering whether to hold funerals to mourn their loss,…

I never accused Aliyu, Lamido of deceit, says Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Rotimi Amaechi has debunked an online story that claimed that he labeled governors Babangida Aliyu And…

Ekiti shuts all courts indefinitely after Fayose beat up Judge

Ekiti State authorities have on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of all state courts after governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, thugs attacked…

UNIBEN strips former VC of Professor Emeritus ‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Andrew Onokerhoraye, has been stripped of his…

Fashola stops LASU from honouring Nigerians with awards

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Thursday said that he has directed the Lagos State University (LASU) to stop…

Fashola faults national awards to political office holders

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Thursday said that the award of national honours to political office holders was…

Journalists tasked to expose corrupt, violent politicians

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Roland Owie, has tasked journalists to expose corrupt politicians who want to perpetuate…

FG declares Wednesday public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 1 October, as public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 54th Independence Anniversary. This was contained…

Day old baby rescued from grave

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued a day-old baby buried alive by the mother in a shallow grave…