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Will Kogi supplementary poll hold? Court decides today

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal court in Abuja will rule today on whether the Independent National Electoral Commission should go ahead…

Fire guts furniture section of Sabon Gari market in Kano

Fire gutted the furniture section of the Sabon Gari market situated on France Road in Kano on Thursday. Eye witness…

Afe Babalola congratulates Fayose over transparency award

Eromosele Ebhomele Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele…

Ex- OOU VC, Oyeneye dies

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Yinusa Olatunji Oyeneye died yesterday and has…

Watch Al Jazeera’s documentary on how Nigerians sell babies for cash

• Award-winning series Africa Investigates back on Al Jazeera • Babies are for sale in Nigeria for $4 000-5 000…

Bayelsa to decide amidst water-tight security

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa As the countdown for Bayelsa governorship election wind down people of the state are getting geared up for…

EFCC arraigns Akpobolokemi, Ex-NIMASA DG, 9 others for N1.153bn scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on December 3, 2015 arraigned a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and…
Medics successfully transplants a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after.

Cancer expert seeks oil block allocation for cancer management

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN To tackle the menace of cancer disease in the country, an expert in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Prof. Aderemi…

Oshiomhole to Okonjo-Iweala: I await your lawyer’s letter

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr.…

Monarchs seek judicious use of Ambode’s N4.7b equipment to police

Kazeem Ugbodaga Traditional rulers in Lagos, western Nigeria, have called on the police to judiciously utilize the N4.7 billion security…

Osinbajo’s wife sets agenda for women at Oyo summit

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has urged Nigerian women to be proud of themselves because…

Nwobodo sues Buhari over ministers dichotomy

A human rights and public interest litigation lawyer, John Nwobodo has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of…

Supreme Court convicts Oscar Pistorius of murder

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter…

Estate Manager converts dead man’s N33.7m, properties

Paul Iyoghojie A trustee to the estate of the late Mr. Abiodun Toma Ikomi, Adebayo Shogeyinbo has been arraigned before…

Bayelsa Polls: PDP urges members to be fearless

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja called on its members in Bayelsa to remain vigilant, focused and…

Jega, Oloyede, others for 10th Wole Soyinka Awards

Attahiru Jega, erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Professor of Political Science, who played an outstanding…

8 civilians, 2 police officers killed in Biafra protest

Ten people including two police officers died in the latest protests Wednesday over renewed demands for a Biafran state to…

MTN CEO, Corporate Affairs manager in Nigeria resign

MTN Group South Africa has announced the resignation of MTN CEO in Nigeria, Michael Ikpoki and that of head of…
MTN ‘Extremely Sorry’ Over Network Outage

Nigeria slashes MTN fine to $3.4 billion

Nigerian telecoms authorities have reduced by a more than third a $5.2 billion fine imposed on South African mobile phone…

Fuel scarcity will end soon, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the approval of N522 billion by the National Assembly for…

Why Oshiomhole is trying to implicate me – Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed why Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo is trying to implicate her…

Man dies aboard Arik Air flight in Nigeria

A 57-year-old man, Albert Nnadi, was on Wednesday confirmed dead on board an Arik Air flight from Owerri to Lagos.…

Okonjo-Iweala tells Buhari to call ‘reckless’ Oshiomhole to order

…says she has absolutely nothing to do with $2.1bn arms deal Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has requested…

$2.2b Arms Probe: DSS transfers Dasuki to EFCC

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday moved ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki who is under probe for…

Okowa asssures of tight but realistic 2016 Budget

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has disclosed to the people of the state that 2016 budget…

Lagos reads riot act to fireworks users

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has warned dealers and end users of fireworks to be careful…

South Africa: Buhari, Xi Jinping to discuss railway, power projects

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in South Africa , Thursday to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) taking…

Obasa calls for religious tolerance at Hijrah

Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday appealed for religious tolerance in the…

Gulak/Gajigana Attacks: Buratai warns troops against re-occurrence

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has expressed dissatisfaction over recent successful attacks by members of…

We’ll continue to pay N18k minimum wage — Gov Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the state government will not be a…