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Boko Haram’s female suicide bombers often unaware they’re carrying bombs – UN expert

Many of the young girls Boko Haram sends out as suicide bombers in Nigeria and neighbouring countries are probably unaware…

Appeal Court sacks Akwa-Ibom House speaker

The Appeal Court in Abuja on Tuesday nullified the election of the Speaker of INEC, Mr Aniekan Uko, for non-compliance…
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governo

CBN disburses N64.7bn power intervention fund

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has so far disbursed N64.7 billion of the N213 billion earmarked for…

N86m Bank Fraud: Suspects get N5m bail each

Justice U.N Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, granted bail to…

Wike donates N5m to legionnaires

Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor has said his administration is committed to the welfare of Nigerian Legionnaires in the state. The…

Court jails 5 foreigners for oil theft

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced nine foreigners to five years imprisonment for stealing 3,423 metric tons…

Reps back EFCC’s anti-corruption efforts

The House of Representative is resolved to fully support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in its determined efforts to…

I only collected SUVs from Jonathan, not $300,000, says Buhari

i President Muhammadu Buhari has denied collecting $300,000 from the past administration led by Goodluck Jonathan, noting that, he only…

Court to rule on Dasuki bail application on Friday

Federal Capital Territory High Court FCT presided over by Justice Sani Yusuf has adjourned ruling on bail applications by former…

Dasuki, Bafarawa plead not guilty to 19.8bn fraud charge

Former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the former Minister of State for Finance Malam Bashir Yuguda, former Governor of…

Security Fund: Ambode reassures on judicious use of taxpayers money

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday assured Lagosians of his determination to judiciously utilize the resources garnered from the…

Buhari trying to silence me, says Metuh

Kazeem Ugbodaga National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of…

Aba trader sent to prison over dollar theft

Paul Iyoghojie A trader based in Aba, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, Ogbonnaya Mba, 54, has been arraigned before a Lagos…

Lagos police arrest 375 robbers

Kazeem Ugodaga Lagos State Police arrested 375 suspected armed robbers and killed 40 other robbers during gun battle in the…

Man arrested for killing neighbour over missing cloth

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a middle aged man identified as Akeem Fuwad for…

NANCE to hold campus editors in Unilag

Lukmon Akintola The National Association of Nigerian Campus Editors (NANCE) is set to hold its second edition of Campus Editors’…

Steer clear of Lagos, APC warns Biafran protesters

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned those planning to hold demonstration in…

Youth Minister withdraws Certificate of Recognition of VYOs

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Minister for Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong has deregistered all the Voluntary Youth Organisations, VYOs, with the Ministry.…

N32bn Fraud: Lagos court fixes date for trial of Indian businessman

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed February 2 for continuation of trial of a Nigeria-based Indian businessman,…

Ghanaian police arrest suspect with arms – Police Commander

Ghanaian Police have arrested a 72-year-old Ivorian for possessing a cache of arms and ammunition in Kumasi. The Ashanti Regional…

IMF approves $28.7m credit facility for debt distressed Chad

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam approved immediate disbursement of…
Chidi Odinkalu

Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shiites – Activists

Activists say Nigeria’s military has killed hundreds of, perhaps as many as 1,000, Shiite Muslims in what the country’s top…

Court sacks Akwa Ibom Assembly Speaker

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Court of Appeal in Abuja division on Tuesday sacked Aniekan Uko, the Speaker of Akwa Ibom State…

High calibre expired explosives to be destroyed in Ogoniland

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has announced that approval has been granted to Halliburton Oil Services Company in…

Police rescue woman, daughter from kidnappers

BY YUSUF MUHAMMED The police at Alakuko Division have rescued a woman Mrs. Oluyemi Ogunmuyiwa and her daughter Miss Oreoluwa…

5 suspected impersonators of Buhari’s first son denied bail

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Five persons who allegedly impersonated Salisu Buhari, the first son of President Muhammadu Buhari, to dupe a…

Fashola dismisses fake Facebook accounts opened in his name

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has disclaimed several Facebook…

FG to peg fuel price at N97 per litre

Petrol price in Nigeria will go up in the new year going by official disclosure that over N1 trillion had…

Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorist, rescue 31 in Aulari

Troops operating in Bama axis has cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of Aulari area located within the Sambisa forest. The…

FG inaugurates FISH to address civil servants housing needs

Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federal (HOS), says Federal Government is poised to address…