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I will not be available for swearing in with Bello on Jan. 27, says Faleke

The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Kogi, Mr Abiodun Faleke, says he will not make himself available…

Fireman dies, 5 injured as fire razes Onitsha market

The Anambra Fire Service on Monday lost one of its staff while fighting the inferno that gutted the Ochanja Market,…

Lagos holds ICT workshop for school pupils

Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Wifi Combat Academy, has organised a One-Day training workshop on…

BREAKING: INEC declares Bayelsa election inconclusive, cancels Southern Ijaw polls

Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the Bayelsa State governorship election as inconclusive. The…

Lagos hospitals death centres for women in labour —rights group

Eromosele Ebhomele The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly demanding…

South Africa’s credit rating under threat after downgrade

South Africa’s investment credit rating under serious threat due to its inability to fund crucial infrastructure projects and help to…
Retired DIG, Hashimu Argungu

#BayelsaDecides: We will use minimum force to stop protests – AIG Argungu

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of security in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state,…

Pistorius to apply for bail on Dec.8

Oscar Pistorius is set to appear in court on Tuesday to apply for bail following his conviction for murdering girlfriend…

Rapper Kendrick Lamar gets 11 Grammy nominations

Rapper Kendrick Lamar on Monday received the most nominations for the Grammy Awards, with pop superstar Taylor Swift leading nods…

Osinbajo outlines attributes of the Yoruba race

The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday identified honesty, integrity, and hard work as integral attributes of the…
Court jails Lagos woman, Bose Lateef arrested by EFCC while hawking naira notes at Eko Club after she pleaded guilty to money racketeering.

Businessmen in Lagos groan under weak Naira

Some businessmen in Lagos on Monday expressed concern that the continued crashing of the Naira at the parallel market was…

EFCC arraigns three for N123m fraud, another for N200m forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday arraigned Okewole Dayo (alias Okewole David Dayo), Bishop Katung Jones and Dadin…
Uche Ekwunife

Appeal Court sacks PDP’s Uche Ekwunife from Senate, orders fresh election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has reversed the election of Uche Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…

LASU re-issues ASUU chairman’s PhD certificate

The Lagos State University (LASU) has re-issued the withdrawn PhD certificates of Dr Adekunle Idris, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of…

Money Laundering: Sule Lamido’s son, Aminu loses appeal

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, December 7 dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year…

Lagos RRS parade 4 Indian hemp peddlers

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), an arm of the Lagos State Police Command headquartered in Alausa, Ikeja, on…

INEC puts result collation on hold indefinitely #BayelsaDecides

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Chief Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has put on hold indefinitely, the…

#BayelsaDecides: Dickson extends victory to 6 LGAs

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa state and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson, has…

PICTURES: Protest at INEC collation centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa

Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters, men, women…

#BayelsaDecides: PDP supporters protest in Yenagoa

Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took…

Nigerian, Ghanaian nominees excel at “The Future Africa Awards 2015”

Four Nigerians and three Ghanaians won seven of the 11 awards presented at “The Future Africa Awards 2015’’ which held…

#BayelsaDecides: Police ban procession, rallies, demonstrations

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Apparently to forestall possible breakdown of law and order after the final announcement of the gubernatorial election result…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

VIDEO: Nigeria’s corruption trending on US television

  On 2 December, 2015, Nick Schifrin, PBS Newshour special correspondent aired the report “Nigeria: Pain and Promise: How a…

#BayelsaDecides: Results still expected from Nembe, Southern Ijaw

Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Prof. Zana Akpagu, the Chief. Returning Officer of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election has announced that collation of results…

Nigeria continues airstrikes on Boko Haram bases, destroys 11

Nigeria’s military says it has carried out air strikes against militant Islamist group Boko Haram “deep inside” the Sambisa forest,…

Engineer kidnapped, freed, wife taken away

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A building contractor, Engr. Adewale Akindehinde was at the weekend abducted by some unidentified gunmen in Ijebu Ode,…

Referendum: All FG properties will go to Biafra, debts to Nigeria

  The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international governmental organization that promotes self-determination and the end to colonial…

Bonang Matheba, D’banj, Linda Ikeji, Nasir El-Rufai at The Future Awards Africa 2015

Bonang Matheba, D’banj, Linda Ikeji, Nasir El-Rufai at The Future Awards Africa 2015 The 10th edition of Africa’s biggest youth…
A far-right Finnish politician deletes social media post that threatened the shooting of illegal border crossers following a public outcry

Germany refugee influx sparks surge in racist hate crimes

Arson attacks on refugee shelters, assaults, swastikas sprayed on walls — as Germany has taken in record numbers of asylum…

Muslims are our friends, neigbhours, says Obama

President Barack Obama used his Sunday night address on terrorism to reassure the American people that the San Bernardino shootings…