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EFCC: Seven jailed for fuel theft

Seven men have been jailed for 10 years in Nigeria after being arrested with nearly 1,500 tonnes of contraband petrol,…

Lagos shuts Marina mosque over pollution

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down Marina’s Workers Mosque on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria over poor…

I was bus conductor— Alex Iziyon

Renowned lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Alex Iziyon has spoken about his humble beginnings and the odds he…
Telecoms Mast

Telecoms operators lose 357,993 customers

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Saturday said that active lines in the nation’s telecommunications industry reduced to 150,660,631 in…

Nigeria issues poster of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants

Nigeria’s army is posting a photographic collage of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants that features the shadowy leader whom they…

Kogi Guber: Immigration tells immigrants to steer clear

The Nigeria Immigration Service in Kogi on Saturday cautioned immigrants against taking part in the Nov. 21 governorship election. The…

Emir of Borgu, a great patriot, unifier – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has received with great sadness and a deep feeling of immense personal and national loss, news of…

Herdsmen warned against negative conduct

The Special Adviser to Imo Governor on Livestock and Hausa Community Affairs, Mr Hassan Adamu, has advised herdsmen in Imo…

Kogi election; Immigration warns foreigners

The Nigeria Immigration Service in Kogi on Saturday cautioned immigrants against taking part in the Nov. 21 governorship election. The…

Court convicts 95 sanitation offenders

Two Mobile Courts sitting in Benin on Saturday convicted 95 people for various sanitation offences in the state monthly environmental…
Scene of a plane crash

Plane carrying 224 passengers crashes in Sinai

A Russian passenger plane carrying 224 people crashed on Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian officials said. A “Russian…

VIDEO: Nigeria too broke, cannot afford 36 ministers – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has dropped hints that his government would prune the number of ministries in the government bureaucracy because…

UNAIDS adopts new strategy to end AIDS

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board on Friday adopted a new strategy to end the…

Survivors’ Stories: Documenting the human cost of Boko Haram

Ibrahim fled his home in Gwoza, northeast Nigeria, in August last year, when invading Boko Haram fighters took over the…

Spanish coast guard abandons search for 35 missing migrants

Spain’s coast guard said Friday it has called off the search for 35 migrants missing at sea after their boat…

Kenya yields dip, Nigeria’s to rise as offshore investors sell

Yields on Kenyan Treasury bills are likely to dip again next week, while rates on Nigerians paper were expected to…

Third Term: Obama ejects Burundi from Africa trade pact

President Barack Obama announced Friday that Burundi will be ejected from a pact offering African nations much-desired US market access,…

Emir Sanusi after graveyard of past emirs, says Bayero’s lawyer

Counsel to Alhaji Salim Bayero, the Kano prince who took Emir Muhammadu Sanusi to court has explained that the Emir…
Godsday Orubebe

False Assets Declaration: Orubebe to be arraigned before CCT

Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Peter Orubebe will be arraigned at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations…

US to send special forces to Syria, powers divided on Assad

Vienna (AFP) – The United States announced Friday its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria to help the…

Bye election: Army restricts movement in Borno

The Nigerian Army on Friday imposed a restriction movement of persons during Saturday’s Borno Central Senatorial bye election in the…

Nine persons jailed 42 years for illegal oil bunkering

Justice O.E Abang of the Federal High Court Lagos today sentenced seven illegal oil dealers to 10 years each in…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Drama as 34 senior officers retire from Customs

There’s been mild drama at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) following the retirement of 34 senior officers on Thursday in…

21,105 cases pending in Edo Courts – Chief Judge

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Cromwell Idahosa Friday disclosed that no fewer than 21,105 civil and…

Kano govt shuts college over sexual child abuse

Kano State Government has ordered immediate closure of boys section of Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo College, Kano, over recent media report…

High Court to Emir Sanusi: Don’t tamper or demolish palace structure

A High Court in Kano on Friday restrained the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, from demolishing or tempering…

Swear-in ministers immediately, DPC tells Buhari

The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately swear in his ministers following successful screening and…

Eto’o raises funds for Boko Haram victims

Africa’s most decorated footballer Samuel Eto’o has appealed for funding to help people escaping violence in Nigeria and Cameroon and…

Umar tasks Lagos State civil servants

Workers in Lagos State employ have been charged to continue to discharge their responsibilities with high level of commitment for…

Stop whining, rebrand or go down – APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the communique issued by the PDP National Caucus on the so-called political developments…