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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…

Traffic offence: 2 drivers sentenced to 60 hours of community service

An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Friday sentenced two drivers to 60 hours of community service for obstructing…

Nigeria gives MTN two weeks to pay $5.2bn fine

Nigeria’s telecoms regulator on Friday gave MTN Group two weeks to pay a $5.2 billion fine imposed on Africa’s biggest…

Cross River: Six arrested for selling two-week old baby for N19,800

Six people have been arrested in south-eastern Nigeria for allegedly selling a two-week old baby. Police in Cross River state…

Adebutu ‘Baba Ijebu’ donates N50m e-library to Baptist Academy

Chief Kessington Adebutu on Friday described the donation of a N50 million e-library to the Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos State,…
Dakuku Peterside ex- APC governorship candidate criticizes Gov. Wike over alleged failure to pay NECO fees, employ more teachers in Rivers

Rivers gov. poll: APC candidate loses appeal

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday expunged a petition filed against some security agents by Mr Dakuku…

Senator Pwajok’s death, a great loss – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari is saddened over the death of the immediate past senator representing Plateau North senatorial district and Peoples…
North Korea fires short-range missile, slams "hostile" U.S. policy

North Korea ruling party plans first congress since 1980

Ruling Korean Workers Party in North Korea on Friday announced that it would hold its congress in May, 2016, 36…

Biafra, Oodua and the seventh lesson By Reuben Abati

By Reuben Abati Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas, (even trilemmas, quadrilemmas or more)…

19 bodies recovered, 138 migrants rescued off island of Kalymnos

Greece on Friday rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of…

NAWOJ tasks governors on 35 per cent affirmative action

The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has charged state governors to meet up with 35 per cent affirmative action…

Civil War Landmine: FG to settle N100bn damages suit out of court

The Federal Government has agreed to settle out of court, a case filed against her, alleging breach of fundamental rights…