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Death toll from Ankara attack rises to 99 – Turkish PM

AFP – The death toll from the double suicide bombing in Ankara now stands at 99, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet…

Migrant woman, baby and child drown trying to reach Greece

Athens (AFP) – A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees…

Boko Haram urges Shabab to join Islamic State

Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are urging Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels to join them in pledging allegiance to the leader of the…

Boko Haram: Obama sends US troops, drones to Cameroon

The United States is sending 300 US troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African effort…

Buhari certain that Boko Haram will be unable to attack by December

President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that he remained fully confident that by the end of this year, Boko…

Alamieyeseigha: Dickson sets up burial committee

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa state Government has concluded plans to give the first civilian Governor of Bayelsa state, Diepreye…

Tears as LFTZ boss, Disu is buried

Kazeem Ugbodaga There was weeping Wednesday as the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ Limited, Mr. Tajudeen…

EFCC arraigns two for visa scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 arraigned the duo of Nosa Ohenhen Ericson and…

3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…

NHRC, NOA to translate constitution into 3 major local languages

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) is to translate parts of the…

Tribunal upholds Adeyemi’s victory

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan on Wednesday upheld the election of Rep. Akeem Adeyemi representing Oyo East,…

Ex-banker docked for fraud

A former banker, Oyewusi Oyewumi, was on Wednesday charged with defrauding Stallion Microfinance Bank, Lagos, of N535,000 at a Surulere…

Nigeria loses N8.7bn using Incandescent bulbs — ECAN

Mr Goodluck Enyinnaya, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN), says Nigeria loses N8.7 billion yearly because…

Naira appreciates at parallel market

The naira on Wednesday firmed against the dollar at the parallel market. The naira gained N1 on Wednesday afternoon as…

Chief of Naval Staff wants increased funding for Navy

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called for increased funding for the Nigerian Navy to enable…

Plateau Assembly probes N10bn loan

The Plateau House of Assembly is investigating the N10 billion loan facility being sought by State Government. This is sequel…

Obasanjo decries worsening corruption in Africa

Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the worsening level of corruption in Africa, urging African nations to…

Odu’a declares N150m dividend payment to shareholders

Odu’a Investment Company Limited on Wednesday declared N150 million dividend payment, representing 26.1kobo per share for each shareholder after such…

APC chieftain to Buhari: Make Kogi 11th oil-producing state

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and leader of Kogi Concerned Citizens (KCC), Chief Sumaila Adamu Jadams has…

I’ll still pursue election petition, ministerial nominee tells Senators

Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, one of the ministerial nominees told Senators when she was being screened on Wednesday that her…

Senate confirms the nomination of Fayemi, Fashola, others

The senate has approved the nomination of 18 ministerial nominees who have been grilled in the last two days by…

Ogun Assembly approves N10b infrastructure fund for Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State House of Assembly has granted approval to the state government’s request to participate in the N10b…

Nigerian military repels attack in Okene, kills terrorists in Geidam

Authorities of Nigerian Army confirmed on Tuesday that its men on cordon and search operations at the general area of…

Lagos Speaker tasks Nigerians at hijrah

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has admonished Muslims and other Nigerians to rededicate…

Nigerian Armed Forces well positioned to end Boko Haram insurgency by Dec. – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that he remained fully confident that by the end of this year, Boko…

Eaglets land in Chile for FIFA U-17 World Cup

Cup holders, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, have arrived in Santiago, capital city of Chile as one of Africa’s four flag…

Customs seizes 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products in Katsina

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized over 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products smuggled into the country through the…

Inflation up to 9.4%, above CBN ceiling

Nigeria’s consumer inflation was at 9.4 per cent year-on-year in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August and staying above…

Saraki attempting to malign Tinubu, group says

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State Association of Indigenous Youths, LAIY, has accused Senate President Bukola Saraki of being behind a…

Senate defers screening of Rotimi Amaechi to Thursday

The Senate on Wednesday deferred the screening of minister-nominee Rotimi Amaechi to Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…