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Security Beefed Up At Ladipo Market Over Power Tussle

Cyriacus Izuekwe The President-General of Ladipo Market, Comrade Kingsley Ogunor, has tightened security around the market over leadership crisis that…

El Rufai appoints Chief of Staff, other aides

Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has appointed a new Chief of Staff, Special Assistant New Media, and…

Grenade attacks as Burundi holds controversial polls

Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) – Voting in Burundi’s controversial elections opened Monday despite a string of grenade attacks on polling stations,…

Chadian Police kill 11 in operation against Boko Haram

N’Djamena (AFP) – Eleven people died early Monday after Chadian police launched an operation against Boko Haram militants in the…

Court orders sale of seized vessel MV “REGINA”

Akin Kuponiyi ‪A federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, southwest, Nigeria, has ordered the Admiralty Marshall to Commission the valuation…

N287bn: Buhari should investigate Wike, says APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to investigate…

Rivers APC backs Buhari to recover stolen funds, calls for Wike’s probe

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his…

Read what Olisa Metuh said that got the Presidency mad

Nigerians feared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might not produce a vibrant opposition that would breathe down the neck…

Peace in Delta will bring investments, Okowa tells youths, leaders

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged youths and leaders in the state to maintain the peace to attract investors…

Calabar Garment Factory to generate 1000 jobs – Gov. Ayade

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River says the Calabar Garment Factory will generate over 1000 jobs when completed in August.…

AU will not act as observer in Burundi’s elections

The African Union announced it would not act as an observer in Monday’s parliamentary polls in Burundi, saying the conditions…

Hungarian grandmother, 87, sets chess world record

Budapest (AFP) – After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinched a world record Sunday, by finally…

Buhari condemns latest Boko Haram attacks in Borno, Yobe

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned, in the strongest language, the latest terrorist attacks on Borno and Yobe communities by the…

Suicide bombings: Police urge Maiduguri residents to be vigilant

The Police in Borno on Sunday cautioned residents of Maiduguri to be vigilant, following increased suicide bombing in the capital…

Chad arrests 60 militants after suicide bomb attack

N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Security forces in Chad have arrested 60 suspected militants and dismantled a cell responsible for two suicide…

Boko Haram: Mubi Poly reopens, begins lectures on Monday

The Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa, closed in October, 2014, in the wake of Boko Haram invasion of the town, has…

Femi Adesina replies Metuh, says PDP has long road of regrets to travel

Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has blasted the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after…

No Boko Haram Suspect Sent to Anambra

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, has called on the people of Anambra…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Shettima dissolves boards of agencies

The Borno Government on Sunday announced the dissolution of all boards of agencies in the state. Alhaji Jidda Shuwa, the…

Let’s sacrifice for change, APC lawmaker urges colleagues

A Lagos lawmaker, Bisi Yusuff, on Sunday urged lawmakers in the country to make sacrifice in the interest of the…

2,200 Chinese officials investigated for corruption

Chinese authorities have investigated more than 2,200 government officials for involvement in major fiscal fraud, the country’s top auditor said…

Go tough on divisive elements, group urges APC

Eromosele Ebhomele The Youths For Change Nigeria, a group of Nigerian youths with sympathy for the ruling All Progressives Congress,…

God’s wrath is near, cleric warns Nigerians

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Imam of Offa in Kwara state, Western Nigeria, Sheikh Muhydeen Huassain Salman Al-Adabiyy, has warned that…

CCC Leadership Tussle: Oshoffa’s family denounces Olatoso as Unification Leader

Kazeem Ugbodaga The leadership crisis rocking the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) took another twist, as Oshoffa’s family has denounced…

Regular salaries: Labour hails Gov Dickson

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At a time when some many states and companies are owing backlog of salaries causing industrial action,…

Only divine wisdom can solve Nigeria’s problem, says Dogara

The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on citizens of the west African country to pray…

Wike pays unscheduled visit to hospitals, laments their terrible state

The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, paid unscheduled visits to two general hospitals in Rivers State on Saturday and promised…

Rivers sacks all waste mgt. contractors, calls for fresh applications

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Waste Management Agency, (RWMA), has finally sacked all contractors and service providers doing business…

OOU students declare Monday lecture free, accident victims identified

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The bodies of three of the 12 persons who died in a ghastly motor accident that occurred Friday…

How South Africa earned huge foreign exchange from Joshua’s Birthday bash

By Oredola Adeola “Yesterday, we were talking about xenophobia but today, we are talking about happiness. That can only happen…