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Turkey denies new deal with Saudi on supporting Syria rebels

Ankara (AFP) – Turkey on Friday denied it had struck a secret new pact with Saudi Arabia to back Islamist…
Ex-PM David Cameron in shock return, appointed Foreign Secretary

Cameron shapes new team after stunning UK election win

London (AFP) – Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron was due to sketch out his new government on Saturday after returning…

Nigerian becomes first African to take charge of 120-year old Venice Biennale

Venice (AFP) – From migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean to war in Ukraine, the 2015 Venice Biennale, which opens Saturday,…

Fuel Scarcity: Oil marketers fear Buhari will stop subsidy payments

* Queues for petrol worsen across the country * Importers hold back over subsidy fears * Buhari government faces backlog…

Ikeja Electric explains power outage in Lagos

The management of Ikeja Electric (IE) on Friday attributed the current rate of power interruption across its network to low…

IG, Arase restates enforcement of ban on road blocks

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Friday restated that the ban on road blocks by policemen would…

Kogi CJ releases 3 inmates in Ankpa Prisons

Chief Judge of Kogi Nasir Ajanah on Friday unconditionally released three Awaiting Trial inmates from Federal Prisons, Ankpa in Kogi.…

Nigeria cannot afford humanitarian crisis – ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has declared that Nigeria cannot afford a humanitarian crisis that could threaten…
Tinubu

Jang leaving only N18bn debt – commissioner

Plateau State Government on Friday said its current debt profile was N18 billion and not N200 billion as being speculated.…

Supreme Court sets aside Appeal Court’s verdict on Okoye brothers

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Court of Appeal decision which overruled an interlocutory application by five brothers.…
Shonekan: Nigeria's National Flag to fly at half-mast for 3 days

Jonathan fecilitates with Shonekan, Nwobodo on their birthdays

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has felicitated with Chief Ernest Shonekan on the occasion of his 79th birthday anniversary, saying that…

Group tasks police IG on missing suspect at SARS

Eromosele Ebhomele The Network Of Police Reform In Nigeria, NOPRIN, a coalition of civil rights groups based inn Nigeria, has…

Mu’azu should resign like Labour, Lib Dem leaders did – Fayose

Eromosele Ebhomele Despite pleas from Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop their…

Gov. Orji inaugurates handover committee

Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia Abia state governor, Theodore Orji, Eastern Nigeria on Friday afternoon inaugurated a 10-man transition committee members that…

I never had any fight with Fashola, says Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stated that he has never had any fight…

Police foil bomb attack in Potiskum

Nigerian Police Force has foiled a bomb attack on a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe state. The police said that…

Gunman opens fire in Potiskum, injures 6 students

BAUCHI, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria,…
Senator Liyel Imoke

Samsung inaugurates first digital village in Cross River

The first “Digital Village” in Nigeria was inaugurated on Thursday by Samsung Electronics West Africa in collaboration with UNESCO in…

How 4 Nigerians influenced UK election

By Seun Bisuga As the United Kingdom elections went down, four Nigerians wrote their name in gold as they helped…

Teachers, students laud MultiChoice for investing in education

MultiChoice Nigeria has received praises from teachers and students for its heavy investment in the public secondary school system through…

2900 Days: Fashola rolls out achievement, begs for forgiveness

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday asked those he might have offended in the course of duty in…

Cameron’s party wins outright majority, stays as PM

With only 20 seats left to be declared in Britain’s parliamentary elections Thursday, the Conservatives have emerged the clear largest…

NDLEA official arrested for importing cocaine

An official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adeogun Olajide, and a civilian, Adams Michael, were on Thursday…

Don’t scrap amnesty, Yoruba youths beg Buhari

The National Committee of Yoruba Youths on Thursday urged the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to continue with the amnesty…

Power sharing not threatening APC, says Ngige

Senator Chris Ngige on Thursday in Abuja denied reports that issues of power sharing was threatening the stability of the…

PDP lost to lack of internal democracy – Ex-Security Adviser

Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, the Special Adviser on Security to a former governor of Rivers, on Thursday said the PDP lost…

Aregbesola, Omisore to know fate on May 27 – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 27 for judgment on the appeal filed by Sen. Iyiola Omisore, challenging the…

We have 1.2bn litres of petrol in stock, NNPC boasts

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), said they had…

Team Jonathan yet to deliver handover notes – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said it was yet to receive handover notes from the Federal Government. Alhaji…

Tackling corruption is my priority, says Buhari

Nigeria’s President–elect, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says his administration will kill corruption before it kills Nigeria. Buhari said this when…