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Lagos Assembly passes N489.7b as budget for 2015

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday evening passed the state 2015 Appropriation Bill of N489, 689,…

US stocks down as oil hits fresh multi-year low

United States stocks fell again Tuesday on another stormy day for global financial markets as oil prices plummeted to a…

Ex-Virginia governor gets two years for corruption

A US federal judge sentenced former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell to two years in prison Tuesday for accepting lavish gifts…

Jonathan is a good product that’s easily saleable – Mu’azu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan is a very good…

Female suicide bomber attacks Istanbul’s tourist heart

A female suicide bomber on Tuesday killed herself and a Turkish policeman in a strike on the heart of Istanbul’s…

Insurgency: Niger, Chad still part of multinational force, says Badeh

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh, says Niger and Chad republics are still part of the…

Arik Air Passenger Caught Stealing During Flight

By Simon Ateba/Lagos A Nigerian passenger travelling on Business Class from Abuja to the Southeastern state of Enugu aboard Arik…

Fears over latest Boko Haram town, military base seizure

Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the…

Police ready for 2015 elections, says Abba

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, on Monday, pledged the readiness of the force to tackle all security issues…

Aregbesola supports Armed Forces Remembrance day, donates N2.5m

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Tuesday donated N2.5 million to support the Nigerian Armed Forces Emblem as part…

APC supporters were attacked in Rivers, says Police

The Rivers Police Command has confirmed that unidentified gunmen attacked All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters travelling to Port Harcourt to…

PDP is a party of democrats, not hooligans – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as a party of democrats and not that of hooligans,…

Don’t allow yourselves to be used as political thugs, NANS warns

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerian students have been advised to stay away from greedy and desperate politicians who may be planning to…

Tobacco Kills 6 Million People Yearly —WHO

Eromosele Ebhomele Ahead of 31 May this year to mark World No Tobacco Day, WNTD, the World Health Organisation, WHO,…

Ambode Gets Celebrity Reception At Alausa

The Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, literarily stood still Monday when workers from different departments and ministries trooped out to welcome…

In Pictures: Security chiefs meet with Jonathan

Nigerian security chiefs met with President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss issues on Nigeria. This is an insight to what went…

PDP is drowning in its own delusions, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the PDP as a victim of self-inflicted paranoia following the ruling party’s panic…

PDP, APC Clash Over New Lagos LG Bosses

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have clashed over Monday’s swearing in of…

We’ll Abolish Corruption, Insecurity  —Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to abolish corruption…

Daniel used Air Cargo, Power Plant Project to siphon money, says Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has declared that the power plant project initiated by the…

Gunmen kill three Burundi ruling party activists

Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into a bar and shot dead three ruling party activists before torching the local…

Nigerians now pay more than Americans for petrol, diesel

Bayo Onanuga Nigerians are now paying more money than Americans in real terms for petrol and diesel, bye-products of the…

Fashola slashes land charges in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday signed into law an Executive Bill reducing the cost of land transactions…

Two brothers battle for same Rep seat in Kaduna

Two brothers, Rep Gideon Gwani and Chief Charles Bonat, are locked in a battle for the Kaura Federal Constituency seat…

Nigerian corruption: I was a saint, says Babangida

General Ibrahim Babangida, former military president of Nigeria has described his government as saintly compared to successive administrations in terms…

S.Korean president welcomes N.Korea’s dialogue offer

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s statement that he was open to the…

Two more New York police shot

Two plainclothes New York police officers were shot late Monday as they investigated a robbery, local media reported. Their injuries…

Kano State: Ganduje says APC will defeat PDP by wide margin

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Deputy Governor of Kano state,…

Wishing President Jonathan ‘bad luck’ does not help the Nation

By John Egbeazien Oshodi Whether one likes the person who is at the center of the presidency or not, at…

Boston bombing trial opens with jury selection

The long-awaited trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the shocking…