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Jonathan begs ASUU to end strike

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return…

Lar’s body to stay in US for now

The remains of the Late Chief Solomon Lar, founding Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would be brought…

Croatia’s Coric Wins Governor’s Cup First Leg

Damilare Okunola World’s junior number one tennis player, Borna Coric from Croatia, has won the first leg of the Men’s…

Northern Nigeria ready for national confab, says Aliyu

The Governor of the central Nigerian state of Niger, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said the North is ready for…

Italy, Portugal rocked by anti-austerity protests

LISBON (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Italy and Portugal on Saturday to protest…

Ex-Italian PM barred for 2 years from public office

A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office…

Amaechi reports police boss to rights commission

Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday explained his petition to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,…

Car scandal minister: Falana petitions EFCC, threatens court action

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes…

National Confab: Groups make submissions to advisory panel

The Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue will treat all memoranda submitted to it, the Chairman, Sen. Femi Okunronmu, has…

ASUU strike: Students barricade Niger Bridge

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than…

Nigerian state makes kidnapping capital offence

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo state, southern Nigeria, will henceforth face the death penalty, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.…

N255m car scandal: Aviation authorities change story

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s aviation authorities on Friday changed an earlier version of a story surrounding the purchase of two…

Mortuary records reveal heavy Boko Haram human losses

Just a few days after Amnesty International published a report accusing Nigeria’s military of killing close to 1000 Boko Haram…

Oduah, car scandal minister sets up panel to probe leak

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s embattled minister of aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, has set up a panel to investigate how…

Police Recover Abandoned Baby

The Police Command in Benue has recovered a newly born baby abandoned in a bush near the Gboko General Hospital.…

FG Launches $150m World Bank Education Project

The Federal Government on Friday launched the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) with Ekiti, Anambra and Bauchi as the…

Teenager Jailed For Selling Cassava-Stuffed Nokia Phone

A 19-year- old street trader, Emeka Chukwumuata, was on Friday sentenced to two months imprisonment by the Special Offences Court,…

Court To Baraje, Others: Stop Parading As PDP Leaders

Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered Kawu Baraje, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and Sam…

Man Jailed For Stealing Blocks

A Grade One Area Court in Kuje, FCT, on Friday sentenced a 27-year old labourer, Suleiman Lawal, to four months…

Woman Charged With Defrauding 109 People

For allegedly defrauding 109 accommodation seekers of N14 million, a 34-year-old landlady, Taibat Aruna, was on Friday in Lagos charged…

Man Faces N180m Fraud Charge

A 48-year old man, Eneyi Ogosi, was on Friday in Lagos charged with N180 million fraud at an Ikeja Chief…

Northern Governors’ Forum Salutes Gowon At 79

The Northern States Governors’ Forum has paid tribute to a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, as he attains…

Robbery: Police Boss Begs Banks For Gadgets

The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Adenaike, on Friday urged banks operating in the state to support policemen…

Man Arrested With Bullet Wounds At Hospital

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man with bullet wounds who claimed to have been attacked by armed…

Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat

Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in…

5 Men Arrested Over 22 Months Abduction

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has arrested five suspects who allegedly abducted two girls since…

Funeral Of Patience’s Mom Begins 31 Oct.

The final burial ceremonies of the late Madam Charity Oba, the mother of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, will…

Baby Born With 4 Ears, No Genital Dies

A baby born in Makurdi on Thursday with four ear lobes and no genitals has died, a hospital official said.…

Joke Silva, Osita Iheme March Against Drug Abuse

  Prominent Nigerians like Dele Momodu, Joke Silva, Osita ‘Pawpaw’ Iheme and Ali Baba, are set to lead other celebrities…