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40,000 Nigerian teachers to be retrained
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, has said in Lagos that 40,000 teachers would be retrained under the Millennium…
Nigeria’s mobile money operators get CBN ultimatum
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed the 16 Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) in the country to fully connect…
INEC axes 3 more political parties
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday announced the de-registration of three more political parties after it…
Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…
Obama: Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton
US President, Barack Obama has nominated former presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.…
47,289 Nigerian candidates cheat in WASSCE
The West African Examination Council revealed today that 47,289 candidates of the 413,266 that sat for the November-December West African…
Government, NTDC tango over Lagos hotels
A statement credited to the head of service in Lagos state, Segun Ogunlewe and Aduke Gomez, a special assistant to…
419: Nigerian Woman sued for fleecing man
A woman, Ruth Samuel, of Mararaba in Nasarawa State on Thursday appeared before a Karu Upper Area Court in the…
Pope: Mankind at stake over gay marriage
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional…
Nigeria police warns on bombs in Xmas gifts
The Police in Nigeria’s Gombe State on Thursday urged residents of the state to be on the look out for…
Nigeria’s aviation analysts question military aircraft use by civilians
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A group of Nigerian aviation analysts under the aegis of Aviation Round Table, ART, on Thursday questioned…
Report: Oando buys Conoco-Phillips Nigerian assets
ConocoPhillips will sell its Nigerian onshore and offshore operations in Nigeria to Oando Energy Resources for about $1.79 billion, the…
Aregbesola extols Justice Eso at farewell session
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Thursday said in Osogbo that the late jurist, Justice Kayode Eso,…
Hollande vows to free abducted citizen in Nigeria
French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Thursday that a French national, Francis Colump, had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria…
Nigerian court declines to keep bomb exhibits
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence, 200 explosives allegedly seized from four suspects of the…
Nigeria: Jonathan, Kukah praise Yakowa at burial
The remains of former Governor of Kaduna State Patrick Yakowa were buried at his country home at Fadan Kagoma on…
Falana queries use of military planes for shuttles
Following the crash of a naval helicopter on 15 December which led to the death of Kaduna State Governor, Patrick…
Justice Eso begins final home journey
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The remains of eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Eso, left…
Nigeria: Inconsolable wailing as Yakowa makes final exit
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Amina, wife of late Kaduna Governor, Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa told the weeping mammoth crowd of villagers ,…
Jonathan leads FG delegation to Yakowa’s burial today
The Federal Executive Council devoted its weekly meeting on Wednesday to the honour of six victims of last Saturday’s fatal…
Forex smuggler Arrested in Nigeria With $130k
Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested a suspected forex smuggler, Bash…
Okada protest: Fashina, 3 others arrested
The Chairman of the Joint Action Forum (JAF), Dr. Dipo Fashina, General Secretary, Mr. Biodun Aremu and members of the…
Nigerian army promotes 113 officers
The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of 22 Brigadier-Generals to the rank of Major-General. According to a statement…
Woman returns stolen kids to police
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Nigerian middle aged woman, Eloho Igwe who allegedly stole two children last week in Benin City, Edo…
Facebook lover gets new trial date
A Nigerian court has fixed 18 January to commence trial of Arthur Obiora, “the Facebook lover’’, charged with attempted rape…
Yuletide: Facelift for Lagos Bar Beach
The Bar Beach in Lagos Nigeria, is undergoing a makeover to make it more user friendly during the Christmas and…
27 Die in Nigerian road crash
At least 27 people on a truck laden with cattle and sheep have drowned after the vehicle plunged into a…
Pirates kidnap 5 Indians off Nigerian coastline
Well armed pirates who stormed and ransacked an oil tanker off Nigeria have kidnapped five Indian crew members, said a…
Nigeria: Power output hits 4,349 megawatts
Nigeria is now generating 4,349.7 megawatts, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said on Wednesday in Abuja. This is contained…
Reports: Chime, Enugu Governor had heart surgery
Sullivan Chime, governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Enugu had a heart surgery in the United States of America in…