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Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…
Theft: Atuche, ex-bank chief seeks recall of EFCC’s witnesses
Henry Ojelu Former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche who is facing trial over N27.5 billion…
President Jonathan’s brother for burial Saturday
President Jonathan will leave Abuja for Bayelsa State on Thursday to participate in the burial ceremonies of his younger brother,…
US General details Boko Haram link’s with Mali’s Al Qaeda
General Carter F.Ham, an American military commander in Africa has detailed how Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been receiving training…
Nigeria records fastest TKO at sports festival
Adebobola Alawode Nigerian Yahaya Raheem of Borno State Monday evening at the NIS Sports Hall of the National Stadium in…
Nigeria’s Eaglets Beat Mali, Qualify For AJC
Bamidele Olowosoagba Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets Sunday evening booked a place at Morocco 2013 African Junior Championship, AJC, when they defeated…
Sokoto Sultan urges Nigeria to tackle insecurity
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar over the weekend warned that Nigeria’s development will continue to…
Zuma’s $28m expensive country home ignites row
South Africa’s opposition on Sunday called on the state ombudsman to widen a probe into controversial $28 million upgrades at…
Nigeria: Boko Haram militants burn churches, border posts
It was not going to be another violence free Sunday in Nigeria as suspected members of the Islamist extremist group…
Emeka Ojukwu’s Will Fake, says first son
The first son of late Biafran leader Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has alleged that the will presented by Barrister Onyekwelu on Friday…
Bombs: 2 Senior army officers kicked out of Jaji
Almost a week after an embarrassing twin suicide bombing of a military church in Jaji, Kaduna state, Nigeria’s military high…
$500m spent by Nigerian students in EU, US
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), said on Saturday that Nigerians spend an average of $500 million…
Congo rebels withdraw from Goma
Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo pulled out Saturday from the mining hub of Goma,…
15 million Nigerians suffer from asthma, TB
Professor Greg Erhosa, the National President of Nigerian Thoracic Society, revealed today that no fewer than 15 million Nigerians are…
Low turn out mars Kaduna council poll
Delay in the distribution of materials and low turn-out of voters marked the commencement of Saturday’s local government elections in…
In South Africa, Blacks killing Blacks for political posts
OSHABENI, South Africa — It was, by all accounts, an ordinary small-town political meeting. The leaders of the local branch…
EFCC: No court order to stop Babalakin’s trial
Contrary to reports by a section of the media, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has not…
Aero MD sacked?
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent There were conflicting reports on Friday night with sources claiming that the Managing Director of Aero Contractors,…
Jonathan condoles Buhari on his late daughter
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) on the death of his…
Ex-IMF chief settles with rape victim in New York
Dominique Strauss Khan, the disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief, has reached a settlement with New York hotel maid…
Plateau workers unions give Jang ultimatum
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 10-day ultimatum to Plateau state Government…
GTB Asset becomes Investment One
GTB Asset Management Ltd, hitherto owned by GTB has been rechristened Investment One Financial Services Limited. Its managing director,Mr Nicholas…
Nigerian soldiers uncover another bomb factory
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Four days after a suicide bomber attacked the Saint Andrew Military Protestant Church, Jaji , a combined…
Dangerous and lucrative—The gold rush in Nigeria’s Zamfara
BAGEGA,Zamfara state, Nigeria — Neighboring a hillside laced with gold, parents in this remote village live with an impossible choice:…
Shell resumes oil export at Nigerian terminals
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it had resumed shipments of crude from its Nigerian export terminals Bonny and Forcados…
National symbols bill passes second reading in House
A bill to correct some anomalies in the Flags and Coats of Arm Act of 2004, on Thursday in Abuja…
Oshiomhole’s certificates mere documents, alleges Airhiavbere
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin All certificates presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to contest the July…
Witness: ‘My son’s wife killed herself’
Henry Ojelu Mudashiru Arowolo, the father of Akolade Arowolo who is standing trial at the Ikeja High Court for allegedly…
Mali’s extremist muslims whip unmarried couples
Militant Islamists in the north of Mali gave three unmarried couples 100 lashes of the whip each on Thursday in…
Man kills wife for rejecting sex demand
A man, Musa Yusuf, who allegedly killed his wife for refusing to submit to his sexual demand, has been remanded…