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Shell declares force majeure on Nigeria’s exports
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Tuesday it may not meet contractual obligations on certain exports from Nigeria because of theft…
Motorcyclist gets death sentence for robbery
A Nigerian High court in the central city of Makurdi, Benue State on Monday sentenced a 27 year-old man, Oloche…
EFCC arrests 2 forex traffickers
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the duo of Idris Hamza and Umar Musa Kibiya at the…
Sheila, widow of Tai Solarin dies
Sheila Mary Solarin (nee Tuer), the widow of Dr. Tai Solarin, founder Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State and one…
Mimiko: Supporters Celebrate In Akure
JETHRO IILEKE/Akure Following the declaration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko as winner of the governorship election held on Saturday 20 October,…
Jonathan, Tambuwal congratulate Mimiko
Eromosele Ebhomele President Goodluck Jonathan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, have congratulated Governor Olusegun…
Mimiko leads by wide margin in Ondo election
Folarin Ademosu/ Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko has overwhelmingly won 12 out of the 15 local councils in the results declared…
12 bodies recovered at scene of Sagamu-Benin accident
A combined team of FRSC, NEMA officials and the Police on Saturday recovered 12 corpses of passengers whose bus plunged…
Huge turn out of voters in Ondo election
There was an impressive turnout of voters as the accreditation process for the Ondo governorship election got underway on Saturday.…
Top Boko Haram member arrested in Senator’s house
A high-profile member of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested in the home of a senator in Maiduguri, Borno…
Newsweek Magazine ends print edition, goes digital
Venerable US magazine Newsweek, whose first issue rolled out of the press on 17 February 1933, announced Thursday its last…
Hot Noodle Woman charged with assaulting boyfriend
A 35-year-old Nigerian woman, Ejima Okwusindi, who assaulted her boy friend by bathing him with hot ‘indomie’ noodle was on…
Police impose curfew on Ondo state
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has slammed a curfew on Ondo state, 72 hours to the governorship election.…
Port Harcourt 4: Police parade murder suspects
Nigeria’s Rivers Police Command has arrested 13 suspects in connection with the alleged killing of four students of the University…
Petrol tanker kills one in Ijebu-Ode
A tanker loaded with fuel on Tuesday exploded on the Erunwon highway in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, killing one person and…
24 Boko Haram militants shot dead in Maiduguri
Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko haram…
Kogi Assembly Speaker impeached
The Kogi state House of Assembly elected a new speaker today, impeaching Abdullahi Bello and ten other principal officers. The…
Council boss docked for cult membership
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja In a move calculated to enforce a constitutional restriction on public officials from membership of secret…
Official: 7 masterpieces stolen from Dutch Museum
ROTTERDAM (AFP) – Seven masterpieces, including paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Gauguin, were stolen in a pre-dawn heist Tuesday…
Activist, Ogundamisi Arrested
An activist and leading campaigner for good governance, Kayode Ogundamisi, said he is not considering pressing charges against the Nigeria…
Fresh blasts, gunfire rock Maiduguri
Maiduguri, the embattled Nigerian city was in lockdown on Tuesday following a spate of blasts and persistent gunfire in a…
Cuba scraps exit permit for foreign travellers
HAVANA (AFP) – Cubans will no longer require exit permits for foreign travel from January 14, the government said Tuesday,…
Anger Over Aluu Killings
Violent protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt over the killing of four of their colleagues leads to…
No winner for the Mo Ibrahim Leadership Prize
LONDON (AFP) – The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — was not…
Mauritanians want truth on president’s shooting
Mauritania’s opposition on Monday demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the shooting which wounded President Ould Abdel Aziz…
Ex- NBA Leader Faces Fraud Charge
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has concluded arrangement to arraign Barrister Blessing Ukiri, the past immediate 1st Vice…
Nigerian Worshippers’ killers dressed in police uniform
It has been revealed that the murderous gang that opened fire on worshippers outside a mosque in the Kaduna village…
Shot Mauritanian president to be flown to Paris
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will be flown Sunday to Paris for further treatment after he was operated in…
Flood: Minister allays fears over food shortage
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has assured the country that it would not be plunged…
Kwara United appoints Unuane as Technical adviser
Kwara United FC of Ilorin on Saturday officially announced the appointment of Coach Samson Unuane as its Technical Adviser for…