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Tears as FATGBEMS Petroleum owner buried
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The remains of the Chairman and chief Executive Officer of Fatgbems Petroleum, Alhadji Abdul Fatai Olalekan Akanmu…
Ikorodu youths protest bad road
Hundreds of Youths in Ikorodu Community on Saturday in Lagos state, western Nigeria held a protest over what they conceived…
Stop the war, governor appeals to Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima added his voice to that of the Shehu of Borno, in appealing to members…
Boko Haram begged to embrace dialogue now
The leading traditional leader in the Boko Haram beleaguered Borno state in Northern Nigeria, Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of…
Nigeria’s corruption outrageous, says US author Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama, author of the world acclaimed book “The End of History and the Last Man,” has described as ”outrageous”…
Francophone summit begins in Kinshasa
Leaders of French-speaking nations began meeting in troubled Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday for their 14th summit, with France’s President…
3 babies delivered at camps for flood victims
No fewer than three births were recorded at the flood victims’ camps located in Asaba, capital of Delta state, an…
Nigerian doctor sacked in the UK
A Nigerian medical consultant in the United Kingdom has lost his job at an NHS hospital after carrying a sample…
Ghana’s Ashanti crown jewels stolen in Oslo
Thieves in Norway have escaped with the suitcase of King Otomfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene of Ashanti Kingdom of…
Flood sacks 5 banks in Bayelsa
It is not getting better, but getting worse in Yenagoa, capital of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state, as the ravaging…
Mimiko, Akeredolu, Oke harp on girl-child education
Jamiu Yisa The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rotimi Akeredolu, that of the Labour Party, LP,…
Suicide: Mother of twins jumps into river
A few days after she was delivered of a set of twins, a Nigerian woman, Shekinat Abdurazaq, 27, committed suicide…
Mother, daughter drown in Anambra flood
A woman and her daughter reportedly drowned in Ihiala, Anambra, on Wednesday when they went to harvest cassava from their…
Fayemi unveils 10 roads, 5 water plants at anniversary
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday inaugurated 10 major roads totaling 103 km in fulfillment of the resolve…
In Pictures: Jonathan visits flooded Lokoja town
President Goodluck Jonathan has begun a tour of flood ravaged states of Nigeria. He started off in Kogi, where the…
Kano Militants kill traffic officers
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect Wednesday afternoon attacked a Federal Road Safety Commission,FRSC, patrol…
Budget 2013: Home truths Speaker Tambuwal Told Jonathan
VOTE OF THANKS BY RT. HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL CFR, SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,…
Budget 2013: Jonathan promises prudence, growth, jobs
“Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, you will recall that in furtherance of my Administration’s efforts to transform our economy, the 2012…
Jonathan presents N4.92trillion budget for 2013
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan this morning presented an estimated budget proposal of N4.92trillion for the 2013 fiscal year.…
Polio vaccine team attacked, 2 cops killed
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Yet to be identified gunmen have shot dead two police men attached to a team of Polio Immunization…
Port Harcourt 4: Protesting Students Block East-West Road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hundreds of students of the University Of Port Harcourt, whose Students Union Week was suspended Monday for…
Flood shuts down Orient Petroleum
Mr Nnaemeka Nwawka, the Managing Director of Orient Petroleum Resources in Aguleri-Otu, Anambra State, on Tuesday said that the premises…
4 more suspects face trial over fuel subsidy fraud
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded arrangement to arraign another set of suspects in the on going…
Ondo election: Pastor Bakare bets on Mimiko
JAMIU YISA/Political Correspondent The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener of Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde…
3 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Three Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have died, Dr Bello Tambawwal, the Head of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Medina…
Federal Poly expels 59 exam cheats
Nigeria’s Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa in Nasarawa State has expelled 59 students for examination malpractices. The Registrar of the polytechnic, Hajiya…
Dangote donates N200million to flood victims
Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has donated N200 million to victims of flood in Nigeria’s Kogi state. The donation is…
Nigerian travellers stranded as flood severs vital road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Flood has taken over Nigeria’s vital East West Road at Umeh junction, making the road no longer…
Heroin Hidden In Football, Rugs Seized At Lagos Airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Sniffer dogs, used by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have detected three consignments…
Former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid Dies
Jamiu Yisa With Agency Report Former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid died on Saturday of cancer, agency reports said. He was…