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Ex-DG of NSE blames regulators for past crisis
The woman under whose watch the collapse of Nigeria’s Stock Exchange happened four years ago, Ndidi Okereke-Onyuike, has blamed the…
Nigerian, Lebanese Killed; another Lebanese abducted
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command today confirmed the killing of a Lebanese, and Nigerian engineer by gunmen suspected to…
Pension scam: Court remands accused in jail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja presided over by Justice Adamu Bello on Monday 7 May remanded in Kuje…
Nigeria: 4 Boko Haram members killed in shootout
Soldiers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killed four suspected members of Boko Haram Islamist sect in a raid…
Jonathan’s mediocrity fuels re-election debate, says ACN
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the record-setting mediocre performance of the Jonathan Administration…
Rainstorm kills 8 in Nigeria’s Zamfara
Torrential rains and strong winds killed at least eight people, injured dozens of others destroyed hundreds of homes in Nigeria’s…
FIFA Futsal World Cup: Nigeria walks over Gabon
) Nigeria’s futsal football national team have qualified for the final round of the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup African…
Bayelsa cancels 2 road contracts
Bayelsa State Government has revoked two road contracts due to the poor performance of the contractors handling the projects. Mr. Markson Fefegha,…
Court stops Lagos from restricting okada riders
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja has stopped the Lagos State Government from enforcing its plan to ban or…
Nigerian stocks go higher
It was a week of resurgence for the Nigerian Stock Exchange as both the all-share index and the market capitalization…
Nigeria’s Self-styled archbishop gets bail
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail to John Okeke, a Pentecostal archbishop, who allegedly stole property…
Police declare Air Nigeria Ex-director wanted
The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, said on Friday that it had commenced investigations into a case…
Abandoned car triggers bomb scare in Nigeria’s capital
Nnamdi Felx/Abuja The high brow Adetokumbo Ademola Crescent in the Wuse ll District of the Nigerian capital of Abuja, was…
Pat Utomi: Nigerian Government A Criminal Enterprise
Some government officials are admitting that Nigeria could be broke. What do you think of this? Is Nigeria, indeed, broke?…
Celebration Of Days In Office: ACN Slams PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ignorant and childish the criticisms levelled…
UNIABUJA Students protest, clash with cops
Academic activities were on Wednesday paralysed at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) following students’ protest over alleged plan to merge two departments in the Faculty…
Nigerian king on rape trial makes no case submission
A monarch in Nigeria’s state of Osun, Oba Adebukola Alli, who has been facing a four-count charge of rape, kidnapping,…
Teenager convicted for currency counterfeiting
Currency Counterfeiting: 18 Years Old Jailed 10 Justice M. T. Salihu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Bauchi, today sentenced…
Labour vows to resist oil price increase
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has advocated for a comprehensive reform of the downstream oil sector while…
Nigeria’s southeast governors meet on security
Governors of states in Nigeria’s south East geo-political zone met in Enugu on Sunday, to deliberate on security issues in the…
3 cops ambushed, killed in Katsina
Suspected armed robbers on Sunday shot dead three policemen in Mararrabar Maigora Village in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State, north…
Guardiola ends affairs with Barca
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola announced Friday he is leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a four-year…
Senator Saraki’s N21 Billion Fraud Worries
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Justice Gladys Olotu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday rapped former governor…
Mali coup makers still in power
The soldiers who seized power in Mali last month have yet to return to their barracks despite a regionally-brokered deal…
Niger Delta: US Supreme Court rejects bid to sue Chevron
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to invoke a US…
N11b Loan Scam: Saraki Keeps Detectives Waiting
Immediate past governor of Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, and now a serving Senator, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was expected…
NNPC debunks House report on oil subsidy claims
The NNPC has picked holes in the House of Representatives Committee probe report on petroleum subsidy regime and denied it…
Everton throw English Premiership title race open
Everton twice came from two goals behind to share the points in an extraordinary 4-4 draw away to leaders Manchester…
Nigeria Police foil bank robbery in Abeokuta
The Nigeria police in Abeokuta foiled a robbery attempt at a branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in Kuto, a statement…
Turnout High in French Presidential poll
Millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see…