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Lion on Rampage in Nigeria’s Yobe state
A lion has killed two herders and 30 livestock in a settlement in northeastern Nigeria’s Yobe State, the environment commissioner…
Thieves cart away 7 per cent of Nigeria’s crude oil daily
Oil companies in Nigeria are battling against rising theft costing an estimated 150,000 barrels of crude a day, a top…
Germans Urged To stop castration of sex offenders
While most parts of the world, including Nigeria, imprison sex offenders, the Germans have been dealing with the problem by…
Europe seals 310 billion dollar Greece bailout
Euro zone Finance ministers sealed an unprecedented deal early Tuesday for a new 237-billion-euro ($310 billion) bailout designed to keep…
2 Nigerians charged with printing fake US dollars
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two fraudsters before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal…
Fuel subsidy removal jacks up Nigeria’s inflation
Nigerian inflation jumped to 12.6 percent in January from 10.3 percent the previous month, driven by hikes in petrol prices…
Boko Haram: Many killed in Maiduguri market
Suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the Nigerian northeastern city of Maiduguri…
Chisora faces life ban over brawl with Haye
Heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora could face a life ban after his press conference brawl with bitter British rival David Haye,…
Diezani Makes Pledges on Tours of Bayelsa Gas Fire
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to provide…
Ivory Coast’s leader heads ECOWAS
Ivory Coast’s president was named the new head of West Africa’s regional bloc on Friday at a summit in Abuja,…
World Bank to pick new chief April
The World Bank said Friday it would select a new president to succeed Robert Zoellick by April 20, the start…
Lagos: Before The Rains Come Again
LATEEF IBIROGBA Last Monday (February 13) Lagosians, in some parts of the city, had another taste of bad weather when…
Amosun Reads Riot Act To Robbers
The Governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun has assured the people of the state of adequate security of their lives…
Supreme Court Reinstates Sacked Kwara Chief Judge
About three years after her unceremonious removal from office by former governor of Kwara state, Bukola Saraki, the Supreme Court…
Diesel trucks burnt at illegal depot
About three trucks filled with diesel were burnt at an alleged illegal diesel depot at Ojota, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest…
Workers Strike Paralyses Nigerian cities
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society groups today shut down the country following the failure of the Federal…
Ex-Militants Protest On East-West Road
Travellers on the East-West road, which is the major link road connecting Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River…