2017-11-29 07:19
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday said more women should occupy government positions where decisions on the collective good of the society are taken, to minim… Read More
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2017-11-29 07:08
A former President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has described Nigerian political leaders as parasites and power mongers. The former Catholic… Read More
2017-11-29 07:03
On Nov. 17, CNN broadcast a video showing traders buying and selling migrants from West Africa for a few hundred dollars in a Libyan marketplace. The outcry was swift and gl… Read More
2017-11-29 06:53
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, for the 5th European Union-African Union, EU-AU, Summit slated for November 29 and 30.The President was rec… Read More
2017-11-28 20:12
The Tafawa Balewa Square, the National Arts Theatre and some selected power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects are part of the key national asset the federal governme… Read More
![Jonathan’s Adviser Clashed With Adesina Over False Job Creation – Bolaji Abdullahi [VIDEO]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/12864/1286384-3594160896.w320.jpg "Jonathan’s Adviser Clashed With Adesina Over False Job Creation – Bolaji Abdullahi [VIDEO]")
2017-11-28 20:07
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has revealed how former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Chief Economic Adviser, Prof. Nw… Read More
2017-11-28 20:02
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government has succeeded in putting members of the Boko Haram sect on the run. The minister also revea… Read More
2017-11-28 19:55
The United Nations says four attacks have taken place against U.N. peacekeepers in Mali’s northern Kidal region but there were no casualties. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujar… Read More
2017-11-28 19:49
Mr. Dele Belgore (SAN) has informed the court his intention to file a no case submission in the ongoing money laundering suit preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crime… Read More
2017-11-28 19:40
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has sworn-in sixteen newly elected local government chairmen in the state with a pledge to work harder and closer with the local gover… Read More
2017-11-28 19:28
Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Alhassan is a staunch loyalist of former Vice-President Atiku Abu… Read More
2017-11-27 10:21
The Italian Premier has met with Tunisian leaders during a two-day working visit to discuss terrorism, migration and the impact of the chaotic situation in Libya, subjects that deeply… Read More
2017-11-27 10:18
A new Code of Corporate Governance approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stipulated that bank directors with non-performing loans (NPLs) are to either quit or be sacked.This was… Read More
2017-11-27 10:13
Fire has razed down a block of two female hostels at the Federal Government College ( FGC ), Keffi, Nasarawa State.The fire, which started around 7.45 pm on Sunday and raged on to Mond… Read More
![Anglican Priest Dies While Preaching At A Wedding In Anambra [PHOTOS]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/12864/1286384-749829059.w320.jpg "Anglican Priest Dies While Preaching At A Wedding In Anambra [PHOTOS]")
2017-11-27 10:09
A popular Anglican priest in Anambra state, Ven Ernest Ezumezu of Nnewi diocese, is dead.He reportedly collapsed and died while preaching. According to information shared on Facebook… Read More
2017-11-27 10:02
Ekiti State ex-commissioner for works and housing, Dele Okeya, who is currently aspiring to be governor of the state under the platform of the All Progressives congress (APC), has said… Read More
2017-11-26 20:55
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday that Boko Haram’s wicked methods of using innocent children for suicide bomb attacks on soft targets are “the last kicks of a dyin… Read More
2017-11-26 20:43
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “horrific and despicable terrorist attack” in Sinai and sent condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egy… Read More
2017-11-26 20:37
English Premier League table after Sunday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):Man City 13 12 1 0… Read More
2017-11-26 20:30
Yakubu Galadima, the lawyer for the whistle-blower, who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the $43m, N23.2m and £27,800 (N13bn) recovered from an Ikoyi apar… Read More
2017-11-26 20:22
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has almost concluded discussion on the choice of a core investor for the proposed bio-fuel plant in Benue.The Group Managing… Read More
2017-11-26 20:15
Lagos State is said to be impressively emerging out of HIV/AIDS epidemic with a drop in cases of infected persons.According to the CEO of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), D… Read More
2017-11-26 20:05
John Conyers, currently the longest-serving member of Congress, is to step down from the House Judiciary Committee, after being embroiled in allegations of sexual harassment.Mr Conyers… Read More
2017-11-26 11:11
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2017-11-26 10:35
Nigerian Army on Saturday repelled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Magumeri town, headquarters of Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno.A competent security source told the New… Read More
2017-11-26 10:30
As the Indian city of Mumbai commemorates the 2008 terror attacks that left 168 people dead, relatives of the victims say they're angry that Pakistan has released a militant linked to… Read More
2017-11-25 22:11
Suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram took over a town in the restive state of Borno in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, residents said.The attack comes days after a su… Read More
2017-11-25 19:50
Federal lawmakers from Benue State, have accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government of placing premium on Fulani cattle more than the lives of the citizens in Benue… Read More
![Goodluck Jonathan Not Corrupt – APC Spokesman, Abdullahi [VIDEO]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/12864/1286384-3651799816.w320.jpg "Goodluck Jonathan Not Corrupt – APC Spokesman, Abdullahi [VIDEO]")
2017-11-25 19:45
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan is not a corrupt man.Abdullahi, who served as M… Read More
2017-11-25 19:32
Qatar’s non-oil exports in October 2017 grew by 8.59% to reach QR1.7bn compared to QR1.57bn in the previous month, and a 3.7% increase to reach QR1.64bn year-on-year, Qatar Chamb… Read More
2017-11-25 19:28
President Bashar al-Assad held a telephone call on Saturday with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.The telephone call touched upon the latest developments related to confronting terro… Read More
2017-11-25 19:22
Football fans in Nigeria were angry after the November FIFA Rankings was release on Thursday and the Super Eagles were placed 50 in the world despite a 4-2 win over Argentina..Fans wer… Read More
2017-11-25 19:15
Zimbabwe's former finance minister testified Saturday that armed, masked men in uniform abducted him from his home during the military operation leading to the ouster of longtime leade… Read More
2017-11-25 19:07
Hackers have targeted Isis by slipping pornographic images into its official communication channels.Members of the Iraqi hacking group, Daeshgram, said they wanted to show distrus… Read More
2017-11-25 19:00
The White House on Saturday called Pakistan’s release of a militant wanted by the US as the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai massacre of 2008 a “step in the wrong… Read More
2017-11-25 18:54
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says the US seeks to divide his country into five regions, more than a month after Washington announced that it had lifted its strict sanctions on the… Read More
2017-11-25 18:49
An APC chieftain, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s resignation would not have any significant effect on the party’s fortunes… Read More
2017-11-25 18:38
Former Governor of Abia State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Orji Uzor Kalu, has advised former ruling party, PDP, to stop boasting that it would “bounce ba… Read More
2017-11-25 06:28
The newly-appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives… Read More
2017-11-25 06:25
US President Donald Trump on Friday condemned the attack on the Al Rawdah mosque in north Sinai that left more than 230 people dead, calling it "a horrible and cowardly attack."In a tw… Read More
2017-11-25 06:22
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has told Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to seek dialogue with the Nigerian Government rather tha… Read More
2017-11-25 06:18
The President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that agitations across the length and breadth of the country has threatened the existence and unity of Nigeria.Speaking at… Read More
2017-11-25 06:13
At least 235 people were killed and more than 100 others injured on Friday when militants detonated explosives and sprayed gunfire inside a crowded mosque in the Sinai Peninsula, the d… Read More
2017-11-25 06:08
THE resignation, on Friday, of a former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) has drawn the ire of the ruling party as it described the reason… Read More
2017-11-23 20:12
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has engaged over 200, 000 youths through its N-Power empowerment s… Read More
2017-11-23 19:56
Some community leaders in Madagali, Adamawa state, have threatened that their people would relocate to neighbouring Cameroon.Speaking during a presentation of relief materials by NEMA… Read More
2017-11-23 19:50
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed January 13, 2018, to conduct the re-run election for Anambra Central Senatorial district.This was announced Thursday nigh… Read More
2017-11-23 19:44
The Senate on Thursday rejected one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees for Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, Ahmad Bello Mahmud based on the recommendation by the Sen… Read More
2017-11-23 19:35
An aspirant for national secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Umar Tsauri, has said that the party would regain power in Kastina in 2019 general elections.Tsauri expressed… Read More
2017-11-23 19:28
Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the murder of innocent women and children as the “horrid face” of war as he presided at a special prayer service for peace in South Sudan and t… Read More
2017-11-23 19:21
The wife of Ahmadu Ali, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Maryam Ali joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).Her husband, Ahmadu Ali was the director-general… Read More
2017-11-22 12:39
The Senate has mandated the Committee on National Security and Intelligence to investigate the attempted arrest of the former DSS boss, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong and that of the National Intel… Read More
2017-11-22 12:35
The African Union (AU) has welcomed Robert Mugabe’s decision to step down as president of Zimbabwe. AU commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a statement said h… Read More
2017-11-22 12:29
Aggrieved Egbema Ijaws and the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State today barricaded the Delta State Government House over an alleged imposi… Read More
2017-11-22 12:24
Senate President, Dr.Bukola Saraki has lamented over carnage in Zamfara communities state where scores of people were killed.He said, the Senate was getting tired of one minute silence… Read More
2017-11-22 12:19
The Adamawa State Governor, Jibrilla Bindow, has summoned traditional rulers in the state to a meeting over Monday’s attacks on four villages in Numan Local Government Area of th… Read More
2017-11-21 18:30
President Macky Sall of Senegal has called on ECOWAS member states to facilitate the repatriation of its citizens being trafficked in Libya.Mr. Sall made the call at the Second Ordinar… Read More
2017-11-21 18:26
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 5, 2017 to rule on the objection by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to the tendering of his Zenith Bank account stat… Read More
2017-11-21 18:21
U.S. airstrike in Somalia killed more than 100 militants Tuesday at an al-Shabaab camp about 125 miles northwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.“Al-Shabaab has pledged allegian… Read More
2017-11-21 18:16
The federal government has approved free surgical and laboratory services for all fistula patients in all Federal Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres in the country.The Mini… Read More
2017-11-21 18:09
The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State have denied the alleged attack on a Chieftain of the APC in the state, Mr. Okey… Read More
2017-11-21 18:03
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the killing of one of its marshals by suspected armed kidnappers on the Abuja-Kaduna highway.Sources had earlier told the News Agency… Read More
2017-11-21 17:59
U.S. military officials investigating the deadly ambush on an Army Special Forces team in Niger last month discovered additional remains of an American soldier killed in the attack whi… Read More
2017-11-21 17:55
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said the current political challenge in Liberia will be resolved constitutionally, urging all parties to exercise patience while waiting for… Read More
2017-11-21 17:50
The Naira on Tuesday traded at N362.5 to the dollar at the parallel market.Meanwhile, the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N476 and N426 respectively.At the Bureau De Change windo… Read More
2017-11-21 17:46
In a heist reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, Kenyan robbers spent months building a tunnel into the bowels of a bank located opposite a police station and stole equivalent of half a mi… Read More
2017-11-21 17:40
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for about an hour on Tuesday and covered topics including Syria, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea and Afgh… Read More
2017-11-21 17:35
Perhaps its because President Trump took particular offense at being called "old" that North Korea unleashed a new insult against him Tuesday. It called him — no surprise &m&hell…Read More
2017-11-21 17:30
Dozens of people are plucked from vehicles engulfed by floodwaters, schools forced to shut in JeddahFlash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through Jeddah on Tuesday, leaving motor… Read More
2017-11-21 17:25
Policies by the young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman risk destabilising the region, Straw said at a conference on Saudi Arabia hosted by Middle East Monitor on Saturday. “The ge… Read More
2017-11-21 17:16
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the early Tuesday morning suicide bomb blast in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State as “very cruel and dastardly.”The Nigerian leader&r&hell…Read More
2017-11-21 17:10
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, while speaking at the Franco-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry Economic summit yesterday, charged foreign and local… Read More
2017-11-21 13:54
Zimbabwean ruling party senior official says Cabinet ministers have snubbed a call by President Robert Mugabe to attend a meeting.Lovemore Matuke says “all” ministers heede… Read More
2017-11-21 13:49
Fresh news report in what appears to be a move to forestall multiple governorship candidates ahead of the 2019 general elections, a group, Ogun West Consultative Forum (OGWCF), on Tues… Read More
2017-11-21 13:44
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to investigate non-payment of all entitlements of retired judicial officers who serve… Read More
2017-11-21 13:26
Six people, including two soldiers, died on Sunday in clashes between the army and militiamen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army said on Monday.An army positio… Read More
2017-11-21 13:19
Barclays Africa, the financial advisers, handling the sale process of 9 Mobile have come under attack from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Communications Commission (… Read More
2017-11-21 13:07
Super Eagles winger, Victor Moses has been declared fit to face Liverpool in Saturday's titanic Premier League clash at Anfield, according to Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte.Moses limpe… Read More
2017-11-21 12:59
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yussuf Lasun on Tuesday said that members would commence debate on the general principles of the 2018 Appropriation Bill ( budget )… Read More
2017-11-21 12:51
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Togolese President, H.E. Faure Gnassingbé at the statehouse in Abuja. Gnassingbé was r… Read More
2017-11-21 12:43
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday promised to give Nigeria free and fair elections, no matter which way the results swing.Buhari made the promi… Read More
2017-11-20 19:49
Zenith Bank has been named ‘Best Company in Sustainability Reporting In Africa” at the 2017 Sustainability Enterprise Responsibility Awards (SERAS) CSR Awards.Meanwhile the… Read More
2017-11-20 19:45
Trending report as snippets of what transpired after the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28, 2015 presidential election are now coming to the open, with his wife acc… Read More
2017-11-20 19:38
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Friday said that the Federal Government would begin the prosecution of energy thieves soon, The Guardian rep… Read More
2017-11-20 19:34
President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terror and promised new sanctions at the "highest level".Mr Trump cited Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions &hell…Read More
2017-11-20 19:29
In completely unsurprising news, Snoop Dogg has just announced his support for Marshawn Lynch and LaVar Ball.It looks like he was watching the news about Donald Trump’s… Read More
2017-11-20 19:17
The Executive Secretary of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC) and President Muhammadu Buhari's appointee as chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices… Read More
2017-11-20 19:13
Former Nigeria coach Lars Lagerbäck says he's impressed with the progress of östersunds FK frontman Alhaji Gero, and thinks he is good enough to join up with the Super Eagles… Read More
2017-11-20 19:09
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that the Nigerian government is concluding plans, latest by December, with the Switzerland Government for the repatriation of $321… Read More
2017-11-20 19:03
FOR the second consecutive month since the emergence of the economy from recession in Q2 2017, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew positively in real terms in the third q… Read More
2017-11-20 18:56
On November 4, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of Egypt inaugurated the World Youth Forum, an international conference hosted in the country’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh.Do… Read More
2017-11-20 14:25
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and her husband, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday marked 70 years of their marriage.The couple got married in Westminster Abbey, Lon… Read More
2017-11-20 14:22
Investment banker and former Chief of Staff to Abia State Government, Hon. Mascot Kalu has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the only political party with the collective… Read More
2017-11-20 14:18
Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas, Ifeanyi Ubah, has commended the conduct of the Anambra governorship election.He also hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for not interfering in the exerc… Read More
2017-11-20 14:14
The Federal Government has proposed to spend N7.26 billion on the Presidential Air Fleet, PAF, in the 2018 budget proposal, details by the Budget Office of the Federation have shown.Of… Read More
2017-11-20 13:13
A Federal High Court in Lagos will on Jan. 23, 2018, resume hearing of a $406.8 million suit instituted by the Federal Government against Shell Western Supply & Trading Ltd, over c… Read More
2017-11-20 12:58
The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been adjourned till December 5, after an earlier reschedule for Monday was cancelled following a judges&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-11-20 11:01
The Supreme Court in Kenya has upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Mr. Kenyatta is now to be sworn in for his second term on November 28. While giv… Read More
2017-11-20 10:55
Hull City's Russian manager Leonid Slutsky has started preparing Ola Aina for a left-back role at the 2018 World Cup.The Nigeria international was deployed as a left-back in the Tigers… Read More
2017-11-20 10:50
Nigeria’s first Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme died on November 19, in London, the United Kingdom.Ekwueme was flown abroad with the support of the Federal government… Read More
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