2017-11-06 23:33
The Federal Government is considering all options to sustain peace in the Niger Delta. It is appealing to militants to drop their plan to disrupt oil production, report AUGUSTINE EHIKIOYA, M… Read More
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2017-11-06 23:20
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairmanship aspirant Chief Olabode George spoke with EMMANUEL OLADESU and MUSA ODOSHIMOKHE on his ambition, his plans for the party and how to avoid… Read More
2017-11-06 23:06
The British Foreign Office has announced that it will no longer make any comment on the 13 British nationals abducted in Delta State on October 13. The decision was contained in a statement… Read More
2017-11-06 21:57
The former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said the Zero Hunger programme of the federal government would end poverty and hunger in Ebonyi Sta… Read More
2017-11-06 21:36
With portfolio inflows rising in the past three months on crude price increases above $60 a barrel as well as money managers taking heart from a new foreign-exchange trading window, in… Read More
2017-11-06 21:33
Nigeria has been elected Vice Chairman of the Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission… Read More
2017-11-06 21:30
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada.The anti-graft agency traced N500m to the former governor’s accou… Read More
2017-11-06 21:27
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibo-Ete Ibas, declared on Monday, that the Nigerian Navy had reinforced security measures to combat militancy, insurgency, sea pirates, kidnapping and… Read More
2017-11-06 21:23
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, says Nigeria has lost about N127 billion to cybercrime.He made this known at Nigeria’s first Legislative Stakeholders Conference on ICT and… Read More
2017-11-06 21:16
The Nigerian government has stated that the United Nation’s prediction that 2019 elections in Nigeria will be credible and violent free was a clear indication of the world&rs&hell…Read More
2017-11-06 20:24
Kaduna State government has vowed that there is no going back in its decision to sack the 21,780 teachers who failed competency test.The ‘Primary Four Test’ was administered by t… Read More
2017-11-06 20:20
Suspected members of the Boko Haram on Monday night attacked Bakin Dutse village as they advanced to Gulak administrative headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.The… Read More
2017-11-06 20:18
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to commence nationwide indefinite strike from November 13.Addressing newsmen in Abuja Monday, after the union’s emergency… Read More
2017-11-06 20:10
Amnesty International has called on governments at all levels to take urgent steps to crack down on tax evasion and attendant corrupt actions by wealthy individuals, government officials and… Read More
2017-11-06 20:06
Chelsea’s technical director, Michael Emenalo has quit his job at the club.Emenalo is a key confidant of owner Roman Abramovich at Stamford Bridge.He resigned from his role, according… Read More
2017-11-06 20:02
Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on sunday defended himself over the leaked Paradise papers wherein he was alleged to have offended the law.Saraki in a statement by his special Advi… Read More
2017-11-06 19:58
The Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has debunked the rumour that government has run out of stock of the anti-snake venom for the treatment of snake bite victims.Reacting to the report… Read More
2017-11-06 19:54
Nigerian Male Barbie, Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, AKA Bobrisky has opened up on his sexuality.The internet personality who has severally denied being gay although agreed he is in a relationshi… Read More
2017-11-06 19:50
The mother of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr. Mike Omotosho, has been abducted by four unknown gunmen.It was gathered that the 71-year-old woman, Mrs Elizabeth Omotosho, was k… Read More
2017-11-06 19:50
The mother of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr. Mike Omotosho, has been abducted by four unknown gunmen.It was gathered that the 71-year-old woman, Mrs Elizabeth Omotosho, was k… Read More
2017-11-06 19:47
Zimbabwe’s Vice-President, Emmerson Mnangagwa has been removed from office.Information Minister, Simon Khaya Moyo disclosed this in a statement on Monday.According to him, 75-year-old… Read More
2017-11-06 19:44
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to reports that he has foreign assets.This is contained in a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.It reads:… Read More
2017-11-06 19:41
The spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, says the United Nation’s prediction that 2019 elections in Nigeria will be credible and violent free is yet another indicat… Read More
2017-11-06 19:37
Justice Raheem Siyanbola of the Osun State High Court has sentenced one Mr. Olaniyan Isaah to five years imprisonment for biting his neighbour’s ear.Olaniyan was first arraigned before… Read More
2017-11-06 19:32
A former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has denied being behind the Niger Delta Avengers.Tompolo was accused by the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA… Read More
2017-11-06 19:28
A British opticia and missionary, Ian Squire, who was abducted three weeks ago, along with three others, has been reported dead.The three others got released and have been reunited with thei… Read More
2017-11-06 07:37
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), the umbrella body of youths from south eastern part of the country, Sunday slammed the World Igbo Youth Council (WIYC), for ruling out Abia State Governor… Read More
2017-11-06 07:34
Reno Omokri, a former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, has raised the alarm over what he described as President Muhammadu Buhari’s lack of intention an… Read More
2017-11-06 07:29
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Borno, yesterday, said it has uncovered a prostitution ring in various colleges and tertiary institutions in the state.The Cor… Read More
2017-11-06 07:25
A Saudi prince was killed on Sunday when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the border with Yemen.Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was travellin… Read More
2017-11-06 07:21
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, is in trouble again. On Sunday his name popped up in the global list of infamy exposing some leading world politicians for utilising shel… Read More
2017-11-06 07:15
A former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima has declared that he would contest the 2019 Presidential election if President Muhammadu Buhari declines to seek a re-election.H… Read More
2017-11-06 07:12
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has accused the United Nations and the Federal Government of paying lip service to issues about Southern Cameroon.This is coming as as thousands of Came… Read More
2017-11-06 07:09
The statement further revealed “it was while people were dispersing that mobile policemen arrived the scene and started firing teargas and eventually live bullets.”Ibrahim Musa a… Read More
2017-11-06 07:06
A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said that despite the difficult economic situation Nigerians are facing, they should keep hope alive as the challenges will soon fad… Read More
2017-11-06 07:03
No fewer than ninety-one victims of snakebite have died in the last three weeks in Plateau and Gombe states, following an acute scarcity of snake anti-venom drugs in the country.The figure r… Read More
2017-11-06 06:59
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has announced that a military joint patrol tagged “Harbin Kunama II” would soon commence in Zamfara state to completely wipe out terroris… Read More
2017-11-06 06:56
A former Military Head of State, General Abdullsalami Abubakar has said the major challenge facing Nigeria as a nation now was national unity and cohesion.General Abubakar, who spoke while r… Read More
2017-11-06 06:53
Elder statesman and National Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has appealed to the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, to shield its threat to recommence bombing… Read More
2017-11-06 06:49
Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina, the former Senate leader, has said President Muhammadu Buhari can’t fight corruption because he is surrounded by corrupt officials.The former Senate le… Read More
2017-11-06 06:43
Some persons suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been arrested by the Abia State Police Command.The suspected IPOB members were arrested for being in posse… Read More
2017-11-06 06:37
Some members of the House of Representatives, numbering about 160 have rejected its leadership’s offer to provide them with official cars.They instead want the money transferred into t… Read More
2017-11-06 06:33
Hong Kong - Asian stocks mostly fell on Monday morning, as US President Donald Trump lashed out at "not fair and open" trade practices and China's central bank governor warned of excessive d… Read More
2017-11-06 06:29
President Robert Mugabe's wife yesterday said she is ready to succeed her husband as tensions rise in Zimbabwe's ruling party over who will take over from the country's ageing leader.“… Read More
2017-11-06 06:23
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken concerning Nigeria’s current economy situation.Obasanjo spoke at the 52nd Annual Service of Songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, the Kwa… Read More
2017-11-06 06:20
Dear Mr. President,I believe you will not mind my scant courtesy. It is due to the sense of urgency with which I am writing this letter. However, it does not detract from the very high regar… Read More
2017-11-06 06:15
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said he is not aware if his principal was involved in the reinstatement of former chairman of the… Read More
2017-11-06 06:12
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has filed a libel suit against the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Hamman Misau.Idris is demanding N5 billion as… Read More
2017-11-06 06:01
A letter, believed to have been written by a soldier currently attached to the Operation Lafiya Dole, the military anti-insurgency operation in the North-East, to President Muhamma… Read More
2017-11-06 05:58
Descriptions of Nigeria’s economy often include such phrases as ‘Africa’s largest oil producer’ and ‘the oil rich African nation’ but oil economies are ty… Read More
2017-11-06 05:54
There is no doubt, the caliber and quality of people working closely with any leader will eventually determine whether the vision of such a leader will be achieved or not.It is also clear th… Read More
2017-11-05 20:43
Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Les Ferdinand has praised Arsenal Nigerian forward Alex Iwobi as the best player for Arsenal in their 1-3 loss to Manchester City at the Etihad.Ferdinand was… Read More
2017-11-05 20:42
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-1 in a Sunday’s Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium.The match saw six Arsenal players receive yellow card.Kevin de Bruyne got on the score she… Read More
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2017-11-05 20:06
Tiwa Savage has just released the official music video for ¨Malo¨.The Mavin Records queen and first lady released the audio of this song a couple of weeks ago and it became an instan… Read More
2017-11-05 20:00
Veteran Nollywood actor cum TV presenter, Sadiq Daba has opened up on his health challenges following confirmation that he has prostate cancer shortly after he was hospitalised for months du… Read More
2017-11-05 19:49
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has said he has no legal obligation to account for how 35 states of the federation spent the N388.3bn Paris Club loan refund rel… Read More
2017-11-05 19:30
Manchester bomber Salman Abedi has been buried in Libya after UK mosques refused to deal with his body. Abedi killed 22 people and injured 120 when he detonated a bomb outside the Arian… Read More
2017-11-05 19:26
The Deputy Gov. of Borno , Usman Durkwa says strategies are being put in place to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state return to their communities before the firs… Read More
2017-11-05 19:18
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has amended the criminal charges it filed against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Nwobike.The SAN was charged last year March with five… Read More
2017-11-05 19:12
Femi Falana, Lagos activist lawyer, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sanction all government officials involved in the reinstatement of the former Chairman of the Presidentia… Read More
2017-11-05 19:06
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the people and Government of Enugu State on the successful conduct of the November 4, 2017 Local Government elec… Read More
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2017-11-05 18:59
Indications have emerged showing that the ‘full list’ of all the appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari since he assumed office on May 29, 2015 as released by the Presid… Read More
2017-11-05 18:45
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has asked the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the relevant legislation guiding th… Read More
2017-11-05 18:38
Victor Moses was not named in Chelsea's match squad for the Premier League clash against Manchester United because he has not fully recovered from a hamstring injury he sustained three weeks… Read More
2017-11-05 18:33
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has swept the 14 chairmanship election results released by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) in Saturday’s local government e… Read More
2017-11-05 18:28
The Federal Government has suspended the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, from further carrying out any official operati… Read More
2017-11-05 18:21
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared 21 days mourning for its members who died during the military invasion of the home of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at Afara Ukwu, Umuahia, Abi… Read More
2017-11-05 18:17
The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is negotiating with the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to get a new investor for Ava Cement Factory l… Read More
2017-11-05 18:12
The joy of the people of Olero Creek, a coastal community in Warri North Local Government area of Delta State, knew no bounds weekend as they, for the first time, saw a vehicle driven into t… Read More
2017-11-04 22:33
Actor Charles Inojie has revealed that he proposed to his wife via a phone call.Meanwhile the comic actor in his interview with Saturday Beats;“My wife and I had been friends and lover… Read More
2017-11-04 22:21
In recent weeks, President Trump and his allies have been desperately seeking to divert attention away from the Russia/Trump investigation by ginning up an alternative review of a Democratic… Read More
2017-11-04 22:10
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, said the air component of “Operation Ruwan Wuta II” hit a “mass gathering” of Boko Haram terrorists in their hideout at Sambisa forest area o… Read More
2017-11-04 22:02
Ex-President George W Bush has criticised Donald Trump, saying “this guy doesn’t know what it means to be President”.Mr. Bush went on record along with his father, George H… Read More
2017-11-04 21:55
The chairman of Action Democratic Party in Jos East Local Government Area, Josiah Waziri Fursom, has been killed by unknown assassins.The party’s Director of Media, Kayode Jacobs, said… Read More
2017-11-04 20:28
Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, said he ought to have died going by his lifestyle.It was the shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist t… Read More
2017-11-04 20:19
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe openly pilloried his deputy and possible successor Saturday, saying he might sack him, in a combative speech at a rally where his wife Grace was booed by s… Read More
2017-11-04 20:05
Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently engulfed in another survival crisis as leaders of the party on Saturday held two separate state congresses.The congresses… Read More
2017-11-04 19:59
A socio-political group, G42 Imo Liberation Forum, has warned the Okorocha government to desist from “waste of tax payers’ money”.The group said it received information tha… Read More
2017-11-04 19:51
The U.S. military says an American service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon.The U.S. command in Afghanistan said the service member died of injuries sustained during an… Read More
2017-11-04 19:31
She is always the centre of attention in her glamorous and revealing ensembles. And Joanna Krupa ensured all eyes were on her as she went out for dinner in West Hollywood on F… Read More
2017-11-04 19:08
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday bombarded Boko Haram terrorists holding a meeting inside Sambisa forest.Air Commodore, Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, s… Read More
2017-11-04 18:32
Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc has signed an agreement with three companies – Messrs. Marks & Adams Investment limited, Electricity Meter Company of Nigeria, EMCON, and Holley… Read More
2017-11-04 18:28
The U.S. military for the first time has conducted two airstrikes against Islamic State group fighters in Somalia, where the extremists are a growing presence in a country long threatened by… Read More
2017-11-04 18:23
The Presidency has released a full list of all the appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari since he assumed office on May 29, 2015.The Special Adviser to the President on Media and P… Read More
2017-11-04 18:15
If you're a woman who's ever walked down the street wearing a pair of ripped jeans, you deserve to be sexually assaulted and harassed — at least, that's according to conservative Egypt… Read More
2017-11-04 18:09
The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, citing “specific threat information” against them.The stateme… Read More
2017-11-04 18:04
Protesters in Hawaii mocked Donald Trump with signs that said "welcome to Kenya" as the President touched down on the first leg of his Asia-Pacific tour.Making light of the President's past… Read More
2017-11-04 17:56
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked the Indian Embassy in Kenya to send the details about reports of an Indian boy being killed in Nairobi.Her response came after one Netra P… Read More
2017-11-04 17:52
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party from the South-West region has pruned down the number of candidates who are vying for the position of the national chairman of the party… Read More
2017-11-04 17:46
Former captain of Nigeria U17 and 20 team Musa Muhammed has recapture the form that made Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir splashed big to sign him three years ago.Musa is presently out on hi… Read More
2017-11-04 17:43
Tragedy struck in Auchi Polytechnic Weekend as a female graduate of the institution, Uloko Laurenta Apaume, was reportedly shot dead by a member of the Auchi community vigilante group during… Read More
2017-11-04 17:39
Former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo has expressed optimism over the peaceful and successful conduct of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State.He said there was no ne… Read More
2017-11-04 17:34
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday bombarded Boko Haram terrorists holding a meeting inside Sambisa forest.Air Commodore, Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, s… Read More
2017-11-04 09:54
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rubbished claims that a United Nations delegation was in Enugu to congratulate pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, for the “suc… Read More
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2017-11-04 09:48
A young man recently raised alarm after a lady he met on Facebook stole his ATM cards and money in his hotel room.The man stated that he met the lady, who identified herself as Miss Precious… Read More
2017-11-04 09:31
Governor of Kogi state Yahaya Bello has denied reports of his administration’s involvement in the murder of a leader of the Non-academic staff union (NASU) in the state, Mallam Abdulmu… Read More
2017-11-04 09:22
Halloween was days ago, and we thought that the winners of the 2017 fancy dress battle had already been decided.Kim Kardashian as Cher, Heidi Klum as the Thriller werewolf and &hell…Read More
2017-11-04 09:05
Stoke City kickoff Gameweek 11 by hosting Claude Puel’s Leicester City (12.30pm) before Southampton host Burley and Bournemouth visit St James’ Park to take on Newcastle. Li… Read More
2017-11-04 09:00
Last night, on November 2, I was lucky enough to witness my eighth-straight WWE Live Event at the 3Arena Dublin.It was SmackDown Live's first date of the European Tour, with Superstars like… Read More
2017-11-04 08:56
Hamilton shook to its foundations as Tonga and Samoa united for one of the most special sporting atmospheres New Zealand has ever seen.You got goosebumps just walking to FMG Stadium Wai… Read More
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