Federer wins Shanghai Masters
Roger Federer said he “saved the best for last” after he beat great rival Rafael Nadal for the fifth time in succession to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, AFP reports. The surprisingly one-sided...
View ArticleGroup laments food wastage
Sesan Olufowobi A non-governmental organisation, the Foodclique Support Initiative, has said there is the need to stop open wastage of food across the country, especially at parties. The Media Director...
View ArticleFG hands over fish ponds, poultry to 73 ex-militants
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt The Federal Government has handed over fish ponds, farms and poultry to no fewer than 73 ex-militants in the Niger Delta as part of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The...
View ArticleReps summon NBC, Seven-Up, Cadbury, 88 others over harmful soft drinks
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives has summoned the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited and 90 other major carbonated/soft drinks manufacturing companies in the country over allegation of...
View ArticleW’Bank projects: SLF, Ohanaeze, M’Belt groups, others berate Buhari
Friday Olokor, Success Nwogu, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Adelani Adepegba, and Godwin Isenyo President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the World Bank attracted more condemnations on Sunday as two...
View ArticleAllow S’West to produce PDP chair – Deputy zonal chairman
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has appealed to other geo-political zones in the southern part of the country to allow the national chairman of...
View ArticleFela used his art to fight bad governance – Ambode
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday said the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was as an enigmatic artiste who used his art to fight bad governance. The...
View ArticleGroup attacks Okorocha for erecting Zuma’s statue in Imo
Oladimeji Ramon A civil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, on Sunday berated the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, for playing host to the President of South...
View ArticleWitnesses’ absence stalls B’Haram mass-trial cases
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government has said the trial of some of the 1,670 Boko Haram suspects, detained in Wawa Barracks, Kainji, Niger State, is stalled due to absence of witnesses. The...
View ArticleNNPC didn’t award $25bn contracts, says Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja and Ovie Okpare, Warri The Presidency on Sunday said there was no truth in the media reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation awarded contracts worth $25bn. The...
View ArticlePolice sergeant, retired ASP arrested for ‘robbery’ in Lagos hotel
Afeez Hanafi A police sergeant serving at the Oworo Police Division, Lagos State, Yakubu Aiyegba, and a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Obosa Augustine, have been arrested for alleged...
View Article$5.5bn loan: FG not borrowing to pay salaries, says APC
John Alechenu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has rebuked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party over its criticisms of a plan by the Federal Government to borrow $5.5bn from the international...
View ArticleAiling minister returns from US medical trip
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, who was flown to the United States for medical treatment, came back on Sunday after spending 27 days. Anwuka, who...
View Article2017: NPA to spend N278bn of N288bn revenue
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Nigerian Ports Authority has projected N288bn revenue for the 2017 fiscal year and plans to spend N278bn on recurrent and capital expenditures, leaving only N10bn for the...
View ArticleNgige attacks Obi over Anambra poll
Tony Okafor, Awka The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that a former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi came into politics without a vision. Ngige spoke in Awka,...
View ArticleMaduro claims landslide win in disputed Venezuela elections
President Nicolas Maduro claimed a landslide victory Sunday in closely watched regional elections in Venezuela on Sunday, based on official results that the opposition immediately rejected. Maduro’s...
View ArticleAlaafin picks Gani Adams as new Aare Ona Kakanfo
Segun Olugbile, Olusola Fabiyi, Olufemi Atoyebi, and Eniola Akinkuotu The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Sunday declared the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Gani Adams, as...
View ArticleBuhari, AGF ask court to dismiss suits seeking Magu’s sacking
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out...
View ArticleAlleged scam: Fayose gives released commissioners, AG new cars
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday fulfilled his promise to reward the recently released Finance Commissioner, Toyin Ojo, and the state Accountant...
View ArticleLawmakers enjoy free treatment at Aso Rock clinic –Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday said members of the National Assembly were among persons who enjoyed free medical services from the State House Medical Centre which the federal...
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