Senate hails Buhari, Onaiyekan wants Lawal, Oke tried
Leke Baiyewu and Adelani Adepegba The Senate on Tuesday backed President Muhammadu Buhari on the sacking of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal. The Senate...
View ArticleAPC NEC meeting: Govs’ bid to get automatic 2019 ticket for Buhari fails
• President to appoint more ministers, heads of agencies John Alechenu, Abuja A move by some governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to use the platform of the National Executive...
View ArticleSocial media outcry: NNPC GMD cancels dinner with lawmakers
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja A dinner that was meant to hold at 7pm on Tuesday between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and members of the National Assembly was cancelled by the oil firm...
View ArticleNigerians consume 400 million condoms yearly – SFH
Akeem Lasisi The Society of Family Health has said that Nigerians consume over 400 million condoms annually. Its Managing Director, Bright Ekweremadu, said this in Lagos on Tuesday. He was, however,...
View ArticleIn Belgium for ‘safety’, axed Catalan leader summoned to Spain court
Spain’s top criminal court summoned Catalonia’s axed separatist leader for questioning, hours after he appeared in Brussels insisting he remained the “legitimate president” of a region now under...
View ArticleNorth Korea slams ‘incurably mentally deranged’ Trump
North Korea slammed US President Donald Trump as “incurably mentally deranged” in a personal attack ahead of his first visit to Asia, as the South’s leader insisted Washington could not take military...
View Article200,000 living with HIV in Oyo —NACA DG
The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr. Sani Aliyu, says an estimated 200,000 people are living with HIV in Oyo State. He said this on Tuesday in Ibadan during a courtesy...
View ArticleMetuh: DSS bows to court order, produces Dasuki
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Department of State Services has finally produced the detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in compliance with an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja,...
View ArticlePolice confirm release of abducted nurse in Gombe
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu, on Wednesday, confirmed the release of Mr Ephraim Ajuji, a nurse who was abducted by hoodlums in the early hours of Tuesday in Dadin-Kowa town...
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BREAKING: Court dismisses Diezani’s application for trial in Nigeria
I won’t be used to frustrate Diezani’s UK trial, says judge Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday rejected an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs....
View ArticleEFCC may place bounty on ex-Pension chief
Sola Fabiyi, Eniola Akinkuotu, Peter Dada and Godwin Isenyo As the ex-Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, continues to evade arrest, the Economic...
View Article‘Girl suicide bomber’ kills five children at Nigeria/Cameroon border
Five children were killed Tuesday night and two others wounded by a suicide bomber described as a “young girl” in a northern region of Cameroon plagued by Boko Haram attacks, sources said Wednesday. “A...
View ArticleWild elephant kills 35-year-old man
A wild elephant in Nepal killed a 35-year-old man who attempted to chase it away, Police said on Wednesday. The man was among a group of villagers who tried to chase away a herd of four wild elephants...
View ArticleLiberia’s Supreme Court halts presidential run-off
Liberia’s Supreme Court has stayed the November 7 presidential run-off election until it considers a challenge to first-round results by a losing candidate who has alleged fraud. Third-place finisher...
View ArticleEkwueme collapses at home, admitted in Enugu hospital
Ozioma Ubabukoh Second republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, has collapsed and is currently at the Intensive Care Unit of Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, by Penok petrol station in Trans-Ekulu,...
View ArticleCargo ship sinks with 10 Turkish crew in Black Sea
A cargo ship sank in the Black Sea off Istanbul on Wednesday and a search and rescue operation is underway for the 10 Turkish crew members, the coastguard said. The ship sent a distress signal early on...
View ArticleTransformer explosion kills 14 at wedding
At least 14 people, most of them women, were killed when an electric transformer exploded during a wedding in India’s North-Western State of Rajasthan, the Police said on Wednesday. The blast occurred...
View ArticleNigerians must work against another war, says Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged all Nigerians to decide not to allow the country to witness another civil war by their actions and inactions. He said the step was...
View ArticleUS truck attacker left note claiming ISIS allegiance
The man who drove his pickup truck down a crowded a New York bike path killing eight people left a note claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group, US media reported Wednesday. The New York Times,...
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