IPOB mocks Ohanaeze, South East govs for losing SGF seat
Tony Okafor, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday described as “a shame” the Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership and the South-East governors failed bid to clinch the office of the Secretary to...
View ArticleI collected N30m Diezani money for logistics – INEC official
Oladimeji Ramon An ex-Administrative Secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Christian Nwosu, admitted on Thursday that he received and signed for the sum of N264.8m at a...
View ArticleGrazing bill: Herdsmen attack Benue, URCC knocks Miyetti Allah
John Charles, Makurdi About 24 hours after the anti-open grazing law by Benue State Government took effect, suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked some communities in Logo Local Government Area of the...
View ArticleAdeleke: Osun govt hails police for inviting Omisore
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State Government has thrown its weight behind the police invitation sent to a former Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, over the alleged assault on a...
View ArticleFive scientists win NLNG’s $100,000 science prize
Bukola Adebayo Five scientists have emerged as joint winners of the Nigeria $100,000 Prize for Science. The Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Science Prize, Prof. Akpoveta Susu, made the...
View ArticleEFCC sets up team to investigate Lawal
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set up a team to investigate the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal. A senior EFCC...
View ArticleWe didn’t endorse Fayose for president – CAN
Oladimeji Ramon The Christian Association of Nigeria says it has not endorsed the presidential ambition of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. The national leadership of the Christian body, in a...
View ArticlePalestinians and ‘names of burden’
Hitler, Castro and Saddam Hussein meet in a bar. It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but in the Palestinian territories, it is actually possible. Palestinians often name their children after...
View ArticleUS sends supersonic bombers over South Korea
US bombers overflew the Korean peninsula Thursday as part of an exercise with Japanese and South Korean warplanes, the US Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the region for a...
View ArticleZambia gives Nigerian pastor 48 hours to leave country over divisive conduct
Zambian authorities have given a pastor of Apostle Johnson Suleman’s Omega Fire Ministries International in Lusaka 48 hours to close shop and leave the country. The Zambian government alleged that...
View ArticleGlobal smartphone sales keep momentum – IDC
The global smartphone market has momentum going into the year-end holiday shopping season, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by International Data Corporation (IDC). An estimated 373.1...
View ArticleEFCC knows where Maina is, says ex-DSS director
Eniola Akinkuotu and Peter Dada a former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amacree, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission knows where the ex-Chairman of the...
View ArticleMetuh’s trial: Dasuki’s detention not basis to adjourn his testimony, court...
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Department of State Service has produced the detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, before the Federal High Court in Abuja for the Friday’s proceedings in the...
View ArticleEvans arrives Ikeja court for kidnapping trial
Oladimeji Ramon Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was this morning brought before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, amid what could be described as frenzied security....
View ArticleKidnapping kingpin, Evans, prays for bail
Oladimeji Ramon Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has filed an application seeking to be released on bail and for his case to be given an accelerated hearing. But the Lagos...
View ArticleNigerians in Chinese prisons seek transfer to Kirikiri, others
Many prisoners have inundated Nigeria, asking to be transferred from Chinese prisons, but such transfers are impossible for now. Transfer of prisoners from China to Nigeria can only be possible if...
View ArticleUPDATED: I can’t remember if Metuh received N400m to provide security...
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that he would not be able to remember if the sum of N400m paid to a...
View ArticleOutgoing Twitter worker responsible for Trump account outage
A Twitter employee on their last day with the company was responsible for taking down Donald Trump’s account, the social network said Thursday, as the president resumed tweeting after the 11-minute...
View ArticleUPDATED: Oyo schools protest unpaid salaries
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The six tertiary institutions owned by the Oyo State government, on Friday, protested the alleged non-payment of 15-month salaries by the state government. The schools are The...
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PHOTOS: Staff of Emmanuel Alayande CoE protest non-payment of salaries
The staff of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, on Friday, staged a protest over non-payment of their 13 months’ salaries. The peaceful rally led to gridlock in the town. The Chairman...
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