I don’t need high chiefs’ endorsement to install chiefs —Olubadan
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has said he does not need the endorsement of the high chiefs before he can confer honorary traditional titles on recipients. Our...
View ArticleAnambra poll: Chidoka gets clerics’ backing
Tony Okafor, Awka Barely a week to the Anambra State governorship election, some clerics in the state have given their support to a former aviation minister, Mr. Osita Chidoka, who is the standard...
View ArticleVarsity degree not enough to be successful, says Osinbajo
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerian youths to utilise the productive period of their lives, noting that while time waits for no one, obtaining a degree...
View ArticleN13bn Ikoyi cash: Whistle-blower may get N325m reward
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja There were indications on Thursday that the man who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the $43m, N23.2m and £27,800 (N13bn) recovered from an Ikoyi...
View ArticleOne suspected vandal electrocuted, 8 others arrested in Enugu
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has arrested eight suspected vandals in two weeks in various parts of the South-East. The EEDC’s Head of Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement in...
View ArticleTrump defiant on trade, vows to put ‘America First’
President Donald Trump gave a spirited airing of his “America First” doctrine in a speech to Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday, vowing his country will “no longer tolerate” unfair trade, closed markets...
View ArticleRecovered N13bn: Court orders forfeiture of Ikoyi flat
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 were discovered...
View ArticleBuhari returns to his office 81 days after rat invasion
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja About 81 days after he returned to the country from his medical trip to London, United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday finally returned to his main office inside...
View ArticleUPDATED: 82 foreigners planning to go to Syria held in Istanbul
Turkish authorities detained 82 foreigners planning to go to Syria and suspected of links to IS in a string of anti-terror raids in Istanbul, state media reported on Friday. The suspects had...
View Article$1.4m scam: Documents raise fresh posers for Defence minister, others
Olaleye Aluko with agency reports Fresh documents about the controversy over an alleged $1.4m contract scam have indicated that the Minister of Defence, Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), and two of...
View ArticleCourt jails filming crew two months over drone use
A Myanmar court sentenced a foreign filming crew and their local colleagues to two months in prison Friday for flying a drone over parliament, their lawyer said. Lau Hon Meng from Singapore, Mok Choy...
View ArticleIndian city bans begging ahead of Ivanka Trump’s visit
A city in southern India has banned begging in public places ahead of a three-day summit that Ivanka Trump is due to attend, police said Friday. The daughter of the US president will join India’s...
View Article10,000 Lagosians head for Unilag daily to earn living
The University of Lagos says it is providing business opportunities for more than 10,000 Lagos residents. Prof. Rahamon Bello, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, made this known at a forum with the News...
View ArticleFG to partly fund 2018 budget with N500bn recovered loot – Sagay
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government is to partly fund the proposed N8.6 trillion budget for 2018 with N500bn recovered through its anti-corruption efforts, the Chairman of the Presidential...
View ArticleCourt dismisses Evans’ applications to quash murder, illegal firearms charges
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has dismissed two applications seeking to quash charges of murder and illegal sales of firearms preferred against alleged kidnapper, Chukwudumeme...
View ArticleBuhari, Christian leaders meet inside Aso Rock
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria. The CAN delegation is led by its President, Rev....
View ArticleMassaging pregnant women harmful to babies – Physiotherapist
Mr Popoola Olugbenga, a Physiotherapist with Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa has expressed concern over the habit of giving native massage to pregnant women in the state. Olugbenga, who is also the...
View ArticleVatican urges dialogue, consultation over nuclear threats
The Vatican on Friday urged world leaders to shun any unilateral action and seek dialogue to respond to the threat of nuclear weapons. The appeal came at the opening of a two-day conference on nuclear...
View ArticleMonkey Pox: LG boss warns against eating bush meat
Alhaji Abdullahi Muktar, the Sole Administrator of Kauru Local Government in Kaduna State has warned people of the area against eating bush meat. He gave the warning during a meeting with unions of...
View ArticleCongolese militia members on trial for raping over 40 children
Eighteen members of a Congolese militia were on trial on Friday for raping more than 40 young girls, some of them just babies, believing sex with virgins could protect them from bullets. The men who...
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