Court reserves judgment on FG’s appeal against Saraki’s acquittal
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the appeal filed by the Federal Government to challenge the acquittal of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, by...
View ArticleWork begins on Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway next week
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday, disclosed that reconstruction work would start on the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway next week. Dangote said this...
View ArticleBlackout delays Medview aircraft’s landing at Abuja airport
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Panic gripped passengers on a Medview Airlines flight coming from Lagos to Abuja on Tuesday as the plane could not land immediately due to outage at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
View ArticleLabourers escape death as truck crashes in Gombe
Many labourers narrowly escaped death in Gombe last Sunday when a truck laden with sacks of grains crashed near the Federal College of Education roundabout. Though no one died in the accident, many of...
View ArticleFG links 2,671 seized rifles to Nnamdi Kanu
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government said on Tuesday that the 2,671 pump action rifles illegally imported from Turkey but intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service on four different occasions...
View ArticleNavy warns N’ Delta Avengers against threat to resume hostilities
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has warned members of the Niger Delta Avengers against their threat to resume hostilities on oil facilities in the region....
View Article258 more Nigerians arrive from Libya
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi About 258 Nigerians were on Tuesday evacuated from Libya by the International Migration Organisation. The National Emergency Management Agency which received them, said 238...
View ArticlePeace corps asks IG to unseal headquarters
Afeez Hanafi The Peace Corps of Nigeria on Tuesday urged the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to respect the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja which held that its headquarters be...
View ArticleCelebrations as Australians back same-sex marriage
Emotional celebrations erupted across Australia Wednesday as voters emphatically endorsed same-sex marriage after more than a decade of divisive debate, and political leaders immediately took the...
View ArticleFormer Argentine football official commits suicide
A former Argentine football official committed suicide Tuesday, the same day he was accused of bribe-taking in the FIFA corruption trial that opened in New York this week, Argentine media reported....
View Article5.4-magnitude quake hits South Korea
A rare 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit South Korea’s southeast Wednesday afternoon, the second most powerful quake on record, in a country that seldom experiences significant tremors. The quake, which...
View ArticleJAMB fixes dates for 2018 examination
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Wednesday morning that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2018 would hold on March 9 to March 17, 2018. The JAMB...
View ArticleZimbabwe army detains finance minister – Govt source
Zimbabwe’s military detained Finance Minister, Ignatius Chombo, on Wednesday after seizing power in an attempt to root out “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe, a government source said. Chombo...
View ArticleUPDATED: No to ‘unconstitutional’ change of Zimbabwe govt – South Africa
South Africa on Wednesday urged neighbouring Zimbabwe to resist any “unconstitutional changes” of government as President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power appeared threatened by the military. President...
View ArticlePower slips from Mugabe as military steps in
Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country Wednesday as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target “criminals” close to President Robert Mugabe....
View ArticleIsrael destroys home of Palestinian who killed three
The Israeli army on Wednesday destroyed the home of a Palestinian who killed three Israelis at the entrance to a settlement in the occupied West Bank, the army said. An army spokeswoman said the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mugabe under house arrest – Zuma
President Robert Mugabe is under house arrest in Zimbabwe, South Africa said Wednesday, adding it was sending envoys on behalf of the region’s bloc after the army apparently took over. “President Zuma...
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[PHOTOS] Military vehicles block road outside Zimbabwe parliament
Military vehicles block road outside Zimbabwe parliament. See the photos, courtesy, AFP:
View ArticleIllegal firearms possession: Court dismisses Dasuki’s application for...
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a motion by the detained immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), seeking an order to suspend and...
View ArticlePope gets $237,000 Lamborghini as gift
Lamborghini gave Pope Francis a personalised white supercar on Wednesday, but he put it up for auction to raise money for charity rather than give up his trademark popemobile. The Huracan sports car,...
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