NNPC shakeup: Ohanaeze tackles Buhari, says President sidelining Igbo
Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei and Okechukwu Nnodim, The apex socio-political organisation for the Igbo, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appealed to President Muhammedu Buhari to revisit the recent...
View ArticleExchange rate: International airlines increase fares by 18%
Oyetunji Abioye and Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi International airfares from Nigeria to all global destinations have gone up by another 10 per cent, after an initial increase of eight per cent about three...
View ArticleWhy ex-Gov Sylva recovered 48 houses – EFCC
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has explained why a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, was able to recover the 48 houses it seized from him. The EFCC...
View ArticleSouth Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences
South Korea and the United States will deploy more of the anti-missile defences hated by China in response to Sunday’s nuclear test by North Korea, Seoul’s defence ministry said Monday. Two launchers...
View ArticleBenue crisis may worsen as NEMA threatens strike
Olusola Fabiyi, Eniola Akinkuotu and Okechukwu Nnodim The humanitarian crisis in Benue State and other distressed communities may worsen as officials of the National Emergency Management Agency have...
View ArticleMarketers fault NNPC as corporation says fuel price down to N142/litre
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Sunday announced that its sustained strategic intervention in the efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products had led...
View ArticleAkinyele, AP lawmakers fault installation of 21 new Ibadan kings
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A former Director of Budget and Special Adviser on Budget Affairs to ex-President Shehu Shagari, Theophilus Akinyele, has faulted the Oyo State Government over the installation...
View ArticleVolkswagen, partners recall 1.82m vehicles over faulty fuel pump in China
German car giant Volkswagen and its two Chinese joint-ventures will recall 1.82 million vehicles in China, the country’s top consumer watchdog said Monday, in a new setback for the scandal-hit...
View ArticleChina makes diplomatic protest to North Korea over nuke test
China said on Monday it had lodged an official protest with its ally North Korea following Pyongyang’s largest-ever nuclear weapons test. The massive explosion, which Pyongyang claimed was a...
View ArticlePrince William, Kate expecting third child
Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace announced on Monday, adding that she would not be attending a planned engagement due to a severe form of morning...
View ArticleCourt jails judge eight years for receiving $10,000 bribe
An Indonesian Court on Monday sentenced a Constitutional Court judge to eight years in prison for corruption. The anti-corruption court in Jakarta found Patrialis Akbar guilty of receiving 10,000...
View ArticleSuspect in French missing girl case admits child ‘got into his car’
The man charged with kidnapping a nine-year-old French girl during an Alps wedding has admitted during police questioning that she got into his car but denies abducting her, his lawyer told AFP on...
View ArticleN50,000 police bribe: Lagos CP orders removal of OC Anti-Kidnapping
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the removal of the Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Cultism Squad, State Criminal Investigation and...
View ArticleFire that killed nine Kenyan schoolgirls started deliberately – Minister
A weekend fire at a Kenyan high school dormitory that killed nine teenaged girls was started deliberately, Kenya’s education minister said Monday. Fred Matiangi said arson was to blame while announcing...
View ArticleOjude Oba festival excites Awujale, Amosun
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, have described Ojude Oba as a cultural festival that has come...
View ArticleKogi Lassa fever patient dies
The sick woman in Kogi, Miss Aisha Jimoh, who was confirmed to have contracted the dreaded Lassa fever is dead. A brother to the deceased, Mr Asipita Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja...
View ArticleNAF commences medical assistance to Benue flood victims
The Nigerian Air Force, on Monday inaugurated medical assistance programme to meet the medical needs of the recent flood victims in Makurdi, Benue. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF...
View ArticleMcDonald’s staff stage first ever UK strike
McDonald’s workers staged the first ever strike in Britain on Monday in protest at pay and working conditions at the US fast-food giant. About 40 workers gathered outside two restaurants in Crayford,...
View ArticleBrazil breaks up international cocaine ring
Brazilian police fanned out across five states and the capital early Monday to smash an international drugs trafficking ring that allegedly shipped six tons of cocaine to Europe in the last year alone....
View ArticleReps will revisit restructuring, says Lasun
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Lasun Yusuf, has said the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly will revisit the issue of devolution of power,...
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