APC to field professors in Enugu local council polls
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Two professors are among the candidates that would be fielded by the All Progressives Congress in the November 4 2017 local government elections in Enugu State. Chairman of the...
View ArticleIG warns constables against corruption, indiscipline
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has warned new police constables against acts capable of tarnishing the image of the Nigeria Police Force. Idris gave the warning on Friday at the...
View ArticleMiss Turkey loses crown over contentious coup tweet
The winner of Turkey’s national beauty pageant was Friday forced to hand back her crown hours after winning, over a tweet relating to the failed coup which was deemed offensive. Itir Esen, 18, won...
View ArticleLagos cult leader, Small Jpron, re-arraigned
A notorious cultist and ex-convict, Ibrahim Oriyomi Balogun, a.k. a. Small Jpron, was on Friday re-arraigned in Lagos barely a year after he was prosecuted for cult-related offences. Balogun, 35, who...
View ArticleSweeper held for molesting 9-year-old girl in school toilet
A sweeper, Tarun Kumar, 22, in a Panipat school was arrested on Friday arrested for molesting a 9-year-old girl student in the toilet of The Millennium School. The accused according to the police is a...
View ArticleLondon bombing: Teenager bought components on Amazon, says prosecutor
A teenager accused of planting a bomb on a London Underground train last week allegedly bought components on Amazon, packing the device with shrapnel, a prosecutor said Friday. Ahmed Hassan, 18,...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills nine IDPs in Borno
Boko Haram fighters killed nine people from a camp that was mistakenly bombed by the military earlier this year, an aid worker and a resident said on Friday. The aid worker, who asked not to be...
View ArticleFG not against state power projects – Fashola
The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not against state governments developing their own power projects to support development and supply of incremental power. The Minster of Power, Works and...
View ArticleICYMI: Court dissolves Onigbinde’s 30-year marriage
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has dissolved the 30-year-old marriage between former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde and Anne due to irreconcilable...
View ArticleMexico extends search for quake survivors
Mexican authorities on Friday extended a search for survivors of this week’s devastating earthquake that killed nearly 300 people, with foreign rescue teams helping as the window for finding anybody...
View ArticleIlorin cemetery rejects corpse killed by lightning
The management of llorin Muslim Cemetery on Friday rejected the corpse of a 47-year-old civil servant, Mr Salami Adekunle, who was killed by lightning in Oro, lrepodun Local Government Area of Kwara....
View ArticleOPEC extends Nigeria’s exemption from crude oil production cap
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Friday extended Nigeria’s exemption from crude oil production cap following the countries plea to be exempted until it...
View ArticleCleric suspended for calling women ‘quarter brained’
A Saudi cleric who said women should not be allowed to drive because they have a “quarter” of the brainpower of men has been banned from preaching, media reported Friday. Saad al-Hijri was suspended...
View ArticleProtests spread in English-speaking Cameroon regions
Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets in English-speaking parts of Cameroon in protest at perceived discrimination in favour of the country’s francophone majority, concurring sources...
View ArticleIPOB: South East govs averted another civil war – Coalition
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A coalition of civil society groups has commended the manner the South-East governors handled the rising threat to the nation’s stability and unity, saying they averted another...
View ArticleTrump’s travel ban could be expanded after Sunday
President Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America’s door will reopen for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries. After the 90-day ban ends,...
View ArticleEvery group like IPOB will be proscribed –Presidency
The Presidency, on Thursday, said every other group that operated like the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, would also be proscribed and tag a terrorist organisation. The Senior Special...
View ArticleNigeria’s breakup not an option – Mark
Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has again stated that Nigerians must move on together as breakup was not an option. In a statement issued on Friday by his Media Aide, Paul Mumeh,...
View ArticleIstanbul mayor steps down without explanation
Istanbul’s mayor stepped down on Friday, giving no reason for his action a year and half ahead of the next scheduled elections, according to media reports. Kafir Topbas said he would remain a member of...
View ArticleKill my son if he’s involved with drugs, President Duterte orders police
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he would have his son killed if accusations of drug trafficking against him proved true, and that he also would protect the police who would kill his son from...
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