Court remands NCRI director in Prison
Enyioha Opara, Minna A Federal high court in Minna has ordered that the acting Executive Director of the National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Niger State, Dr Samuel Agboire, be remanded in...
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PHOTOS: Ambode donates 120 power generating sets to Lagos police command
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday handed over 120 new 5KVA generating sets to the Lagos State Police Command to power all police formations across the State, with a pledge of...
View ArticleHurricane Maria: Buhari orders evacuation of Nigerian students in Dominican...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate evacuation of Nigerian students stranded in Dominican Island occasioned by the reported Hurricane Maria that thrashed the Island. Nigerian students...
View ArticleINEC denies link with fake Facebook account
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday denied having any link with a Facebook account for Permanent Voter Card’s registration. The commission made the denial in a...
View ArticleMurder suspects took selfies with victim’s body parts
Russian investigators said on Monday they have detained a couple on suspicion of murdering a woman and eating her flesh after finding selfies with the victim’s body parts. The Investigative Committee...
View ArticleFG condemns deadly attack on Benin zoo
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Government has condemned the attack on Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin, Edo State, on Sunday, during which three policemen were killed and the Head of the Zoo, Dr....
View ArticleIPOB remains terrorist group, despite EU, US stance – Presidential aide
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Special Adviser to the President on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has described as inconsequential the recognition accorded the Indigenous People of Biafra by some foreign...
View ArticleDangote Group to invest $4.6 b in agriculture
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, has said that the company would invest 4.6 billion dollars in nation’s agricultural sector in the next five years. He listed sugar,...
View ArticleFG to spend N100bn Sukuk bond on 25 road projects
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government on Monday said it would spend the N100bn to be raised from the issuance of the Sukuk Bond for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of 25 arterial roads. The...
View ArticleDriverless hover-taxi makes first ‘concept’ flight in Dubai
Dubai has edged closer to its goal of launching a pioneering hover-taxi service, with the authorities announcing a successful “concept” flight was made on Monday without passengers. Safety features for...
View ArticleEx-American soldier, Chelsea Manning, barred from entering Canada
Chelsea Manning, a former American soldier jailed for leaking troves of classified information, said Monday that she was banned from entering Canada due to criminal convictions in the United States....
View ArticleRecall: Melaye denies evading recall notice
Sen. Dino Melaye on Monday, denied claims that he was evading the service of petition and timetable for his recall from the Senate, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Melaye made...
View ArticleSARS operatives kill suspected cultist in Rivers
OPERATIVES of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Monday gunned down a suspected cultist in Rumuakwunde, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The operatives were said to have stormed the...
View ArticleBuhari returns to Nigeria
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after eight days abroad. Buhari was said to have touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...
View ArticleBrexit negotiators clash as talks resume
The EU and Britain resumed Brexit talks on Monday with fresh clashes, dimming hopes that a speech by Prime Minister Theresa May could provide a breakthrough in unlocking stalled negotiations. The...
View ArticleWe ‘ll participate in Ekiti LG election, says APC
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has said it would participate in the local government elections slated for December 2017. The party took the resolution at...
View ArticleICYMI: Unilorin, a terrorist organisation, says ASUU
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the University of Ilorin as a terrorist organisation after the institution reportedly sacked the ASUU chairman in the...
View ArticleDivorce: Wife asks court to place husband on six months’ probation
A Customary Court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti on Monday adjourned hearing in a divorce case to March 28, 2018, after a housewife, Mrs Adenike Ogunsakin, prayed it to place her husband, Olamide Olabode on a...
View ArticleICYMI: Diezani’s lawyer blocked us from interrogating her in UK –EFCC
Ade Adesoomoju, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says its investigative team has not been allowed to meet with the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani...
View ArticleRestructuring: It won’t be easy for North to give up its advantages, says NEF
Chukwudi Akasike, Eniola Akinkuotu, Adelani Adepegba, Olaleye Aluko, Peter Dada and Godwin Isenyo Two northern groups, the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders’ Forum, appeared to have...
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