
$2.1bn Arms Scam: Dasuki’s aide slams N500m suit against EFCC, Nigerian Army
LG Polls: SIEC to recruit 15,000 ad hoc staff in Sokoto
Cameroon appeals to President Buhari for products waiver
Journalist who killed colleagues sentenced to death
Agatu killing: Senate wants arms retrieved from herdsmen
Finland supports Nigeria on private sector transformation
Telecom giant MTN’s earnings plunge over Nigeria fine
Mutiu Adepoju quits Kwara Football Academy
Lagos Theatre Festival, an ambitious display of site theatre
We’ll miss Oshiomhole – Benin Elders
Vatican opens door to divorced leaders’ new spouses
DFID wants Nigeria to amend 54 laws for business
Breaking news: Four feared dead at Mile 12 violence
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SubscribeBreaking: Alleged N676m scam: Abba Moro secures bail
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who is facing trial over his alleged complicity in a N676million job recruitment scam that led to the death of no fewer than 20 persons across the country, bail on self recognition.
Power drops below 2,800mw – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that power supply through the national grid which peaked to 5000mw in past two weeks had dropped below 2,800mw due to vandalism. Dr. Anthony Akah, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the commission disclosed this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).
Anioma not part of Biafra
THIS elastic agitation for the illusion called Biafara is rapidly snowballing into a painful anathema. But must this grow unguardedly or a final stop should be put to it? We fought a civil war which was decisively concluded with an agreement of “no victor, no vanquished”. That was universally acclaimed as magnanimous at the time. Nigerians of both “divide” then easily came together and assumed the worst was over.
Breaking News: Court shifts Badeh’s arraignment to March 7
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has deferred the arraignment of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who was accused of diverting over N3.9billion from accounts of the Nigerian Air Force, till March 7.
‘Beautifying Lokoja, other towns, villages inalienable’
Condemnation of rong – Bello’ CPS ‘Beautifying Lokoja, other towns, villages inalienable
Lagos residents advise Olajumoke, bread seller to dress modestly
Some residents of Lagos State have advised Olajumoke Orisaguna, the bread seller turned model, to be modest in her dressing as a celebrity.
Ikorodu schoolgirls kidnap: Security personnel increase in Lagos
Increased presence of security personnel was noticeable in Agunfoye-Lugbusi Village near Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
MTN’s earnings plunge over NCC’s fine
South African telecoms giant MTN said Thursday that headline earnings last year fell by 51 percent, weighed down by $600 million it put aside to cover a huge fine imposed by Nigeria.
Vatican cardinal denies attempts to cover up child sex abuse
A high ranking Vatican official on Thursday admitted that he had knowledge of, at least, one priest who misbehaved with boys at an Australian school.
There’s a lot more to learn from ‘IBB’s SAP’ than meets the eye
MOST of us, including those too young to have lived a single day through it, associate the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) of the 1980s with the darkest period in Nigeria’s economic history. The popular narrative generally considers SAP to have both caused the problems and failed to fix them, laying the blame squarely at IBB’s feet.
Is Chinese league the new EPL, as $359m is splashed on star players?
Beijing, China – A record-breaking spending spree which made the football world sit up and take notice has ensured that all eyes will be on the Chinese Super League when it starts this week brimming with foreign stars.
Google partners UNICEF to map Zika virus spread
Google on Thursday said that it is working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group’s efforts on the ground.
World Book Day: Sahara Group donates 50,000 books, build libraries, others
The Sahara Group, a leading Energy conglomerate, has said it will donate 50,000 books and set up rural libraries in public schools and communities in Nigeria as part of its project in championing the cause for a world full of books that can be accessed by all, especially the less privileged.
Happiness can break your heart, says doctors
Joyful events — the birth of a child, a big win by your team — can trigger a dangerous condition called the “broken heart syndrome”, doctors and researchers reported Thursday.
World’s costliest train station to open at site of NY’s 9/11 tragedy US
New York on Thursday opens the most expensive train station in the world, on the site of the World Trade Center destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks.
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