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August 7, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reassured Nigerians of his commitment to overcoming all distractions and delivering on his promise of...

U.S. makes visa application process easier for Nigerians

August 7, 2013

The U.S. Consul-General, Mr Jeffery Hawkins, on Wednesday said that the American government was determined to make visa application process...

Obama cancels meetings with Putin amid tensions over Snowden

August 7, 2013

President Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month — a rare diplomatic...

Man beheads five-year-old son for N1m

Sunday Clement, Yola Police detectives in Adamawa State have arrested a 24-year-old cattle rearer, Baffa Alti, for beheading his five-year-old...

Babangida: Jonathan demands retraction from Peoples Daily

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has described as mischievous and demeaning a report in Tuesday's edition of Peoples Daily that former military...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (4th right), representative of the President and Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi (2nd right), Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (right) and his Ogun State counterpart, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (3rd right) during the funeral Service for Pa Ibrahim Ademola Bayo Fashola at the Lagos Central Mosque on Tuesday, August 6, 2013.

Jonathan, Shonekan, governors extol Fashola’s late father

President Goodluck Jonathan, a former Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan and two governors on Tuesday extolled Pa Ademola Fashola,...

JTF imposes 24-hour curfew on Potiskum

The security Joint Task Force ((JTF) in Yobe on Tuesday, imposed a 24-hour curfew on Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre...

Rivers House Leader pleads not guilty, remanded in prison till Wednesday

The Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, Mr Chidi Lloyd, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the six-count...

Pa Fashola, irreparable loss to nation, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Tuesday described the death of Pa Ademola Fashola , father of Gov....

N2bn trial: No trace of contractors who received N1.7bn from Babangida Aliyu, witness tells court

Northern governors console Fashola over father’s death

The Northern States Governors Forum on Tuesday commiserated with Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State over the death of his...

Eid-el-Fitri: NUPENG assures Nigerians of hitch-free supply of petroleum products

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday assured Nigerians that it would make petroleum products...

Suspected homosexual docked in Aba

A 40-year-old businessman, Ndubuisi Benjamin, was on Tuesday charged with homosexual activity at an Aba North Chief Magistrates’ Court in...

Capital market gets committee on money laundering, terrorism

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday inaugurated a committee to fight money laundering and financing of terrorism in...

Jonathan congratulates Mugabe

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated President Robert Mugabe on his victory in last week’s presidential elections in Zimbabwe as announced...

INEC detects 93,526 multiple registration cases in Anambra – Jega

The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said in Abuja on Monday that the commission had detected 93,526 multiple registration...

APGA will win Imo in 2015 elections – Umeh

The National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, on Monday expressed confidence that APGA would win...

Opposition should cooperate with ruling party to develop Nigeria – Survey report

A survey recently conducted in Nigeria reveals that the cooperation between the opposition political parties and the ruling party would...

JTF repels Boko Haram attacks, kills 32 in Borno

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) has confirmed the killing of 32 gangs-men after repelling attacks...

OPC, Ndi Igbo, CNPP commiserate with Fashola over father’s death