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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will between Wednesday and Thursday next week unveil Sunday Oliseh as Super Eagles Chief Coach,...

Spike in Boko Haram attacks: Desperate pangs of a dying monster, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said what Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, interpreted as the worsening cases of Boko...

Eligibility: Court upholds Dariye’s election as PDP candidate

A Jos Federal High Court on Friday upheld the participation and election of Senator Joshua Dariye as the Peoples Democratic...

NSE indices drop further by 0.15%, as Forte Oil tops activity chart

Forte Oil leads losers’ chart as investors trade 475.01m shares worth N3.94bn on NSE

Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday remained on a negative note, just as investors staked N3.94 billion...

NASS crisis and the real issues, by Joe Igbokwe

Since President Buhari took the oath of office on May 29 2015, I have been following the political developments with...

59-year-old woman slumps, dies while urinating in Ekiti

Factory worker remanded in prison for beating wife to death

An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a factory worker, Kingsley Oshiegbu, in Ikoyi Prisons’ custody...

Man arraigned for beating mother-in-law, injuring her

Banire, Gidado, Etiaba, Akeredolu, Obi, 16 others become SANs

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja, approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of...

Russia, China, North Korea more of threat than Islamic State, says U.S. Joint Chief of Staff nominee

A United States (U.S.) army officer, General Joseph Dunford, said on Friday before a congressional committee that Russia posed a...

Lagos Commissioner for Energy resigns, dumps APC

LASG shuts six firms over N11.3m tax evasion

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has shut down six companies for failing to remit N11.3 million personal income...

Wife to court: My husband is a baby kidnapper, separate us now

A housewife in Oyo State, Oluwayemisi, on Friday asked a Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, to dissolve the one-year-old marriage between...

Revealed: Jonathan approved Digital Switch Over contracts, documents exonerate Lai Mohammed, Kawu Modibbo

Nasarawa tribunal grants Maku permission to inspect materials

Former Information Minister and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, was...

Nigerians hail Glo, MTN on 11k/sec tariff campaign

The on-going advert campaigns by the four major telecom service providers on their 11 kobo per second tariff for calls...

GTB begins nationwide implementation of cashless policy charges on cash withdrawals

We refer to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) cashless policy, and the previous communication deferring charges on cash withdrawals...

Russia: 2018 World Cup unaffected by change at FIFA, to spend $11.4bn

The intended departure of FIFA president, Joseph Blatter, will not negatively affect Russia's hosting of the 2018 World Cup, Russia's...

WAFU U-17: NFF responsible for Golden Eaglets’ defeat by Cote d’Ivoire, says Onigbinde

Nigeria slips in FIFA’s rankings

Nigeria, on Thursday, dropped on the FIFA world ranking to a poor 57th in the world with a scandalous 501...

Buhari vows to protect local industries

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, pledged in Abuja that his administration would implement essential reforms to protect Nigerian manufacturers from...

Alleged nude photos: Ohakim to be arraigned October 21

Money laundering: Court grants Ohakim N270m bail

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday granted a bail of N270 million to former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim,...

Court remands Lamido, sons in prison till September 28

Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Thursday, remanded former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and...

NBC cautions broadcast stations against airing hate speeches