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June 9, 2015

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has congratulated the new Speaker of the 8th Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr...

Super Falcons overcome early setback to fight back and draw 3-3 with Sweden

June 9, 2015

Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Monday in Winnipeg rallied from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Sweden in their opening...

NASS leadership tussle: APC panics as PDP adopts Saraki, Dogara; Buhari meets Senators, Reps before voting

June 9, 2015

The resolution of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to adopt Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara...

I steal goat to feed my two wives, six children, says 70-year-old man in court

The police on Monday arraigned a 70-year-old man, Isa Hussaini, at the Upper Customary Court, Sabongari, Zaria, Kaduna State for...

Lagos Police investigates N3.4m theft in Justice Ministry

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had commenced investigation into the alleged stealing of N3.4 million in...

Akpabio, my wife stopped my retirement from Super Eagles, says Enyeama

Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, says Godswill Akpabio, immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, prevented him from retiring from...

Buhari reaffirms commitment to rout Boko Haram, receives support from France, Canada, Germany

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Elmau, Germany reaffirmed his administration's total commitment to ending Boko Haram's insurgency in the...

Ozekhome to court: Gbajabiamila convicted in U.S., not qualified as Reps Speaker

For allegedly having a 'tainted and questionable character', a Federal High Court in Abuja was on Monday told to stop...

Ambode hails Obasa’s emergence as Lagos Assembly Speaker

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday hailed the emergence of Mr Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the...

Naira strengthens against dollar at BDCs

The naira on Monday strengthened further as it sold at N216 against the dollar at the Bureau de Change (BDCs)....

N275m fraud allegation: I was framed, says Okiro

Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Mike Okiro, on Monday reacted to the allegation that he defrauded the commission of...

Nigerian businessman killed in South Africa

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President...

Ethiopia eyes extra 12,000 MW in power projects by 2020

Ethiopia plans to launch hydropower dams and other renewable energy projects over the next five years to 2020 that will...

New York jailbreak ‘took place with some help’

Two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security prison in New York, the United...

Souring China business climate risks U.S. investment treaty talks

China and the United States (U.S.) will swap initial demands for an investment treaty as early as Monday, sources said,...

Convention: APGA chieftains allege imposition of Maku, Oye

Chieftains of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku and Matthew Ombugaku, have protested against the procedure adopted by...

NANS to APC: Let legislators choose their leaders

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow legislators choose their leaders...

Persons with disabilities invade NASS over alleged neglect, injure security official

NASS leadership: APC’s mock election, mockery of democracy, says Adegboruwa

On Saturday June 6, 2015, the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, gathered together in Abuja, purporting to elect...

Saraki, Like Minds senators: APC shadow election undemocratic, primitive

“We the Senators-Elect of Like Minds today 6th of June, 2015, on the invitation of our party, attended an interactive...

G7: Security tops Buhari’s ‘wish list’