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New Chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo State, Mr Alassa Mohammed, was on Tuesday suspended few minutes...

Asisat Oshoala wins BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award

Nigeria and Liverpool forward Asisat Oshoala has been named as the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. The 20-year-old forward...

Orji Kalu to Buhari: Remove fuel subsidy because Jonathan can’t justify N6.354trn wasted on it

Former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently remove the subsidy on...

IGP to Nigerians: Don’t corrupt policemen

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, on Tuesday appealed to the public not to corrupt personnel of the...

APC: Saraki lied, Senate presidency not zoned to North-Central

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as 'a lie and an embarrassment' reports...

Court orders NDLEA to vacate Kashamu’s residence

Embattled Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, got a temporary reprieve on Tuesday. Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court, Lagos ordered...

Equipment failure caused spills from Agip’s oilfields in Bayelsa

Community shuts down six AGIP oil wells in Bayelsa

The people of Egbebiri Community at Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area has shut down six oil wells operated by Nigerian...

20 Kenyan policemen killed in al-Shabaab attack

No fewer than 20 policemen were on Tuesday killed in an ambush by Somali militant group , al-Shabaab, in North-Eastern...

Yuguda: PDP will take over power in 2019

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would bounce back and take...

Aviation

Aviation fuel scarcity: Airlines cancel fights, passengers stranded at Abuja Airport

Hundreds of passengers were on Tuesday stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as airlines cancelled many scheduled flights...

Grandmother, 65, gives birth to quadruplets

A Berlin hospital on Tuesday confirmed that a 65-year-old German grandmother gave birth to quadruplets on Sunday. Doctors in the...

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

Youth corp member killed in Ilorin

Police detectives in Ilorin, Kwara State are battling to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of a youth corp member,...

Keyamo: It is incorrect to say the president must appoint, at least, 37 ministers

The long-held notion in Nigeria that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is under an obligation to appoint...

Sotobi is Ayangbunren of Ikorodu

The Lagos State Government has approved the appointment of Prince Kabiru Adewale Sotobi as the next Ayangbunren of Ikorodu to...

APGA: APC leaders are pretenders, deceivers

We cannot be fooled by the "Wolf cries", from the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC). It is total white noise, shrill...

Couple missing for two weeks found in wilderness

A couple missing for two weeks have been found in a remote part of San Diego County, California, the United...

‘SacOil 233 defaults on its financial obligations in OPL 233’

OPL 233 is operated by Nigdel United Oil Company Limited (“Nigdel”); an independent indigenous oil and gas exploration and production...

Fuel crisis: Black marketers source product from Cotonou; economic, social activities grind to halt; UI students sent home for two weeks

The lingering scarcity of petroleum products in the country which has caused petrol to be sold at between N4,500 and...

Kogi Judge kidnapped, orderly killed

Gunmen on Monday kidnapped a Kogi High Court Judge, Mr Justice Samuel Obayomi, and killed his orderly, Corporal Usman Musa,...

Unpaid salaries: Osun workers begin indefinite strike