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N166m Contractors' Gift: NAF Chief remanded in prison
The Chief of Training and Operations of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Olutayo Oguntoyinbo, was on Thursday remanded in Kuje Prison on the orders of a High Court in Apo, Abuja, pending the …
N1.4trn fine: Reps say MTN may not make full payment
MTN Nigeria may not be made to make full payment of the total N1.4 trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission. This was disclosed on Thursday, by the House of Representativ…
Murder of PDP Chieftain: High Court acquits son
Odudu Ukpanah, the son of the late Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Albert Ukpanah, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted of murder by a High Court in Akwa Ibom.Justice Ezekiel Enang, the Presi…
Jonathan made a huge mistake by failing to implement the UNEP Report- Amaechi, Giniwa
At the flag-off of the Ogoniland clean-up exercise on Thursday, the ex-Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, and the Chairman of the Supreme Council o…
Iraqi Army pauses assault on Falluja, in order to protect civilians
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq announced on Wednesday that the Iraqi Army has delayed its assault on the city of Falluja because of fears for the safety of civilians.ISIS fighters halted the …
Ohaneze Ndigbo condemns Biafra Remembrance Day violence
The pan-Igbo cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the killing of members of MASSOB and IPOB; declaring it outrageous and traumatizing.The Secretary-General of the organizat…
Nigeria's Barkindo becomes OPEC's new Secretary General
OPEC has appointed Nigeria's Mohammed Barkindo, who is a Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as its Secretary General. His appointment was announced …
"Europe cannot become an Arab country"- Dalai Lama takes tough stance on migrant crisis
Unlike Pope Francis who has repeatedly canvassed for Europe to take in more refugees, The Dalai Lama, who is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, has taken a tough stance on the issue, saying …
Lai Mohammed attributes increase in price of Tomato to Boko Haram insurgency
For some time now, Nigeria has been faced with a shortage of tomato, leading to extremely high prices of the scarce commodity. The Minister for Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, had initially blamed the short…
Ilkay Gundogan moves over to Manchester City FC, from Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City FC just got a new signee. Ilkay Gundogan has joined the club on a four year deal from Borussia Dortmund at a reported cost of ?21m, and becomes the first new arrival under Coach Pep G…
Families of victims of the 2012 Dana Air crash demand release of NCAA report on the accident
The immediate release of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) final report on the 2012 Dana Air plane crash which claimed the lives of 153 passengers, is being demanded by the families of the …
Al-Shabaab gunmen kill 13 people and injure scores at a hotel siege in Mogadishu
Members of the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, set off an explosion at the popular Ambassador hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, on Wednesday. The attack killed at least 13 people,…
I remain PDP Chairman- Sheriff insists!
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has insisted to a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, that he remained the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.Sheriff described the inaugur…
Alassane Ouattara acts to draft new constitution for Cote D'Ivoire
President Alassane Ouattara of Cote D'Ivoire has taken a step toward drawing up a new constitution and scrapping a Nationality Clause which helped drag the country into a decade-long crisis, and bede…
Buhari cancels trip to Niger Delta
The President was scheduled to kick off clean-up of Ogoniland today, but he has now canceled the trip. Instead, he is to be represented by Vice President Osinbajo. No reason has yet been given for th…
PDP BoT take over the party's secretariat as 2 Federal Lawmakers defect to APC
The Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees (BoT) formally took over the party's national secretariat yesterday, promising that it would do everything to ensure that normalcy returned to the party…
2% of Nigerians own 90% of all bank deposits above N500,000- NDIC
The Director of Research and International Relations at the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, has disclosed that a mere two per cent of Nigerians own 90 per cent of t…
Goodluck Jonathan arrives back in Nigeria
Nigeria's Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan arrived back into the country from Cote D'Ivoire yesterday. The ex-President landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state, where…
We are not part of Biafraland- Delta State Government
The Delta State Government on Wednesday reaffirmed its belief in one united Nigeria, when it said the people of the State are not part of the proposed Biafra Republic.In a state statement signed by t…
EcoBank Nigeria sacks 1,040 staff
Ecobank Nigeria has sacked about 1,040 of its employees.This follows a barrage of job cuts being witnessed in the Nigerian financial sector. On Tuesday, Diamond Bank PLC sacked over 200 members of it…