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Nigeria climbs 3 spots up in latest FIFA ranking
The Nigerian Senior Football Team, the Super Eagles, have climbed up three places in the monthly ranking of football playing nations around the world compiled by football governing body, FIFA. W…
Economic Recovery: Buhari and Ministers brainstorm at retreat
President Muhammadu Buhari brainstormed with his key ministers and financial experts from the public and private sectors at a retreat on Thursday, in order to find ways of fixing the nation's tro…
No man can crush Biafra- MASSOB responds to Buhari's statement to corpers
The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for telling South-East and Niger Delta corpers servi…
Stop complaining about GEJ; fix Nigeria- Kukah tells Buhari
At a dinner organised by the Ondo State Government after the 2016 Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria held in Akure on Wednesday, the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, asked Pres…
Threat to capture Buhari: Nigerians should ignore Boko Haram- DHQ
Nigerians have been urged by the Defence Headquarters, to ignore the recent threat by terrorist group Boko Haram, against President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Army Chief. Dismissing the threat as…
N76bn fraud: EFCC declares former Katsina State Governor wanted
The immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Shema, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N76bn fraud. Shema was reportedly…
Buhari should resign- PDP
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. But before resigning, the former ruling party asked Buhari to return the country…
Paralympics: New Zealand blade runner, Liam Malone, breaks Pistorius' record
A new record has been set at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Rio, Brazil, by blade runner, Liam Malone. The New Zealand national broke Oscar Pistorius' 21.30 seconds best on Tuesday after winning go…
Stop giving bailout to State Governments- Lame tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State and a former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Lame, to stop giving bai…
Christmas Day bomber, Kabiru Sokoto, is still in custody- NPS Spokesman
The Spokesman of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Biyi Jeje, on Tuesday said that contrary to reports, the mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing, Kabiru Dikko,, is still in custody. "Please …
WADA outraged as Russian hack group breaks into system, leaks records on Williams sisters, others
The World Anti-Doping Agency has slammed Russian hackers who breached its database, published confidential records of US gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. WADA sai…
We are yet to declare any strike- ASUU
Contrary to a recent report being circulated, university lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have said that they had yet to declare an industrial actio…
Syria ceasefire holding
The cessation of hostilities that came into effect on Monday appears to be holding, reports from war-torn Syria say. The deal, brokered by Russia and the US, has been described by the US Secretary o…
$31.4m is for my medical bills- Patience Jonathan writes EFCC boss
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has written a letter to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, explaining that the $31.4 million conne…
Tell your colleagues who want Biafra to forget about it- Buhari tells S/Eastern corps members
Whilst receiving more than 100 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari urged those from the Sout…
CAN disagrees with Sultan's position that killer Fulani herdsmen are foreign terrorists
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, has been challenged by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, to provide some information about Fulani herdsmen terrorizing the country to sec…
Fulani herdsmen who carry guns are foreign terrorists- Sultan of Sokoto
Delivering his Eid el-Kabir message to the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar III, said Fulani herdsmen moving with guns, causing violence and fighting with farme…
My administration inherited nothing from the previous PDP Governments- Buhari
Speaking in Daura, Katsina State, shortly after attending Eid prayers to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari said he inherited no legacy from the previous 16 years People…
Be patient with Buhari- Amosun urges Nigerians
After performing the eid prayers at the Lantoro Muslim prayer ground in Abeokuta on Minday, the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with the adminis…
Patience Jonathan may forfeit N10bn hotel to FG over Skye Bank funds
According to a source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, may forfeit to the Federal Government, a N10bn…