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UPDATED: FG excited over release of 101 Dapchi school girls- Lai

  The Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed Wednesday described the release of the Dapchi school girls as a thing of joy...

Ndoma-Egba debunks Akintola’s ‘unsubstantiated’ quote about NDDC awarded contracts under Jonathan

The Board Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has issued a strong denial to a write-up by Chief...

Boko Haram free 76 Dapchi schoolgirls

Reports indicate that Boko Haram, has reportedly returned the schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in Yobe State some weeks ago. “Yes, the girls...

Myanmar President Htin Kyaw resigns

Myanmar’s president Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect “in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities”, his office said...

Diamond bank hosts Nigeria’s largest beauty products event- Beauty Souk

  Cosmetologists, makeup artistes, beauticians, beauty bloggers & buyers were recently hosted in Lagos to the biggest beauty products and services fair. Titled...

Buhari congratulates Putin as observers charge fraud in election victory

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended “sincere congratulations” to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on his victory in the recent presidential election, as Western...

Port Harcourt – Maiduguri rail: Buhari approves $15bn loan negotiations

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the commencement of negotiation for $15 billion loan for the completion of work on the Port Harcourt...

Buhari gives Friday deadline for MDAs to submit 2018 budget estimates to NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari has given Agencies, Corporations and Government owned Companies till Friday, March 23rd, for them to submit details of their 2018...

Former VP Sambo calls meeting with Buhari ‘private’

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with former vice president, Mohammed Namadi Sambo at the presidential villa. The close-door meeting took place at the...

Dapchi: Nigerian troops failed to act on warnings about Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army has been accused of failing to act on “advance warnings” given a few hours before Boko Haram militants abducted 110...

Soyinka and Nigeria’s dinner with the devil by Reuben Abati

Professor Wole Soyinka was keynote speaker at the maiden annual lecture of the Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism held in Lagos...

Dino Melaye, 3 others charged with illegal gun possession

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West and three other men are facing weapons charges after the confession of two alleged thugs who claimed to be...

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Kenya

  The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland will make her first official visit to Kenya later this week. “Kenya is a much-valued member of...

Shell debunks Amnesty allegations on spills management in Niger Delta

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has denied allegations of environmental mismanagement in the Niger Delta levelled against it at...

Nigeria Mass Abduction Seen as Copycat Attack

By Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw and Mbenga Akingbule. WSJ DAPCHI, Nigeria—As evening prayers resounded across this northeastern Nigerian town last month, camouflage-clad jihadists drove up...

Xi Jinping reappointed as Chinese president with no term limits

Xi Jinping was reappointed Saturday as China’s president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve. Xi, 64, is considered...