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N7bn corruption charge: Reprieve as ex-Gov. Kalu’s retrial halted by Abuja court
A former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu, on Monday got a reprieve as a Federal High Court in Abuja temporarily halted his re-trial...
HIV-racked 70-year-old man arrested for raping 5-year-old toddler
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 70-year-old man has been apprehended by the police for serially raping a five-year-old girl in Gwer West...
NNPC makes $108.84m Crude Oil, Gas Export Sales, ₦8.71bn surplus in November 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded export sales of crude oil and gas for November 2020 to the tune...
SERAP flays World Bank’s $500m electricity fund approved for Nigeria
The $500 million funds approved to improve access to electricity in Nigeria between 1999 and 2020 has drawn the ire of the...
U S. Pres. Biden’s endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala for WTO DG excites Buhari
The United States endorsement of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General’s position...
Lagos Police Commissioner’s Special Squad smokes out cultists, bandits from hideouts, nabs five
A special strike force of the Lagos State Police Command has whupped some criminals after a successful smoking of some black...
Breaking: Tragedy: Ekweremadu slumps, dies
A former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has lost his elder brother, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, the Enugu State Commissioner for Transport....
Retired IG-P Adamu’s tenure elongation: An illegality, breach of Police Act, Constitution — Senior lawyers
President Muhammadu Buhari’s elongation of the tenure of retired Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, for three months has received a swipe...
Faisal, Maina’s son, jumps N60m bail, bolts to U.S.
Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trial alongside his father, for laundering pensioners’ money to the tune of billions, has...
United Nations says eating less meat can help reduce risk of pandemic
The United Nations Environment Programme says eating less meat can help reduce the risk of a pandemic, and also save the environment....
Insecurity: Gov. to FG: All citizens should be licensed to carry guns
Overwhelmed and frustrated by the deteriorating security situation in the state, Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has asked Federal Government to grant all...
A Peep into Air Peace New E-195 Aircraft
Nigeria’s airline Air Peace has taken delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 this week. Registered 5N-BYF, the new E-195 provides a 2-2 seating configuration but...
Tragicomedy of a nation in need of direction
BY OLUKAYODE OYELEYE Nigeria’s population is rising and, today, it has more than quadrupled the figure at independence over 60 years ago....
Buhari has failed to meet expectations of Nigerians, says his ally, Pastor Bakare
Fiery Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder and senior pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, says, President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed...
NNPC enjoys autonomy under President Buhari, says GMD Kyari
“He remains the only president that has never interfered in the operations of the corporation. That is very unprecedented, and it has...
N7bn graft: Ex-Abia Gov. Orji Kalu back in court for case retrial
A former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, who has been standing trial on a N7.1billion money laundering...
