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Doctor’s in India remove 63 spoon handles from man’s stomach

Doctors in India have removes as many as 63 steel spoon handles from the stomach of a man who they believe had become...

Alleged diversion of N1.7bn: Court acquits, discharges Ex-AIICO Capital MD, Fabunmi, 3 others

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has discharged and acquitted a former Managing Director of AIICO Capital Ltd, Lanre...

Court stops Peter Obi’s supporters from holding rally at Lekki tollgate

The Labour Party (LP) and its supporters have been barred from converging at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos, for a rally scheduled for on...

$350,000 Covid-19 fraud: U.S. court jails Ogun Gov. Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, 5 years

Abidemi Rufai, the suspended Special Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State, has been sentenced to five years in prison for fraud by...

Campaigns: INEC warns parties, candidates against hate speech, abusive languages 

As campaigns for the 2023 polls kicks off on Wednesday, September 28, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned political parties and...

Industrial Court ruling: FG orders VCs, Pro-Chancellors to reopen varsities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open the nation’s public universities immediately for commencement of lectures. A directive to this...

We don’t operate secret account, all accounts domiciled in CBN, NNPCL clarifies

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) says with such multiple layers of checks and balances by the Federal Government departments and agencies,...

Today At the UN: Mali accuses France of supporting terrorism and condemns withdrawal of French troops

  Mali’s Acting Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga on Saturday at the UN accused France of providing intelligence and arms to terrorist groups in his speech...

Obey court ruling while we continue negotiation, Ngige tells ASUU

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the National Industrial...

Pakistan PM Sharif says ‘all hell’ will break loose if debt deal not reached

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif fears that all hell will break loose if a debt deal is not reached to aid the flood-stricken...

Nigeria’s multi-billion dollar gas project:  NNPCL in talks with U.S., DFC, other development finance, export institutions – Mele Kyari

The Group CEO of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari, said in New York, United States, that the company is in...

UNGA 77: Gambari, governors, others laud Buhari’s avowed commitment to credible, fair elections in 2023

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, some state governors and ministers on Nigeria’s delegation to the United Nations 77th...

At The UN: Buhari slams leaders who extend term limits, vows to hold free, credible elections in 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari used his speech at the UN on Wednesday morning to slam fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to...

N5.28trn owed by states: Lagos State leads them all with N797.3 bn

Of the N5.281 trillion owed by the states in the country, Lagos State has topped the list of highly indebted states with about...

Flood alert: Taraba, Benue, 11 others at risk as Cameroon opens dam

As the Lagdo dam operators in the Republic of Cameroon commence the release of excess water from their reservoir, the National Emergency Management...

NDLEA records historic, biggest drug hauls in Lagos of N194.77bn

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday seized illicit drugs worth $278. 25 million (N194.77 billion) at a Lagos warehouse, the...