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Deadly Suicide Bomb Blast Hits IDP Camp Leaving Scores Dead
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]o fewer than five people were killed in suicide bomb attacks at a camp for those displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in...
Adebayo Faleti, Legendary Author and Journalist, Dead at 86
Author-journalist Adebayo Faleti, the award winning chronicler of various movies and books, died Sunday. He was 86. Faleti died at the Ibadan Teaching...
N40bn Life Pensions: Fayemi’s Threat of Legal Action Unjustified, Says SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and...
Femi Adesina: PMB And The Descendants of Shimei
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is nothing new under the sun, goes a popular saying. In fact, the more things seem to change, the more they appear...
Hate Speech Are Fabricated Lies Made up by Naysayers to Discredit Buhari Administration-Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the growing cases of hate speech, disinformation and fake news in the...
In Praise of the Heroic Job Creator: Minister of Labour Commends Tony Elumelu
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]r. Tony Elumelu, an icon of entrepreneurship was singled out for praise by minister of Labour & employment, Mr Chris Ngige, for his commitment...
Lagos APC Primaries Turn Violent, Aspirant Roughed up by Party Members
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]iolence erupted midway into the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to elect chairmanship candidate for the Odi-Olowo LCDA in the...
Nigerian Woman Whose Sister Had UK Visa Refused for Stem Cell Transplant Dies
A Nigerian woman May Brown, 24, resident in Dorset, UK, whose sister was refused entry to the UK to donate her “perfect match” bone...
Lawyer Accuses EFCC of Unlawful Arrest, Detention of Client
Barrister Ndubisi Chuks Nwasike, Lawyer to retired staff of Shell Petroleum, Engineer Obi Timothy Nwasike has accused the EFCC of unlawful arrest and...
Finally, Ambode Sacks Lagos Monarch Accused of Fake Abduction
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has deposed the suspended Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare for faking his abduction...
Osinbajo: 2.3 million Citizens Apply For Fresh N-Power Job
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cting President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that about 2.3 million individuals have already applied for engagement under the N-Power scheme. “Already 200,000 young...
Journalists Getting Ready For War Over El Rufai’s Hostility, Warns Kaduna State Government
The National Union of Journalists, NUJ, is bracing for conflict with the Kaduna state governor, Mallam El Rufai over his continued persecution of...
Adeosun Reverses Statement, Says Nigeria Will Keep Borrowing To Fund 2017 Budget
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Government will continue to borrow to fund the budget for 2017, the finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday, after...
Supreme Court Sacks Sheriff, Authenticates Makarfi As PDP Chairman
By Amos Dunia, Persecond, Abuja – The leadership crisis that bedeviled the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for over 14 months was on...
Photo: Another Truck Slides Off Apapa/Oshodi Expressway in Lagos
[dropcap] A[/dropcap] sand like material-laden truck fell in the Apapa, Oshodi expressway in Lagos, barely 24 hours after a container truck fell killing over...
Magu told UK not to give me visa, but fails says Patience Jonathan
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, said the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim...
