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Blame Fraudulent centres, candidates for UTME challenges –Prof. Oloyede, JAMB Registrar

May 20, 2017admin Comment

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, addresses the challenges around the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and [...]

ISIS surrounded, no escape: Mattis

May 20, 2017admin Comment

Soldiers of the Coalition of Countries Working to Defeat ISIS have surrounded the terrorist group with no way for its fighters to escape, U.S. [...]

10,000 Nigerians die crossing Mediterranean sea this year

May 20, 2017admin Comment

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has reported that no fewer than 10,000 Nigerians died between January and May 2017 while trying to illegally [...]

Hassan Rouhani re-elected as Iran president

May 20, 2017admin Comment

Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, has won a second term in office. Out of some 40 million votes cast, he received more than half [...]

Not yet uhuru for assange as UK police threaten to arrest him if he leaves Ecuador embassy

May 19, 2017admin Comment

British police on Friday threatened to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London after Swedish prosecutors said [...]

S/East not excluded from on-going rail project

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The Federal Ministry of Transportation on Friday said that the South-East zone had not been excluded from the Federal Government’s on-going rail projects. [...]

Police get 498 petitions against personnel in 90 days

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The Nigeria Police Force said it has received 498 cases of professional misconduct against its personnel across the country from January to March. [...]

Dalung tasks International Federations on Africa Sports development

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has urged International Federations to provide an enabling environment for African athletes to compete [...]

Diabetic patients to replace insulin with pills

May 19, 2017admin Comment

Diabetes sufferers might soon be able to take pills to treat their condition, rather than inject themselves with insulin, following ground-breaking research from [...]

JAMB candidate arrested with gun in exam hall

May 19, 2017admin Comment

21-year-old candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was arrested for bringing firearms into one of the centres at the ongoing examinations in [...]

UN graduates 35 Nigerian aviation security trainers

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The United Nations Counter Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) has graduated 35 Nigerian aviation security master trainers as part of its project to support efficient [...]

Wenger’s future at Arsenal will be decided after FA Cup final

May 19, 2017admin Comment

Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger, said a decision on his future at the club would be made at a board meeting after their FA [...]

Med-View Airline barred from flying into Europe over safety concerns

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The European Commission has barred a Nigerian carrier, Med-View Airline, from operating in its airspace over safety concerns. The airline is one of [...]

Union urges Gov. El-Rufa’i to reopen Gidan Waya College

May 19, 2017admin Comment

Three unions of the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, on Friday urged Gov. Nasiru El-Rufaí to reopen the institution which was [...]

Archivist, lawyer, others harp on effective crime record-keeping

May 19, 2017admin Comment

Some Nigerians on Friday called for effective record-keeping among security agencies as a strategy to fight crime better and enhance good governance. In [...]

Horrible lives of Nigerian girls trafficked into Italy

May 19, 2017admin Comment

Disheveled, barefoot and bleary-eyed, the Nigerian girls are some of the first to walk off the boats. A dream realised; they arrive in [...]

Two caught on Arik flight stealing co-passenger’s money

May 19, 2017admin Comment

There was a mild drama Friday on a 7am flight of Arik Air from Lagos to Abuja as two suspects were caught stealing from a [...]

We’re not mocking anti-corruption fight, says Senate

May 19, 2017admin Comment

The Senate has said the view that the legislature is mocking the anti-graft war by the Federal Government is being expressed by some [...]

Ohanaeze calls for food security in Igboland

May 18, 2017admin Comment

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has advised its people against depending on other parts of the country for its source of food consumption. President Buhari says [...]

Mixed martial arts champion, McGregor, signs deal for Mayweather fight

May 18, 2017admin Comment

Fight promoter Dana White says he has an agreement with mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor for a proposed megafight, but boxing superstar [...]

I denied my husband sex because I could not withstand …, wife tells court

May 18, 2017admin Comment

A 44-year-old wife, Modupe Alegbeleye, on Thursday told an Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti that she denied her husband, Ebenezer Alegbeleye, sex because [...]

FG approves 12 intervention vessels, 3 helicopters for NIMASA

May 18, 2017admin Comment

Federal government has approved the procurement of 12 intervention vessels and 3 helicopters for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to [...]

FG budgets N10 b for Abuja Airport second runway

May 18, 2017admin Comment

In a bid to prevent further costly shutdown of operations, the Federal Government has begun moves to construct a second runway at the [...]

Adeleke wasn’t poisoned, died of drug overdose says pathologist

May 18, 2017admin Comment

The pathologist, who conducted an autopsy on the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Dr. Olufemi Solaja, yesterday appeared at the coroner’s inquest set up [...]

Buratai’s alert: UK, Ohanaeze, ACF, PDP warn soldiers against coup

May 18, 2017admin Comment

Regional bodies, the Peoples Democratic Party, civil rights groups and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria among others, on Wednesday, urged military officers and [...]

Nigeria can’t progress under current political system. “Only true federalism is the answer” – Tinubu, Bozimo

May 18, 2017admin Comment

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former Minister of Police Affairs, Chief Broderick Bozimo, have said [...]

My wife drinks heavily, insults my father, man tells court

May 18, 2017admin Comment

An Iletuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Lateef Saburi and his wife, Kafilat, over the latter’s drunkenness, [...]

Police officer feared dead as armed men attack check point in Anambra

May 18, 2017May 18, 2017admin Comment

Two armed men operating on a motorcycle on Wednesday reportedly killed a police officer and made away with his AK47 riffle in Onitsha, [...]

Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite

May 18, 2017admin Comment

Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the [...]

Why DSS can’t produce Dasuki in court — EFCC lawyer

May 18, 2017admin Comment

For the second time in two consecutive days, the Department of State Services, on Wednesday, failed to produce the immediate-past National Security Adviser, [...]

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Blame Fraudulent centres, candidates for UTME challenges –Prof. Oloyede, JAMB Registrar

ISIS surrounded, no escape: Mattis

10,000 Nigerians die crossing Mediterranean sea this year

Hassan Rouhani re-elected as Iran president

Not yet uhuru for assange as UK police threaten to arrest him if he leaves Ecuador embassy

S/East not excluded from on-going rail project

Police get 498 petitions against personnel in 90 days

Dalung tasks International Federations on Africa Sports development

Diabetic patients to replace insulin with pills

JAMB candidate arrested with gun in exam hall

UN graduates 35 Nigerian aviation security trainers

Wenger’s future at Arsenal will be decided after FA Cup final

Med-View Airline barred from flying into Europe over safety concerns

Union urges Gov. El-Rufa’i to reopen Gidan Waya College

Archivist, lawyer, others harp on effective crime record-keeping

Horrible lives of Nigerian girls trafficked into Italy

Two caught on Arik flight stealing co-passenger’s money

We’re not mocking anti-corruption fight, says Senate

Ohanaeze calls for food security in Igboland

Mixed martial arts champion, McGregor, signs deal for Mayweather fight

I denied my husband sex because I could not withstand …, wife tells court

FG approves 12 intervention vessels, 3 helicopters for NIMASA

FG budgets N10 b for Abuja Airport second runway

Adeleke wasn’t poisoned, died of drug overdose says pathologist

Buratai’s alert: UK, Ohanaeze, ACF, PDP warn soldiers against coup

Nigeria can’t progress under current political system. “Only true federalism is the answer” – Tinubu, Bozimo

My wife drinks heavily, insults my father, man tells court

Police officer feared dead as armed men attack check point in Anambra

Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite

Why DSS can’t produce Dasuki in court — EFCC lawyer