Ex-NNPC boss, Yakubu gets bail at N300m
Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu has been granted bail at N300million. Yakubu, has been in
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Nasarawa Governor’s son arrested over death of student
Mr. Khaleel Umar Al-Makura, the son of Nasarawa state governor Umar Al-Makura, has been arrested over the killing of a student of Government
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Body of Orji recovered, another woman rescued
The body of Dr. Allwell Orji, who jumped off the 3rd mainland bridge on Sunday evening, has been recovered. The Lagos State Commissioner
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AMCON sells Keystone Bank to a consortium
The Sigma Golf – Riverbank consortium was yesterday declared the new owners of Keystone Bank Limited. Sigma Golf – Riverbank consortium is made
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CP threatens to arrest Imo commissioners
The police said on Monday that they would arrest two Imo State commissioners and four government functionaries who had been issued arrest warrants
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Sea turtle dies after swallowing 1000 coins
A sea turtle that swallowed nearly a thousand coins died of blood poisoning on Tuesday in spite of an initial successful operation, said
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Doubts over early passage of 2017 budget
Contrary to an earlier promise by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki that the 2017 budget would be passed by end of March, 2017
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Women revolution in Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia’s women are rising up to take on their oppressors – at least according to a comic that was recently presented in
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Paris Club refund: NLC, TUC, Umar disagree on disbursement of fresh N500bn
The two main labour movements in the country, the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday, differed on the disbursement
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46 killed in Ile-Ife clash, 20 suspects paraded
The Police yesterday put the casualty figure of this month’s mayhem in Ile-Ife, Osun State, at 46 dead and 81 injured. Twenty suspects
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Nigerian soldier emerges best student in Uganda
Informatics Students’ Association, Abuja chapter has honoured Sgt. Jamilu Hassan, who emerged the best student of Bachelor of Information Technology at the International
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Sen. Dino Melaye in first degree certificate scandal
The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye’s first degree in Geography from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, has become a subject of
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The last of the Rockefeller, dies at 101
The 101-year-old business mogul, David Rockefeller, is dead; he died in his sleep on Monday at his home in suburban Pocantico Hills, New
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I gave PDP N500m and Obj, N100m — Kalu`
A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has lamented his treatment by his former party, the People’s Democratic Party despite
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Ghanaian referee gets FIFA life ban
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey has been banned for life by world football governing body FIFA for what it calls “match manipulation’’. The ban
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Nigerians deserve an independent, fearless judiciary – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, maintained that Nigerians deserve a fearless and independent judiciary that is completely
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NNPC seeks $15bn to generate 4,000mw electricity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it is looking for an investment of about $15 billion to help achieve its plans
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Parents who reject polio vaccination risk 2-year jail term in Niger State
Any parent or caregiver, who prevents a child from receiving the polio vaccine, risks a two-year jail term, the Niger State Government said
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Forbes Billionaires: Bill Gates remains No.1, Trump 544th, Dangote Africa No. 1
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires, while US President Donald
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Alleged threat to life: DSS investigates Gov. Obiano
The Department of State Services (DSS) in Anambra state has commenced investigation into the alleged threat to life of Prince Ken Emeakayi, State
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Catholic Church apologises to Rwandans for its role during the 1994 genocide
Pope Francis has asked Rwandan President Paul Kagame for forgiveness for the “sins and failings” of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwandan
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Bail Application: Kanu knows fate April 25
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will on April 25 rule on whether or not the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),
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Apostle Suleiman saga: Police re-arraign Otobo for blackmail, threat to life
The police on Monday re-arraigned Stephanie Otobo, the woman who claimed she had an affair with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, before a Tinubu Magistrates’
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Ritualist sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Kogi
A ritualist has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing two brothers in Koton Karfe, Kogi State. Ibrahim Mohammed was accused of
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Britain to begin EU divorce proceedings next week
British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger divorce proceedings with the European Union on March 29, launching two years of negotiations that will
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Gonorrhoea, world’s second commonest STD, may become untreatable
Experts have said that gonorrhoea, regarded as the world’s second most common sexually transmitted disease, may become untreatable due to its resistance to
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End of an era for Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski makes his last appearance for Germany when the world champions take on England in a prestige friendly in Dortmund on Wednesday.
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Husband beats wife for not bearing male child
A wife, Sayo Akomolafe, on Monday told Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti State that her husband beats her constantly for not having a
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Crocodile snatches Mozambican footballer
A young Mozambican footballer was snatched and killed by a crocodile while training along the banks of Zambezi river, his Clube Atletico Mineiro
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Chinese, Nigerian remanded in prison for importing N5bn fake tyres
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the prison remand of two Chinese citizens and a Nigerian who were accused of
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