Leicester sacks Ranieri, Mancini, Hiddink top list of preferred managers
Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title, BBC Sport reports. The Foxes
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Conference to raise $1.5bn for North East Nigeria
The Friday’s major donor conference in Oslo seeking to generate global action to tackle the complex crisis caused by Boko Haram terrorists in
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Nigeria can’t go far without restructuring — Anyaoku
A former Commonwealth’s Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said Nigeria will not reach its full potential except the governance system is restructured
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Osinbajo summons IGP over kidnapped Germans
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the kidnap of two Germans, archaeologists Prof. Peter Breunig
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Mimiko hands over to Akeredolu hours ahead of formal swearing ceremony
Governor Olusegun Mimiko, whose eight year tenure ends midnight, has handed over the instruments of power to Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, (SAN), as the seventh
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INEC disciplines 25 staff over Rivers re-run, fixes Nov. 18 for Anambra gov. elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resolved to discipline 25 personnel indicted in the December 10 Rivers state re-run elections. INEC said
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CBN reintroduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday announced the reintroduction of bank charges on certain categories of cash deposits and withdrawals. This came
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Africa seeks 10 slots at expanded World Cup
Africa is seeking to double its places from five to 10 at an expanded World Cup from the 2026 finals. The continent’s Football
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Ideye completes move to China
Brown Ideye has become the latest Nigerian to head to the Chinese Super League after joining Tianjin TEDA BBC Sport reports. The former
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Xenophobia: Nigerian envoy visits affected victims as High Commissioner to Nigeria apologises
Nigeria`s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke while visiting Nigerian victims of Xenophobia, has described the recent xenophobic attacks against Nigerians
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Nigerian groups vow to fight Trump travel ban
The Nigerian community says it is prepared to legally defend any Nigerian traveler coming to the US if targeted by immigration officials hiding
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Senators tackle Osinbajo as he withholds assent to four bills
The Senate has said it will consult with its legal team for advice on the decision of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,
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Kim’s murder: interpol alert sought for 4 N/Koreans
Malaysia has requested Interpol to put an alert out for four North Korean suspects in the murder of Kim Jong Nam, half brother
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Horror! 10 men gang-rape student during cult initiation rites
The Police in Ekiti State have arrested a student of College of Health Technology, Ijero Ekiti, Busayo Kayode, who allegedly took her bossom
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UTME holds May, use of scratch cards cancelled
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) usually held in March will now hold in May, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, registrar Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
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PHOTOS: 17 ‘exotic vehicles’ seized from ex-Customs boss, Dikko
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of Customs,
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CAR militia attacks U.N peace keepers
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has reported that its troops on patrol were ambushed on Wednesday outside of
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IPOB killings: Defence HQ describes Amnesty’s claims as fabrications
The Defence Headquarters has described a recent report by the Amnesty International, alleging death of 240 people including babies in Borno and 177
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Army nabs 2 terrorists with bombs, guns in Kogi
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had arrested 17 suspected criminals, including two Boko Haram terrorists in Okene, Kogi. The Commander, Command
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Police comb Ekiti forests for kidnappers, rapists
The Police Command in Ekiti on Wednesday said it had started combing all the forests suspected to be hideouts for kidnappers and rapists
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Woman absconds with funds meant for participants at an EFCC event.
No fewer than 20 women were on Wednesday stranded at the Haven Event Centre, GRA, Ikeja after the inauguration of a programme “Nigerian
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EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from Ex-Customs boss, Inde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of
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Court freezes Stella Oduah’s 21 bank accounts over $16.4m, N100m debts
A Lagos Federal High Court has restrained Stella Oduah and Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Ltd., from making any withdrawal from 21 accounts domiciled with
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Whistleblower blows the lid on a N8.4b ‘ghost’ account
A whistleblower has led the Nigerian government to a suspicious bank account, with no signatories, but where N8.4 billion was secretly kept. A
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N25m Fraud: EFCC docks illegal money lender
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 20, 2017 arraigned one Marcel Amadi, before Justice Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High
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Adeosun: FG seeks $2.3bn loans from W/Bank, China …says no need for IMF loan
The Federal Government is seeking to borrow at least $1bn from the World Bank and another $1.3bn from China’s Export-Import Bank, the Minister
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Mexican kills self after deportation from US for the third time
With just a plastic bag of belongings in his hand, a Mexican man who was deported from the United States Tuesday promptly killed
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Air Peace receives 12th aircraft, opens Lekki office
Nigeria’s leading domestic carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of its 12th 114-capacity Boeing 737-500 series. Air Peace Chief Operating Officer, Mrs Oluwatoyin
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Breaking: Protest in Sango-Ota over Customs invasion of market
The entire Sango-Ota axis in Ado Ota local Government Area of Ogun is now engulfed in protest. Vehicular and human traffic along Abeokuta-Lagos
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Driver docked for N23m bus stolen at lover’s house
A driver of a bus conveying Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation workers has run into trouble after he woke up at his lover’s house
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