AMCON: Arik in deep rot, needs N10bn to resume
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Sunday said it had discovered deep rooted rot at embattled airline, Arik Air. AMCON said
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Bale back in Real Madrid training
Real Madrid received a boost ahead of the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie against Napoli on Wednesday as Gareth
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Enugu International airport abandoned?
Several months after a rain storm destroyed part of the terminal building at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the eastern gateway seems
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Don’t transfer Fani-Kayode’s case to Abuja, EFCC begs judge
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has pleaded with Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the application
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Xenophobia: Again, Nigerians under attack in Johannesburg, houses, property burnt
At least 15 houses either belonging or rented by immigrants, especially Nigerians, have been burnt by angry residents in Rosettenvile, south of Johannesburg.
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`Apo six: policemen know fate on Monday
The five policemen accused of extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005, will on Monday, know their fate as Justices Ishag Bello
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Wenger dismisses talk of Arsenal exit
Arsene Wenger insists he is not preparing to end his long reign at Arsenal despite Ian Wright’s claim the Gunners boss is on
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Bomb scare in Thessaloniki Greece as 72,000 residents evacuated
Thousands of Greeks evacuated their homes in the second-biggest city of Thessaloniki on Sunday to allow experts to defuse a World War Two
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59th GRAMMYs: All eyes on Beyonce, Adele
The music world gathers Sunday for the Grammys with the top awards a choice between a new, edgier Beyonce and the time-tested heartache
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Rivers rerun: Police panel hunts for N238m bribe cash balance
The police panel, which investigated the violence that characterised the December 10, 2016, legislative rerun polls in Rivers State, has intensified its efforts
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NSCDC rescues 15-year-old student from kidnappers in Maiduguri
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps this Sunday disclosed that it’s operatives rescued a student of El-kanemi Islamic Collage of Theology, Maiduguri
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Katsina establishes N500m tomato paste factory
Katsina State government has awarded a N500 million contract for a Tomato Paste Processing Plant at Kokami Village, Danja Local Government Area. The
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CAF: Rivers United draw with host Mali
Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt on Saturday held Real Bamako of Mali to a goalless draw in Bamako in their 2017
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Trump tells Japan to ignore North Korea threat
President Donald Trump has assured Japan it has the full support of the United States following a North Korean ballistic missile launch. “I
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Whistleblowers rake in $160m, N8b for Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government’s Whistleblowing policy has yielded $151million and N8billion in looted funds. In a
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Two Nigerians, Uchenna, Okonkwo nabbed in India with hard drugs
India’s Delhi Police Crime Branch claimed to have busted in two incidents, two drug trafficking modules with the arrest of three drug traffickers,
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BREAKING NEWS! Ibori holds thanksgiving service, traditional rulers, Uduaghan, others attend
The thanksgiving service in honour of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, who recently returned to Nigeria after serving a jail
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‘You are bad Muslims’ – Saraki chides extremists
The President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described all those who obstruct peace in the name of Islam as bad
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Unknown persons destroy newly laid structure for Army base in S/Kaduna. Perpetrators will be fished out- el-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has decried the destruction of the foundation and structure laid for the proposed Nigerian Army Battalion in
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Bolt powers All Stars to victory in Australia
Usain Bolt fired his team of international ‘All Stars’ to victory in the inaugural Nitro Athletics Series in Melbourne on Saturday, capping the
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Lesser Hajj: I prayed for Nigeria, leaders – Aisha Buhari
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja prayed for peace, stability and progress of Nigeria. She made the
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NYSC member attacked in C/River
Some unidentified hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday attacked a corps member, Miss Gbenimachor Chinezendu-Ezinne, in her residence at Obubra Local Government
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CBN, commercial banks to grant loan to corps members
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), says it will partner the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other commercial banks to provide soft
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Isheri kidnap: Landlords, residents on the run, relocate to hotels
In the wake of the abduction of a landlord and killing of three security guards in Isheri North Estate GRA, Lagos, on Thursday,
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“My country is bankrupt, help”, Gambian Barrow cries out.
Gambian President Adama Barrow said he has inherited a nearly bankrupt economy and that the economy needed immediate restoration. He has appealed for
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Rangers get a draw in Algeria
Nigerian champions Enugu Rangers began their CAF Champions League campaign on a positive note when they held Algeria’s JS Saoura 1-1 at the
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‘Be careful’ – Trump warns Iran President
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran President Hassan Rouhani “better be careful” after Rouhani was quoted as saying that anyone
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Kaduna state battles maize disease
The Kaduna State Government has tackled ‘Stem-borer worm’, the disease destroying stems and leaves of irrigated maize farms in the state. Malam Dahiru
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Akwa Ibom faces fuel crisis as DPR seals 27 filling stations
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket field office, said it sealed 27 filling stations for selling above government’s approved pump price of
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Lagos Marathon: 7-year-old Damilola shines, gets to the finishing line
A seven-year-old, Damilola Oluwaseun, became the highlight of the 2nd Access Bank Lagos City Marathon when she completed 10km of the 42km race.
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