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I begged for mercy but three soldiers kept flogging me with sticks, fan belts — Woman brutalised by soldiers in Ikorodu

March 19, 2017admin Comment

A woman, Mrs. Ruth Orji, brutalised by some beastly soldiers in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, narrates the incident to Motunrayo Joel It [...]

Mourinho overtakes Wenger as Arsenal sink low

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United on Sunday moved up to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL), condemning Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal to the sixth [...]

English Premier League table

March 19, 2017admin Comment

English Premier League table after Sunday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Chelsea 28 22 3 3 [...]

Missing N11bn petrol: Capital Oil wants account reconciled with NNPC

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Ifeanyi Ubah, the chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Ltd has called for a reconciliation of the company’s account with the Nigerian [...]

Football: MFM oust Plateau United from top of table

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Stephen Odey’s brace on Sunday helped Lagos-based MFM FC to dislodge former table toppers Plateau United of Jos from the Nigeria Professional Football [...]

Breaking: Doctor commits suicide, jumps to death from Third Mainland Bridge

March 19, 2017March 19, 2017admin Comment

A medical doctor, simply identified as Orji has jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge, to his death.The incident happened today.According to an account by News [...]

Lagos Task force arrests 43 fake diesel producers

March 19, 2017admin Comment

The Lagos State Task-Force on Environment says it has arrested 43 persons over adulteration of diesel meant for public consumption. The suspects were [...]

Nigeria records 100,000 cancer cases yearly

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Dr Bodeno Ehis, Consultant, Public Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital says no fewer than 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed yearly [...]

Electricity company apologises for prolonged power outage in Lagos

March 19, 2017admin Comment

The Management of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday apologised to consumers in Ajah, Lagos and environs over the protracted power [...]

Nigeria’s whistleblowers earn N210m on every N5b

March 19, 2017admin Comment

The Federal Government has clearly spelt out the irresistible benefits that await whistleblowers as it also pledges protection for them. The Minister of [...]

Okoi Ikpi-Itam, Cross River chief judge dies at 63

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Justice Okoi Ikpi-Itam, the Chief Judge of Cross River state is dead. He was 63 years old. Ikpi-Itam died in the early hours [...]

Leaked memo: Shehu Sani asks APC to sanction el-Rufai

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Senator Shehu Sani of Kaduna Central Senatorial District has urged the All Progressives Congress to penalise Gov. Nasir el-Rufai for allegedly leaking to [...]

Chuck Berry, legendary rock ‘n’ roll star dies

March 19, 2017March 19, 2017admin Comment

Charles Edward Anderson Berry, a.k.a Chuck Berry, regarded as one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll is dead. He was 90.He died on [...]

Magu recieves Leadership award, dedicates it to Nigerians

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dedicated the 2016 Person of the Year Award [...]

We want Biafra, not because of bad roads, nor Igbo Presidency – MASSOB

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Factional leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu has said no amount of [...]

ODION IGHALO- My sojourn in the English Premier League

March 19, 2017admin Comment

It is no longer news that Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, unexpectedly moved to the Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai F.C. from [...]

Secret report bombshell: Cash-strapped PDP plans to sell party membership, ministerial slots

March 19, 2017admin Comment

A high-powered committee set up to revamp the fortunes of the Peoples Democratic Party has submitted a report that may throw the fractious [...]

Governorship aspirant promises to harness oil, gas potential to develop Anambra

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Mr Barth Nwibe, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for Anambra governorship election, has promised to harness the potential in the oil and [...]

Nursing mother brutalised at police checkpoint over bribe

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Police brutality reared its ugly in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Friday when a woman, Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, her two months, [...]

Magu’s rejection not based on DSS report, we have our own reason — Saraki

March 19, 2017admin Comment

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the Senate did not reject the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim [...]

Crisis of confidence rocks Governors’ Forum over Fresh N500b refund

March 19, 2017admin Comment

The second tranche of the London-Paris Club refund is already causing division within the rank of state governors even before it is released [...]

Airport closure: Hotels, others sack workers as patronage drops

March 18, 2017admin Comment

Hotels, transportation companies and some other businesses in the Federal Capital Territory are cutting down their workforce following the crash in the patronage [...]

Army won’t train recruits in Sambisa – Spokesman

March 18, 2017admin Comment

The Nigerian Army has refuted report that it will be training the 76 Regular Recruits Intake (76RRI) in the Sambisa forest. The Army [...]

List of successful candidates for Federal Civil Service interview 2017 released

March 18, 2017admin Comment

The Federal Civil Service Commission has released lists of shortlisted candidates according to states, for applications into Federal Ministries according to the statement [...]