Aluko, Diezani’s ally owes tax in New York
Kola Aluko, a Nigerian oil mogul, wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is owing the City of New York some overdue
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FG to recover stolen $600m, £321m from UK, Switzerland
The Federal Government is set to to repatriate more loot kept in foreign countries by corrupt Nigerians this year. The government said it
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Edo Speaker escapes assassination
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Justin Okonoboh, on Friday evening, escaped an assassination attempt at Igueben Local Government
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Xenophobic attacks: No more unrest in S/Africa – Police
The unrest seen on the streets of Pretoria and its surrounding townships on Friday has been brought under control, with over 100 people
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Buhari phones Adesina, thanks him for holding out
President Muhammadu Buhari has made Saturday 25 February a day media adviser, Femi Adesinawill for long cherish.President Buhari who is taking an extended
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Trump’s border agents stop Muhammed Ali’s son, wife
A son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was held for questioning for two hours at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida, upon returning
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Ladipo traders hold candlelight procession in honour of slain colleague
Trading activities were suspended for six hours at the Ladipo Auto Market, Mushin in Lagos, on Saturday as traders held a remembrance service
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Breaking: ICYMI: Thugs cut off INEC official’s hand
POLITICAL thugs have allegedly chopped the hand of an Independent National Electoral Commission’s officer in Igbo-Etche area of Etche Local Government Area of
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US Democrats elect Perez, Clinton ally party chair
United States Democrats on Saturday elected Hillary Clinton’s long-time ally, former Labour Secretary, Mr Tom Perez, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
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Abortion, bribery scandal rock Lagos Police College … senior police officers, abortion syndicate squeeze cadets for cash
A major scandal is brewing within the heart of the nation’s best-known police college, the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. Tinuola Akande, a former
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UNICAL workers raise alarm over plot to kidnap principal officers
Workers under the aegis of Academy and Combined Concerned Workers of the University of Calabar on Friday raised the alarm over an alleged
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Two NCAA directors recalled less than 24 hrs after sack
he Federal Government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday.
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Photos: Amosun turns rescue worker at accident scene
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday, stopped to personally coordinate the rescue of three accident victims along the ever busy, Akure-Ondo
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Rivers reun poll: 50 suspects arrested in Etche
Fifty youngsters suspected to be political thugs have been arrested by security agents in Ulakwo Ward 13 in Etche local council area of
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A stunt that went awry: Enugu school proprietress risks closure of school for inviting Police to scare pupils.
There was outrage in Enugu after a Facebook post showed pupils of a private nursery and primary school, Early Dew Montessori Academy, Enugu,
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Air Force bombs Boko Haram on Mandara Mountain
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has struck Boko Haram insurgents hiding at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Group
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Cultists kill Imo undergraduate over phone
The campus of Imo State University, Owerri, was last Wednesday thrown into a mourning mood, when gunmen suspected to be students – cultists
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Clean-up in FAAN and NCAA as all directors had been fired
The federal government has carried out a major reorganization in two major parastatals of the Aviation sector of the Ministry of Transport with
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Morocco seeks membership of ECOWAS
Morocco, a north African country, has officially requested to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a full member. According
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Trump fights American media, bans New York Times, CNN, LAT from his event
Several major U.S. media outlets including New York Times, CNN and Los Angeles Times were barred from attending Friday White House briefing, indicating
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Alleged serial fraudster, Seun Egbegbe, gets N5m bail
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted a N5m bail to Nigerian filmmaker, Olajide Kazeem, better known
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Southern Kaduna crisis is exaggerated: Police chief
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh on Friday said the crisis in Southern Kaduna has been largely exaggerated and used as
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MTN Team visits Osinbajo
An MTN Team led by the Nigerian chairman, Pascal Dozie visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja. MTN Group chairman, South
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Sweden fires back at Trump with ‘facts’
Sweden has sought to set the record straight after Donald Trump linked immigration to a supposed rise in violence in the Scandinavian country,
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Ronaldo posts record 200m fans on social media
Cristiano Ronaldo is most definitely light years ahead of his rival, Lionel Messi, at least in the social media. A report released by HookIt
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Ex-customs boss forfeits 17 vehicles to FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered that 17 vehicles seized from a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi
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FUT Minna expels 44 students
Forty-four students from various faculties were on Friday asked to withdraw from the Federal University of Technology, Minna over poor academic performance and
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Assemblies of God Church: End of the road for Superintendent Emeka as the S’Court affirms his sack
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the suspended General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Rev. Paul Emeka, challenging
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FG packages bailout for Nigeria’s poultry farmers
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is leading an urgent effort by the Federal Government to bailout poultry farmers now confronting various challenges. The
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Video: Akeredolu sworn in as Ondo’s 7th governor, pledges to stand by his campaign promises
Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu took his oath of office today in Akure. It was at his inaugural ceremony, which was attended by many
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