US President Barack Obama denounced the country’s epidemic of gun violence on Saturday and renewed a call for tougher controls on military-style weapons after yet another deadly shooting, saying “enough is enough.” The latest bloodshed came on Frida…
Barcelona stretched their advantage at the top of La Liga to seven points on Saturday thanks to another clinical display from Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez to down Real Sociedad 4-0. Messi was making his first league start in two months as he…
Watford condemned bottom club Aston Villa to their 11th defeat in 14 Premier League games. Odion Ighalo poked home to give the visitors the lead, but Micah Richards’ header levelled it before half-time. The Hornets lost goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes to …
Alan Pardew enjoyed victory against his old club as Crystal Palace came from a goal down to trounce Newcastle. Striker Papiss Cisse opened the scoring for the visitors with a glancing free header from close range on 10 minutes. But Palace hit back q…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Malta urged the international community to do more to support his administration’s efforts to curb corruption in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mallam Garba Shehu,…
”Aside the 105 soldiers killed by Boko Haram, additional 34 soldiers were killed two days ago but it wasn’t in the news”- Deji Adeyanju. I concur with Mr. Deji Adeyanju. The most heartless and reprehensible thing that our government could have done …
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the last six months of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as that of “deceitful change,” lamenting that the President was destroying the image of Nigeria and its people for cheap interna…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC). This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the NJC acting director (…
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said all projects embarked on by his administration will be completed before the end of his tenure. Aregbesola said that he was not bothered by politicians “fabricating lies over the state of finance of Osun S…
Boko Haram on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shiite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano that killed 22 people. The hardline Islamist group said in a statement in Arabic on social media its bomber “de…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jos says it has seized seven Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from under aged voters and five party agent cards during the Qua’an Pan North House of Assembly bye-election. Prof. Anthonia Simbini, I…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa has said that more than 8, 000 ad hoc staff would be engaged in the Dec.5 governorship election in the state. Mr Baritor Kpagih, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, stated this i…
A Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue state has nullified the election of former Senate President and lawmaker representing Benue South Senatorial District, David Mark and ordered a rerun within 90 days. Mark’s victory at the polls was challen…
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles were made to wait for world leaders at a drinks reception in Malta on Friday after the high-level guests got stuck in traffic on the Mediterranean island. The queen and her eldest son were hosting a drinks party…
The police in Bayelsa have confirmed that abductors have freed the mother of Nigeria’s Under-23 National Team Coach Samson Siasia, Mrs Beauty Siasia. ASP Asinim Butswat, police spokesman in Bayelsa, said the kidnappers freed the victim following a c…
The Immediate past Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has cried out over surreptitious moves to link him with terrorist acts and stockpiling of arms in the country.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has picked up one ‘Pastor’ Jonathan for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N200m. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Friday th…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode (FFK) thinks it is insensitive of President Buhari to continue his foreign trips despite the increasing rate of terror attacks in Nigeria. He took to Twitter to express his feelings.. …
Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna shared on social media that his wife Sonia and 5-month old son Ace were robbed in traffic yesterday.) The married father said the culprits smashed the car window, not even caring that there was a baby in the car and stole …
The Federal Government has clarified the amount spent for independence anniversary celebrations between 2010 and 2015. Information obtained from the Office of the Secretary General of the Federation (OSGF) in a letter dated October 12, 2015 and made…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), yesterday, said that mass unemployment looms in the country following epileptic power supply that is hampering the operations of industries. National President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ug…
The South East Revival Group (SERG) has urged the Federal Government to tread cautiously in handling the current clamour for self-determination, by a cross section of people of the South-East, pressing for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra…
The Nigerian Navy in the Delta state has arrested a self propelled barge loaded with estimated 4000metric tonnes, equivalent of 400 truck load of suspected crude oil in what the Central Naval Command, CNC, described as “a big break in the fight agai…
The constitutional crisis trailing the Kogi State governorship election took a new twist, yesterday, with All Progressives Congress, APC members of the Kogi State House of Assembly insisting that Mohammed Audu, the first son of the deceased APC Cand…
The Federal Government is yet to put a specific figure to the amount of money so far returned by those who looted the treasury, as disclosed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, told journalists , at yesterday’s…
President Muhamadu Buhari has assured that the problems being encountered in the tertiary education sub-sector as regards the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) will soon be addressed. He gave the assurance during the 27th convocati…
The Kano commander of Shia movement in Nigeria, Muhammad Mahmud Turi, Friday, said 21 members of the sect lost their lives while 45 others were injured when a suicide bomber struck the procession at Dakasoye village near Kano. Sheik Turi told report…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has alerted Abuja residents over plots by Boko Haram to attack churches, mosques and markets, using girls to bomb those places. A memo by the Director of Security Services, Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed I…
A tanker carrying petroleum products exploded in Minna, Niger, on Friday. The tanker was owned by a major oil marketer, Conoil Plc and the incident occurred along Tunga town, Minna. Fire fighters from the state fire service were later deployed to th…
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team, Samson Siasia has cried out to Nigerians that the abduction of his aged mother, Mrs Ogere Siasia, is distracting his attention as the country begins its campaign in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 20…
The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has observed that the December 2015 deadline for the defeat of the insurgents by President Muhammadu Buhari is not feasible notwithstanding the great strides being recorded by Nigerian military in the fight …
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