The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said Saturday, as East-West tensions over Syria and Ukraine dominated a gathering of world leaders in Germany. US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Munich Security Conference that…
Bayelsa, Police disagree on allegation of baby selling
The Ministry of Health, Bayelsa State, and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Saturday, said it was not true that a Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Sawyer Wisdom, sold a baby girl delivered in the Survival Hospital locate…

Medical doctor remanded in prison over N32m fraud
An Ogwashi-Uku Magistrate Court in Delta State on Thursday remanded a 47-year-old medical doctor (name withheld) and another in prison custody for allegedly defrauding the Hospital Management Board Corporative Society the sum of N32m. The presiding …

REVEALED: Possible locations of Chibok girls identified by the Nigerian Air Force
Possible locations of the abducted Chibok school girls may have been identified by the Nigerian Air Force ,according to indications last night. The Director of Public Relations of the Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, told Channels Televisi…

5 Reasons Why Nigerian Girls LOVE Valentines Day
A lot of Nigerian men will simply groan at the mention of Valentine’s Day and may never figure out why women make so much fuss off the day. The fact that they have to buy most of the presents, pay for the dinners and be on their best behaviors makes…

Cameroon soldiers kill 27 Boko Haram fighters across border
Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram fighters after launching a cross-border operation in Goshi, Nigeria that also resulted in the death of one soldier, a senior military official said. Captain Yari Emmanuel, the head of Cameroon’s Rapid …

Tears flow as court sends 16 ABUAD students to prison
Years flowed freely inside the Ekiti State Judiciary premises on Friday as a Chief Magistrate’s Court remanded 16 students of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado Ekiti in prison custody for their roles in the mayhem that rocked the institution last…

Nigeria establishes IDP centre in Lagos
The Federal Government has established migrants and internally displaced persons re-integration centre in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State. The centre which was commissioned last week by Hajiya Hadiza Sani Kangiwa,the Honourable Federal Commissio…

DEAR MEN: 8 Sexy Valentine’s Day Gifts For Your Woman
So she says she doesn’t care about Valentine’s Day? Regardless, don’t show up empty handed. Well, well, gentlemen, it’s that time of year where your choice in gift means everything. Okay, maybe not everything. But no matter how much she claims not t…

8 Perfect Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Man
Gifting something special to your guy on Valentine’s Day can be a little tricky. Guys are usually not so forthcoming or particular about what they want as gifts. But that does not mean they don’t love them. So what to get for them? Well, let us make…

Pope Francis, Russian patriarch kiss at historic meeting
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill kissed each other and sat down Friday for the first meeting between heads of the Eastern and Western churches in nearly a thousand years. The 79-year-old Francis, in white robes and a skullcap, and …

Fire guts SURE-P office in Abuja
The Office of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme was on Friday gutted by fire. The office located on Emeka Anyaoku Road in Area 11, Abuja, is a two-storey building that served as one of the Abuja offices of the agency. It was gathere…

Protest rocks Sapele over alleged killings, kidnappings
Protest over alleged killings and kidnapping of persons on Thursday rocked Sapele community in Delta State when youths numbering over 5,000 took to various streets in the area to press home their anger. The protesting youths, reports said, blamed th…

Lassa fever: Nigeria gets $290,000 equipment from AfDB
The Federal Government has received a donation of health equipment worth $290,000 from the African Development Bank as a support for the fight against Lassa fever and other health challenges in the country. The equipment, which includes two ambulanc…

Four killed in Boko Haram invasion of Borno village
Four persons were killed in Boko Haram invasion of Borno village, the Chairman of Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Ahmed Satomi told our correspondent on phone. Satomi, who spoke with newsmen on Friday, said the attack was on a village, …

I didn’t say Kashamu should be jailed —Ben Bruce AUTHORGbenro Adeoye
Senator Ben Bruce, who is representing Bayelsa East constituency in Bayelsa State, on Friday denied saying that a fellow senator, Buruji Kashamu, should have been jailed. A tweet on Bruce’s Twitter handle, which seemed to be reacting to a report sha…

Why we affirmed Wike’s, Amosun’s elections –Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday explained why it affirmed the election of Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of Rivers State and that of Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress as the governor of Ogun State. The Abuja D…

Wike suspends Rivers finance commissioner, accountant-general
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate suspension of the State Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Fred Kpakol and the Accountant-General, Mr. Abere Dagogo. The governor announced the indefinite suspension of Kpakol and Da…

Bring it on....I’m not afraid of EFCC, ICPC probe – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he is not afraid of being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. The governor also said he was not …

Pastor rapes teenager, blames it on the devil
The General Overseer of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, has been arrested and detained at the Rumuolumeni Police Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The 50-year-old randy pastor confessed to how he deceived a m…

NCC to sanction telecom operators who defraud Nigerians through drop calls
Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC), on Friday, said the Commission would sanction telecommunication operators who defrauded Nigerians through dropped-calls. Danbatta said this during a meeting…

Security fears for Boko Haram displaced after bombings
Suicide bombings that killed 58 at a camp for those who fled Boko Haram have raised doubts about the true extent of Nigeria’s grip on security in the troubled northeast and its policy of returning the displaced. President Muhammadu Buhari and his go…

Mother of three vomits cocaine at Abuja airport
Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly vomited 15 wraps of white powdery substances that tested positive for cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This is contained in a statement by Ofoyeju Mitch…

Man ‘pregnant’, hospitalised after sex with men
A 52-year-old had to be hospitalised after he kept insisting he was pregnant with a child in Kozhikode, India. The unemployed father of two children, who has a postgraduate degree, cited abnormal sensations in his abdomen and believed that he was ca…

Saraki’s CCT trial begins March 10
Trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on 13 counts of false assets declaration is to resume March 10 before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Our correspondent confirmed that the CCT issued hearing notices and served same on parties to the …

Three robbers, one cop killed during bank robbery
Armed robbers invaded some banks in Ikirun, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State in the evening today, making away undisclosed sums of money. It was gathered that the robbers gained entry into the banks by blowing up the …

FIFA ex-secretary Valcke banned for 12 years
Football’s world governing body, FIFA has banned its former secretary-general, Jerome Valcke from all football-related activities for 12 years. FIFA’s independent ethics committee also fined the 55-year-old 100,000 Swiss francs (£70,800) after it in…

Why we sanctioned Wike’s election – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday gave reasons for its January 27 judgment upholding the election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The apex court said the decision was informed by its findings that the petitioners at the tribunal – the candidate of …

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