Category: NEWS

PHOTO NEWS: Jonathan Smiles as Tinubu, Saraki Check Hands ‘Sheepishly’ ?
May 13, 2017 No Responses

PHOTO NEWS: Jonathan Smiles as Tinubu, Saraki Check Hands ‘Sheepishly’ ?

Though President Goodluck Jonathan and Bola Tinubu, national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), sat next to each other on Friday at the wedding of Halimat, last daughter of Ibrahim Babaginda, former military head of state but Saraki has his...
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Governor Builds Hotel with $3m London Paris Club Cash
May 12, 2017 No Responses

Governor Builds Hotel with $3m London Paris Club Cash

Cash lodged in Rep’s account through proxy EFCC places restriction on NGF’s N8b, $80m Detectives have traced $ 3 million of the controversial London-Paris Club loan refund  to a governor, this was learnt on Thursday. The cash is believed to...
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Nigeria’s Participation in Islamic Solidarity Games is illegal – CAN
May 11, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria’s Participation in Islamic Solidarity Games is illegal – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria has protested against the participation of the country in the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation which had commenced in Azerbaijan, describing it as illegal. The organisation therefore demanded that the Federal Government...
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Jubilation in FUTA as Minister Suspends VC, Registrar
May 11, 2017 No Responses

Jubilation in FUTA as Minister Suspends VC, Registrar

The suspension of the embattled Vice Chancellor (VC), Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Prof. Adebiyi Daramola by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has lighten up mood at the varsity. Since the news broke, workers were seen exchanging....
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Amosun Escapes Death as CBN Bullion Vans Ram into his Convoy
May 11, 2017 No Responses

Amosun Escapes Death as CBN Bullion Vans Ram into his Convoy

Governor Ibikunle Amosun on Thursday had a firsthand experience of the reckless driving by drivers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) bullion vans as a convoy of CBN bullion vans rammed into his convoy, escaping unscathed narrowly. Amosun was travelling to...
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U.S Spends N152b on Humanitarian Assistance in Northeast
May 11, 2017 No Responses

U.S Spends N152b on Humanitarian Assistance in Northeast

The United States Government on Thursday announced that it had in the last two years spent $500m (about N152bn) on humanitarian assistance to communities in Northeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. The U.S. Deputy Director at the Office of West...
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How Gunmen kill two Nigerians in South Africa
May 11, 2017 No Responses

How Gunmen kill two Nigerians in South Africa

– Two Nigerians have been shot dead in South Africa, the association of Nigerians living in that country – The Nigeria Union in South Africa – said yesterday. According to the organisation, the Nigerians both of them from Anambra State,...
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Trump to visit FBI HQ says White House Spokeswoman
May 11, 2017 No Responses

Trump to visit FBI HQ says White House Spokeswoman

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit FBI headquarters in the next few days, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday, days after Trump’s firing of the agency’s director ignited a political firestorm. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, in....
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Why I visited Osinbajo – Namadi Sambo
May 11, 2017 No Responses

Why I visited Osinbajo – Namadi Sambo

Former Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday paid a visit to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and both held private discussions. Sambo said the visit was a usual familiarisation. He added that “I have come to visit Mr. Vice President and...
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Police Detains DPO who Allegedly Killed a Fashion Designer
May 10, 2017 No Responses

Police Detains DPO who Allegedly Killed a Fashion Designer

Lagos State Police Command Wednesday detained the Divisional Officer (DPO) of Ijeshatedo, Mohammed Yakubu for allegedly killing a fashion designer, Jamiu Ayoade. Yakubu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) was detained after the state government commenced a...
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