Migrant crisis: Turkey and EU leaders close in on deal
European Union negotiators and Turkey have agreed a draft deal over the migrant crisis, which must now be approved by the 28 EU leaders. Under the scheme, migrants arriving in Greece after midnight...
View ArticleBuhari, ministers, others bid Ocholi final farewell
It was a sad moment for the people of Abocho community in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State when the remains of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Chief James Ocholi (SAN),...
View ArticleArmy arrests Rivers SSG
The Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Army for alleged stalling the distribution of electoral materials. It was gathered that Kobani...
View ArticleRivers rerun: INEC dismisses report on fake result sheets
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has condemned allegations of Fake Result sheets being deployed for election in Akuku-Toru, Tai and Bonny Local Government Areas of Rivers State for...
View ArticleRivers Rerun: INEC postpones election in four LGAs
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, has just announced the cancellation of legislative rerun in Khana, Gokana, Andoni and Bonny LGAs Rivers State. Ikoiwak...
View ArticleIstanbul shopping area hit by suicide bomber
A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say. Another 36 were injured – some of them foreign nationals – as the bomb went...
View ArticleHulk Hogan awarded $115m in Gawker sex tape case
A Florida jury has awarded Hulk Hogan $115m (£79m) after the gossip news website Gawker published a sex tape of the retired professional wrestler. Mr Hogan’s legal team argued the New York-based...
View ArticleRussia plane crash: Dozens killed in Rostov-on-Don
A passenger jet has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on board, officials say. The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, coming from Dubai, missed the...
View ArticleBenue State: Ghost workers receive N170.29m monthly
The Benue State Government spends N170, 290, 870 as salaries on ghost workers every month. Biometric Audit Consultant, Prince Mkpang, stated this while submitting the Report of Biometric Audit of Benue...
View ArticleTambuwal emerges Champion Newspapers’ Man of the Year
•His track record is second to none – Champion GMD The Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been named Champion Newspapers Man of the Year 2015. The Group Managing Director...
View ArticleRivers rerun update: INEC suspends elections in 2 more LGA’s
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has this morning suspended the Federal and State legislative elections that held yesterday across the three senatorial districts of the state in two...
View ArticleUS hotel firm Starwood strikes historic Cuba deal
US hotel company Starwood has become the first American firm to agree a deal with the Cuban authorities since the revolution of 1959. Starwood will renovate and run three hotels in the Cuban capital,...
View ArticleUS, UK Govts Know whereabouts of kidnapped Chibok girls
US and UK surveillance discovered whereabouts of kidnapped schoolgirls Spotted around 80 of the 276 Nigerian girls seized by Boko Haram in 2014 Didn’t do anything about it as rescue attempt was...
View ArticleSilent killings in Taraba: Senator raises alarm
Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, at the weekend raised the alarm over silent killings going on in Taraba State. Bwacha who represents Taraba South Senatorial District said that the...
View ArticleMark to Nigerians: Rise up against barbarism, insecurity
**As he bags Doctorate Degree on Security, Intelligence The immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has again tasked Nigerians to rise up against the unabating insecurity in the land...
View ArticleFG: No plan to retrench civil servants
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, has said there is no plan by the Federal Government to retrench civil servants. This is contained in a statement issued on...
View ArticleMark to Nigerians: Rise up against barbarism, insecurity
As he bags Doctorate Degree on Security, Intelligence The immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has again tasked Nigerians to rise up against the unabating insecurity in the land...
View ArticleUNEP: Nigeria spends $1bn to import tomato paste
THE United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, has lamented that the Nigerian government spent about $1 billion on importation of tomato paste. The African Regional Coordinator of UNEP, Dr. Richard...
View ArticleObasanjo: Those asking me to account for Abacha’s loot are stupid
**Justifies Buhari’s frequent foreign trips **Says no regret putting Jonathan forward as President Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed angst against those asking him to account for...
View ArticlePut people’s interest first, Ambode charges CEOs of fed agencies
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday charged Chief Executives of Federal Parasatatals charged with the responsibility of interpreting government policy to be above board and always put...
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