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Jan 21, 2020

Seized houses: EFCC scandalising me, Saraki tells court

Former Senate President and two-term Kwara State Governor, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos State to dismiss a suit filed by the Econ...

Jan 21, 2020

BREAKING: Police take over Amotekun protest venue in Lagos

Policemen, on Tuesday, barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government’s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illega...

Jan 21, 2020

NIJ sacks lecturer for alleged sexual assault

The Nigerian Institute of Journalism has sacked one of its lecturers, Mr Tene John, over alleged sexual assault on one of its students, Ms Anjola Ogunyemi. H...

Jan 21, 2020

Benue governorship election: Supreme Court keeps Gov. Ortom waiting

The Supreme Court has scheduled judgment for later today in the appeal on the outcome of the March 2019 governorship election in Benue. Mr Emmanuel Jime, can...

Jan 21, 2020

Guards Brigade begins 2020 Sports Week activities

The Guards Brigade Nigerian Army, on Monday commenced its 2020 Sports Week activities in Abuja with football competition between the 177 Guards and the Guards B...

Jan 21, 2020

PDP protesters involved in road accident in Abuja

It was a moment of pain and sadness as some protesters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) went back home with various degree of injuries after a driver of tr...

Jan 21, 2020

ICYMI: If McGregor wants to fight, I’m ready, says UFC champion Usman

....*McGregor challenges Usman after comeback win Nigerian fighter and UFC Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has challenged other fighters including popular...

Jan 21, 2020

Australian Open: Thiem cruises through first round

Dominic Thiem opened his Australian Open campaign with a 6-3 7-5 6-2 win over France’s Adrian Mannarino on Tuesday. The fifth seed wobbled midway through the...

Jan 21, 2020

Eleven workers killed in Siberia fire

Eleven people including 10 Uzbek workers died when a fire ripped through a one-storey wooden shack in a remote village in the Siberian region of Tomsk, official...

Jan 21, 2020

Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner

Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and spar...

Jan 21, 2020

Malabu Oil Deal: EFCC To Arraign Adoke, Six Others Today

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mister, Mohammed Adok...

Jan 21, 2020

Restore LG elected representatives in Oyo, FG orders Makinde

Mr Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has called for immediate disbandment of caretaker committees and restoration of e...

Jan 21, 2020

Border Closure: Buhari meets Ghanaian Akufo-Addo

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London held a bilateral meeting with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, and gave more information on why Nigeria...

Jan 21, 2020

Ohanaeze asks Imo to accept Supreme Court verdict

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Monday called on the people of Imo State to accept in good faith the Supreme Court judgment that removed Emeka Ihedioha and brought in Ho...

Jan 21, 2020

Asaba Appeal Court complex ready Feb. 3 – Okowa assures

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said the Court of Appeal Complex for the Asaba Division would be inaugurated on Feb. 3, 2020. Okowa who in...

Jan 20, 2020

Fresh attack on Southern Kaduna, inhuman, unfortunate — El-Rufai

Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday described as “inhuman and unfortunate” the bandits’ attack on Gora-Gan village in the Zango-Kataf Local...

Jan 20, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Bala Mohammed’s Election As Bauchi Governor

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Senator Bala Mohammed as the governor of Bauchi State. Details later…

Jan 20, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Simon Lalong’s Election As Plateau Governor

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Simon Lalong as the governor of Plateau State. The court gave the judgement on Monday in Abuja, 10 months afte...

Jan 20, 2020

Czech Senate speaker Kubera dies

The speaker of the Czech Senate, Jaroslav Kubera, has died at the age of 72, a spokesman for the upper house said on Monday. Kubera was a political veteran o...

Jan 20, 2020

Kwara workers protest over non-payment of three-month salaries

Workers of the Kwara Waste Management Company, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin to demand payment of their three months’ outstanding salaries from...