Etebo disappointed to miss game against Germany
Nigeria’s top scorer at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Oghenekaro Etebo, has expressed his sadness over his unavailability for Wednesday’s semi-final clash against Germany. Etebo also missed the 2-0 win...
View ArticleNigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning
Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning: 1. A report has claimed that following conflicting judgment by the Federal High court in Abuja and Port Harcourt over the Wednesday’s (...
View ArticleDead child belongs to my mentally ill daughter – Woman explains
The Lagos State Police Command has released an old woman, Kuburat Ayinde, who was caught with a dead baby. Ayinde, suspected to be a ritualist was on Monday apprehended by an angry mob with a dead baby...
View ArticlePDP reinstalls Makarfi-led committee, extends tenure to one year
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday renewed the tenure of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee for a period that will last twelve months, even as it enlarged the...
View ArticleThree Nigerian Muslim pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia for alleged...
No fewer than three pilgrims from Kwara state, Nigeria, have reportedly been arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities for allegedly being in possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. The three...
View ArticleDelta community sues Buhari, others over exclusion of kinsmen from NDDC board
The Concerned Ndokwa Patriots, CNP, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over the exclusion of indigenes of Ndokwa from the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The CNP in a suit filed...
View ArticleNiger Delta: We didn’t agree to dialogue with FG – Avengers
Niger Delta Avengers has refuted the report that it has agreed for peace talks with the federal government. The self-acclaimed spokesman for the Dialogue Group, Mr. Ballantyne Agiri had in a...
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympics: Dream Team VI lose semi-final to Germany
Nigeria’s hopes of winning the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic men’s football competition, were effectively ended on Wednesday night, after the Dream Team VI lost 2-0 to Germany in their semi-final...
View ArticleGiwa FC reinstated to NPFL
The League Management Company (LMC), has confirmed that Giwa FC have been reinstated to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Giwa FC was expelled by the League Management Company (LMC), for...
View ArticleMahrez signs new deal with Leicester City
Riyad Mahrez has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal with Leicester City, to end speculations linking him with a move away from the club. The Algerian winger, had been tipped to join Arsenal or...
View ArticleWe had a successful National Convention – Governor Wike
Chairman of the National Convention Planning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the successful conduct of the August 17th National...
View ArticleNigeria to experience solar eclipse on September 1
The National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA has predicted that the eclipse of the sun would be experienced across the country on September 1. The annular eclipse is expected to occur...
View ArticleBoko Haram links: Military grants bail to Ahmed Bolori, Aisha Wakil
The Nigerian military has granted administrative bail to Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil, the Persons who made themselves available to the military authority after being declared wanted. PRNigeria...
View ArticleOndo Poll: Shooting at Ondo APC Secretariat as party crisis worsens
Commercial activities in Akure, the Ondo state capital, was on Thursday disrupted following a clash between members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who are loyal to the state chairman of the...
View ArticlePolice deny shooting Wuye Market Association members
Mr Mohammad Mustapha, the Commissioner of Police FCT, has defended police action in Wuye market, saying “we acted in the interest of peace.” Mustapha said this when he appeared before Prof. Bem Angwe,...
View ArticleMan beats wife to death for denying him sex after seven kids in Ekiti
A 42-year-old man, Josiah Johnson has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate court for allegedly beating his wife, Juliana to death. According to the police prosecutor, Sgt. Oriyomi...
View ArticleEconomy: Expect 70 percent hike, we must survive – Inter-state transporters...
Weighed down by economic challenges and poor infrastructure, private transport companies in the country say they may have no choice but to increase fares by as much as 70 percent to stay in business....
View ArticlePolice in Bauchi rescue traditional ruler, 49 from kidnappers’ den
The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued the district head of Tama in Toro Local Government Area of the state. Also rescued alongside the monarch from the kidnappers’ were 49 other hostages Bauchi...
View ArticleLove scam: EFCC nabs fake doctor who fleeced female FRSC staff of N6.7m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Chike Nnaemeka, alias Dr. Justified Isioma Nnaemeka Emerald, for conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of...
View ArticleInibehe Effiong: Naming a dog ‘Buhari’, police impunity and the law
I have taken pains to elucidate on the issue under consideration which is as simple as ABC. It is not because there are no serious and pressing legal controversies in the country requiring my...
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