Oke out, Okagbare runs in 200m semis
Pius Ayinor and Idris Adesina African triple jump champion, Tosin Oke, along with his compatriot, Olu Olamigoke, on Monday crashed out of the men’s triple jump event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games....
View ArticleChibok girls: Split in Boko Haram threatens swap deal
Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu There were strong indications on Monday that the Federal Government was in a dilemma over the faction of the Boko Haram sect, it...
View ArticleWe’re refunding athletes – Dalung
Pius Ayinor, Rio de Janeiro Sports minister Solomon Dalung has said the ministry is refunding all athletes’ extra personal costs incurred on the road to the Rio Olympics. Dalung, who spoke with The...
View ArticleWhat is the address of Aso Rock?
Japheth Omojuwa Concepcion “Connie” Picciotto arrived the United States as an 18-year-old from Spain. She worked at the Spanish embassy in New York. She later moved to Washington DC where she seemed to...
View ArticleHow robbers attacked CBN bullion van, killed two policemen
Jude Owuamanam, Jos Two policemen were killed on Tuesday at Hawan Kibo along the Jos-Abuja Road after armed robbers attacked a bullion van belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Our correspondent...
View Article$12m fraud: EFCC probes Elechi, arrests ex-commissioner
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has intensified its probe of the immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State, Martin Elechi, over some alleged fraudulent contracts...
View ArticleDon’t vote PDP, Odigie-Oyegun tells Edo people
Alexander Okere, Benin The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has appealed to voters in Edo State to support the candidate of the party, Godwin Obaseki, in...
View ArticleFour die in Ogun after drinking liquor
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Four persons have reportedly died in Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, after drinking a local liquor, popularly called ogogoro. Our correspondent learnt that the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police seal off PDP convention venue
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Force headquarters said it has sealed off the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt, the venue of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party. It was learnt that...
View ArticleAgain, Buhari orders NNPC to search for oil in North
Rasheed Bisiriyu, Okechukwu Nnodim, Peter Dada, Ovie Okpare, Godwin Isenyo and ’Femi Asu For the second time in three weeks, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has received an express order...
View ArticlePolice seal off PDP convention venue
Friday Olokor, Eniola Akinkuotu The National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party billed to hold in Port Harcourt on Wednesday suffered a major setback as hundreds of security operatives, mainly...
View ArticleTrump shakes up senior campaign staff
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again shaken up his senior campaign staff, appointing a conservative website executive and a pollster to head his team amid sinking poll numbers, news...
View ArticleBreaking: Buhari’s bodyguards, police set to clash in Abuja
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Police have deployed mobile policemen to the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja, venue of the planned protest by former bodyguards to President...
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View ArticlePDP convention: I was under house arrest, says Fayose
Olusola Fabiyi Ade Adesomoju and Chukwudi Akasike The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, said on Wednesday that he was placed under house arrest by security operatives at the old President Lodge of the...
View ArticleNestle posts sluggish first half profits
Nestle, the world’s largest food company, on Thursday reported a 9.1 percent fall in profits through the first six months of 2016, but said its sluggish performance should be reversed in a strong...
View ArticleTroops kill 27 Boko Haram terrorists in Cameroon
Troops attacked to the Multinational Joint Task Force killed 27 Boko Haram insurgents and arrested 10 others in Northern Cameroon, the Commander of a Regional Army Force said on Thursday. “A...
View ArticleYoga, abstinence from sex key to long life – Indian monk
Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga. Hindu monk Swami...
View Article‘Three ministers told me Buhari would lose in 2015’
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Mr. Olisaemeka Akamukale, on Wednesday said no fewer than three members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
View ArticleSkye Bank not distressed, CBN insists
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again faulted speculations that some banks in the country may be going under because they are distressed, stating that all existing banks are in safe financial...
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