Lagos defends Ikoyi demolition
The Lagos State Government on Saturday said owners of buildings recently demolished in Ikoyi area of the state were duly served with contravention, removal and quit notices before the exercise was...
View ArticleSchoolboy jailed for raping five-year-old brother, four-year-old sister
A schoolboy who raped his five-year-old brother and four-year-old sister has been jailed for almost five years. The 15-year-old boy whose name cannot be mentioned for legal implications pleaded guilty...
View ArticleAbdulsalami, Aisha Buhari disagree over gender roles
Enyioha Opara A former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called on the men in the country to raise foundations that would cater for fellow men, because, according to him, men...
View ArticleMay warns of ‘difficult times’ for UK economy
Prime Minister Theresa May warned of possible “difficult times ahead” for Britain’s economy in an interview screened Sunday as she sought to build post-Brexit trade ties at the G20 summit in China....
View ArticleWe want Fridays work-free for Muslims — MURIC Director, Akintola
A professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Ishaq Akintola, tells BAYO AKINLOYE that the Christian Association of Nigeria’s criticism of recent visit by the United States...
View ArticleFuel at N145/litre no longer sustainable – NNPC
John Ameh, Fidelis Soriwei, Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba and Okechukwu Nnodim Former and present Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have expressed fears that the...
View ArticleRuben Gonzalez signs up for Indian Super League
Former Real Madrid player Ruben Gonzalez has signed for the upcoming Indian Super League as the second marquee player for the Delhi Dynamos. Gonzalez was part of the Delhi side that lost 1-0 to West...
View ArticleSERAP rejects FG’s tax on phone calls
Ramon Oladimeji A rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has advised the Federal Government to drop its plan to impose 10 per cent tax on every phone call made, text...
View ArticleWe are ready to take over from Mimiko – Akeredolu
Peter Dada, Akure The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, says he has no doubt that the APC would defeat the...
View ArticleKaduna govt threatens to seize undeveloped land
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State Development Property Company has warned landowners who leave their land undeveloped in the state that they risk losing such land. The Managing Director and Chief...
View ArticleRooney breaks England caps record
Wayne Rooney became England’s most capped outfield player when he was awarded his 116th cap by new manager Sam Allardyce in Sunday’s opening 2018 World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia. Team captain...
View ArticleRecession: Melaye urges Buhari to sack Adeosun, Emefiele, Udoma
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A member of the Senate representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take drastic measures on the ailing...
View ArticlePolice arrest kidnap suspects, rescue two victims
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia The Abia State Police Command has arrested two kidnap suspects and rescued two of their victims at Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the police,...
View Article‘Buhari, Osinbajo’ll lead governors to Edo for APC rally’
The Chairman, All Progressives Congress in Edo, Mr Anselm Ojezua, said President Muhammadu Buhari, would lead the party members to Benin on Tuesday for the governorship campaigns finale. Ojezua told...
View ArticleJealous wife bought cutlass two weeks before hacking husband –Police
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta An irate housewife, Oluwakemi Otun, who attacked her husband, Kehinde Otun, brutally with machete last Saturday, has told the Police interrogators that she bought a new...
View ArticleEdo Poll: NYSC DG calls for protection of corps members
The National Youth Service Corps has called for adequate security measures to be put in place for the protection of corps members who will participate in the Edo governorship election, scheduled for...
View Article269 human traffickers jailed – NAPTIP
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Federal Government has secured the imprisonments of 269 persons who trafficked humans in Nigeria since 2003, the acting Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition...
View ArticleI had premonition of my wife’s death –Abiara
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, who lost his wife, Prophetess Christiana Aduke Abiara, on Saturday night, said he had a premonition...
View ArticleGerman club rename stadium after late fan
German Bundesliga side SV Darmstadt 98 have renamed their stadium in memory of a supporter who died in March. Jonathan Heimes raised hundreds of thousands of euros for charity before he died from...
View ArticleI want to consolidate on Oshiomhole’s achievements – Obaseki
Ramon Oladimeji The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, says he intends to be governor so that he can consolidate on what Governor Adams Oshiomhole...
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