I’ll get married at the right time –Pawpaw
Chux Ohai Osita Iheme, aka Pawpaw, is one half of the popular Nollywood comic pair known as Aki and Pawpaw. Both men have since moved up the creative ladder, from being just comic actors to making...
View ArticleLack of access to liquidity hampering power sector – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday said the challenge bedevilling the nation’s power sector is lack of access to liquidity to promote investment in the sector. The Acting Chairman...
View ArticleTrump denies sex assault lies, faces Michelle Obama rebuke
Donald Trump savaged US media Thursday for reporting “outright lies” that he groped and forcibly kissed women, as First Lady Michelle Obama blasted the Republican nominee in a powerful tirade. Just 26...
View ArticleExploding Note 7: Samsung suffers more losses
Samsung on Friday said the crisis over its exploding Note 7 smartphones would cost another $3 billion-plus in lost profit over the next two quarters, but hoped expanded sales of its other flagship...
View ArticleGay couple arrested over Facebook photo
An Indonesian gay couple has been arrested after a photo on Facebook of the men kissing sparked anger, police said Friday, in the latest move against the country’s homosexual community. There has been...
View ArticlePolice recover N2.7m bribe money from ACP
The Nigeria Police Force Complaint Response Unit said it had recovered N2.7m bribe money from an Assistant Commissioner of Police serving in one of the state commands. This is contained in the third...
View Article‘Fifth columnists sabotaging Buhari’s govt’
Friday Olokor, Abuja About 200 protesters, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups, in Abuja on Thursday, warned those they called fifth columnists, sabotaging the efforts of the...
View ArticleMelania Trump threatens People Magazine with lawsuit
Melania Trump threatened People Magazine and a former staff reporter with legal action late Thursday over “false and completely fictionalised” statements in the writer’s account of Donald Trump forcing...
View ArticleLa liga: I’m feeling better, more confident – Ronaldo
Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo insists he will have a “spectacular” season despite a slow start to the campaign caused by knee ligament damage. Ronaldo was sidelined for two...
View Article$1.1bn Malabu oil deal complex, AGF tells Reps
John Ameh, Abuja The Federal Government said on Thursday that it had no conclusive position on the controversial $1.1bn award of Oil Prospecting Licence 245, better known as ‘Malabu Oil Deal.’ It said...
View ArticleLicense illegal refineries, Rep tells FG
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, has said that instead of destroying illegal refineries in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government should license and regulate them....
View ArticleNigerians react to Aisha Buhari’s comments
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View ArticleTrump stalked me throughout debate, says Clinton
Hillary Clinton has accused her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump of “stalking” her during their televised debate on Sunday. Trump often stood closely behind the Democratic nominee glowering...
View ArticleSwitzerland, Red Cross, Borno lawyer negotiated release of Chibok girls
Our correspondents The government of Switzerland, the Red Cross and a Borno State-based lawyer helped to negotiate the release of the 21 Chibok girls, it has been gathered. The Swiss government on...
View ArticlePolice hunt for Kaduna cop killers
The Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said it operatives were on the trail of the bandits who killed two police sergeants on Thursday in the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Aliyu Usman, said...
View ArticleBuhari congratulates UN Secretary-General-designate
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated Antonio Guterres on his appointment by the United Nations General Assembly as the next UN Secretary General, beginning from...
View ArticleNDDC warns against fake agric empowerment scheme
The Niger Delta Development Commission has warned the public to ignore forms for enrolment for agricultural empowerment programme purportedly being circulated by the commission. The acting Managing...
View ArticleCan you identify the people in the picture?
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View ArticleCopa del Rey: Barca to face Hercules, Real get Cultural Leonesa
Barcelona begin their defence of the Copa del Rey against Hercules next month, whilst Real Madrid face a trip north to Leon to take on Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. Hercules have suffered two...
View ArticleNigeria, others account for 60% of world’s TB cases – WHO
The World Health Organisation has warned health authorities worldwide on the need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat the “deadly epidemic” of Tuberculosis. The Director of the WHO’s TB...
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