Court cautions Nyame against interfering with prosecution witnesses
An FCT High Court on Monday cautioned parties, their agents and surrogates to stop interfering with prosecution witnesses. The judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, gave the advise at the resumed trial of...
View ArticleBuhari meets released Chibok girls
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting the 21 Chibok girls recently released from captivity. The meeting is holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The girls were...
View ArticleLuka Modric to retire at Real Madrid
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric wants to play out the rest of his career with the Spanish giants after signing a new contract until 2020. Modric, 31, has become a fundamental part of the Real side,...
View ArticleMy wife is dating my pastor, man tells court
Worried by his wife’s adulterous acts, Mr Kolawole Okeeyi, a businessman, on Wednesday approached the Igando Customary Court in Lagos to terminate his 31-year-old marriage. Okeeyi, 51, accused his...
View ArticleVIDEO: 21 freed Chibok girls, parents arrive Aso Rock
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View ArticleNSCDC arrests 20 suspected transformer vandals
The Cross River State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps on Wednesday said it had arrested 20 suspected transformer vandals from January to date. The NSCDC Commandant in the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ambode sacks finance, transport, tourism commissioners
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday fired the commissioners for Tourism, Mr Folorunsho Folarin-Coker; Finance, Dr. Mustapha Akinkunmi and Transport, Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola....
View ArticleBoko Haram razes village near Chibok
Boko Haram has burnt down a village neighbouring the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok where the group kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls two years ago, local residents said Wednesday. A group of Boko...
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PHOTOS: Buhari presides over FEC meeting
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View ArticleSenate to probe DSS raid, invite arrested judges
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has decided to probe the raid on the houses of some judges and their arrests by the Department of State Services. The decision comes six days after the House of...
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EFCC discharges first witness in Akpobolokemi’s N8.5bn fraud case
Ramon Oladimeji The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday discharged its first witness, Teslim Ajuwon, in the trial of a Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and...
View ArticleWe spent N785m on anti-B’Haram campaign in Lagos – Obanikoro … confirms...
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The ongoing interrogation of the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, entered its third day on Wednesday with the ex-minister saying that N785m out of the...
View Article20-year-old steals motorcycle at police headquarters
Femi Makinde, Osogbo A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has sentenced 20-year-old Abeeb Wasiu to three months’ imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle from the Osun State...
View ArticleNigeria’ll return as Africa’s largest economy, says IMF
Rasheed Bisiriyu and Oyetunji Abioye Nigeria is set to overtake South Africa and reclaim its spot as the biggest economy in Africa at the end of the year, the International Monetary Fund has predicted....
View ArticleI know my brother’s killer, says Dele Giwa’s sibling
Ramon Oladimeji Tunde, a younger brother of the slain founding Editor of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, says the family’s pain has yet to be assuaged 30 years after Giwa’s murder because the killer has...
View ArticleCBN to guarantee Letters of Credit for importers
Akinpelu Dada In fulfilment of its pledge to fund forward sales under the new flexible foreign exchange regime, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will in the next few months fund the 60-day...
View ArticleMother kills eight-year-old son who caught her having sex with grandfather
A mother, Veronica Panarello, received a 30-year jail term for murdering her son because he discovered she was having an affair with his grandfather. Veronica Panarello strangled her son Loris Stival...
View ArticleUS hosts 12 northern govs in White House •Nigerians will condemn our trip —...
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Twelve northern governors who are currently in the United States of America said that they expected Nigerians to condemn their trip. The governors were said to have been hosted at...
View ArticleN23bn Diezani bribe: EFCC arrests Enugu commissioners, investigates Chime
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two Enugu State commissioners in connection with an investigation into the $115m (N23bn) allegedly disbursed by a...
View ArticleJustice Okoro’s allegations, childish, trivial — Amaechi
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has accused Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court of behaving like a child. He said the judge should not trivialise serious...
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