Mali arrests two suspects linked to Bamako hotel attack
Mali’s security ministry arrested two people suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the country’s capital that killed 20 people, the ministry said on Thursday. At least two armed men...
View ArticleFury beats Klitschko to become new world heavyweight champion
AFP Britain’s Tyson Fury was crowned the new world heavyweight champion on Saturday after a unanimous points win over Wladimir Klitschko, who suffered his first defeat in eleven years. The 27-year-old...
View ArticleMASSOB slams Fasheun, others for attending Ojukwu memorial
A faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Saturday, expressed strong disapproval to the presence of the Founder of the...
View ArticleEl-Rufai wrong on Jonathan’s Oct 1 spending — FG
Tobi Aworinde The Federal Government has countered a claim by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan spent N64bn on Independence Day...
View ArticleSanusi, Nnaji task FG on power, economy
The Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi II, has called on the Federal Government to address the challenges facing the sub-sectors of the Nigeria’s economy,...
View ArticleKidnappers release Siasia’s mother
Mrs. Beauty Siasia, the 72-year-old mother of Nigeria’s Under 23 coach, Samson Siasia, abducted on November 16, 2015, has been freed. She regained her freedom about 1.30am on Saturday, 12 days after...
View ArticleKaduna targets 200,000 jobs
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said the pro-poor programmes of his administration which include school feeding, planting of economic trees, and waste collection, are expected to create...
View ArticleJournalists mourn Alli
The Journalists for Christ Fellowship is mourning the death of a member of its board and former General Manager of Ray Power FM (Lagos and Abuja), Mrs. Olufunke Alli, who died in Ibadan last weekend....
View ArticleNo going back on Kogi run-off — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said there is no going back on the planned Kogi State governorship supplementary election scheduled for December 5. As a mark of its preparedness, the...
View ArticleUK jails Nigerian gunrunner 16 years
A Nigerian in the United Kingdom, Nosakhere Stephenson, 41, has been jailed for 16 and half years for supplying firearms to criminals. Stephenson had been described by the UK law enforcement circle as...
View ArticleTable manners
Eating at a table requires certain rules that some people are still unaware of. Here are a few of them Sit right If you are invited for lunch or dinner, it is possible that your host may have already...
View ArticleSome Nigerians still don’t appreciate their culture — Taofick Okoya
Founder of Queens of Africa doll line, Taofick Okoya, speaks about his business and other interests Why did you create the doll collections, Queens of Africa? I was inspired by the desire to encourage...
View ArticleKogi: Violent protests against APC choice, Bello
The All Progressives Congress’ decision to pick Yahaya Bello as a replacement for its governorship candidate in Kogi State, the late Abubakar Audu, has led to violent protests in the state. A newspaper...
View ArticleRecovered loot with CBN — Investigation
Public funds that have so far been returned by some past government officials who looted the treasury while in the saddle are currently with the Central Bank of Nigeria, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. It...
View ArticleMy estranged wife is back with AIDS
In 2011, I divorced my wife after 20 years of wedlock with seven children. She went ahead to marry someone else and divorced again. Now, she is back to me but the problem is that she tested positive to...
View ArticleNo free ride to excellence – Mosun Belo-Olusoga
Emerging the chairman of a leading Nigerian commercial bank is a position most finance career professionals hope to attain someday. But, Mosun Belo-Olusoga, who is the first female Chairman of Access...
View ArticleFemale suicide bombers kill five in Cameroon
AFP Five people were killed on Saturday in a double suicide attack by two women in the restive far north of Cameroon, the governor of the region said. “Two women blew themselves up at around 6:00 pm”...
View ArticlePutin approves sanctions against Turkey after downing of jet
Xinhua Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border Tuesday. The...
View ArticleThree dead in rocket attack on UN base in Mali
AFP Two United Nations peacekeepers and a civilian contractor were killed Saturday in a rocket attack on a UN base in northern Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, which the Security Council...
View ArticleNIMASA orders rescue of abducted Polish Vessel crew
NAN Mr Haruna Jauro, acting Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, has directed that the abducted captain and four crew members of a Polish cargo vessel be rescued. This...
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