World Bank rating excites Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Wednesday expressed delight at the latest World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 ranking report released on Tuesday which ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in...
View ArticleThierry Henry dismisses report linking Wenger to England job
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry said Wednesday there was no way he could see his former boss Arsene Wenger filling the vacant England manager’s position. Wenger, who recently celebrated his 20th...
View ArticleOrji Kalu asks court to reverse transfer of his trial to Lagos
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu has rejected the transfer of his trial on money laundering charges form the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to the Lagos...
View ArticleWorst of Boko Haram insurgency behind us, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria has overcome the worst of the Boko Haram insurgency. The President, who said this while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative...
View ArticleRecession: Kumuyi urges support for Buhari
The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his efforts to end recession in the country. He...
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PHOTOS: Women protest in court over Patience Jonathan’s frozen accounts
Some women on Wednesday stormed the Federal High Court in Lagos, chanting solidarity songs on the freezing order placed on the bank accounts of ex-First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. See photos below:...
View ArticleCourt hears Patience Jonathan’s suit against EFCC, Skye Bank
Ramon Oladimeji A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 7, 2016 to hear the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against the Economic...
View ArticleHeat on Mourinho, Guardiola in League Cup derby
Manchester United and Manchester City resume hostilities in the League Cup later on Wednesday with rival managers Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola starting to feel the heat. Mourinho is reeling from...
View ArticleN8bn currency scam: EFCC produces illegible documents in court
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday adjourned till November 18 the trial of some accused persons in the N8bn currency scam following the illegibility of...
View ArticleEarliest Hebrew mention of Jerusalem found on 2,700-year-old scroll
Israeli archaeologists Wednesday unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible, prompting officials to stress the Jewish connection to...
View ArticleMoney laundering: Trial of Fayose’s aide to begin October 27
The Federal High Court Abuja will begin the N4.6bn money laundering charge against Governor Ayodele Fayose’s aide, Abiodun Agbele, on October 27. Agbele along with Sylvan Mcnamara Ltd, De Privateer Ltd...
View ArticleTrump makes mid-campaign stop to promote new Washington DC hotel
With just 13 days to go before Americans choose a new president, Republican contender Donald Trump took a brief break from campaigning Wednesday to promote his new hotel in Washington, not far from the...
View ArticleMan remanded for impersonating Bishop Kukah
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti A man, Abdulrahaman Muazu, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly presenting himself as Bishop Mathew Kukah with intent to...
View ArticleWhat happened to Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning team
With Pele, Jairzinho and captain Carlos Alberto, who died on Tuesday, the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup was one of the greatest ever. The team of glittering talent ended up as businessmen,...
View Article‘Banker hires assassins to kill her ex-husband in Lagos’
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi. The state Commissioner...
View ArticleNaira depreciates thrice in six hours
Currency traders on Wednesday in Lagos became apprehensive as the Naira depreciated thrice in six hours at the parallel market The traders were meeting in clusters, painstakingly trying to unravel the...
View ArticleUnion Bank declares N93.44bn gross earnings in nine months
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc on Wednesday announced gross earnings of N93.44bn for nine months ended Sept. 30, 2016. The bank, in a statement, said that this was against N83.72bn declared in the preceding...
View ArticleOil price falls below $50 for first time in 24 days
’Femi Asu Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, extended its declines on Wednesday, falling below the $50 per barrel mark for the first time in three weeks. The dip comes on the back of growing doubts...
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Microsoft unveils Surface Studio, its first-ever desktop computer
Microsoft is declaring war against the iMac. Following quite a while of rumors, holes, and hypothesis, Microsoft uncovered the Surface Studio, its first-historically speaking desktop PC, at an...
View ArticleLASUCOM can rank among Africa’s best – Lagos lawmaker
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Olanrewaju Ogunyemi, on Wednesday said that the Lagos State University College of Medicine has the potential of ranking among the best in Africa....
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