EFCC takes over judges’ probe, arrests insurance directors
Fidelis Soriwei, Nike Popoola and Ifeanyi Onuba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has taken over the investigation of allegations of corruption against some judges in the country from the...
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800 herdsmen in custody, community police underway – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that no fewer than 800 suspected violent herdsmen have been arrested across the country by security agencies. Osinbajo said this in Houston, Texas in the United...
View ArticleTurkey fires another 10,000 civil servants in post-coup purge
Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 additional civil servants as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July coup, the official gazette said. A total of 10,131 government employees...
View ArticleTrump turns up heat over Clinton email probe
Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against Hillary Clinton, seeking to exploit the FBI’s decision to reopen an investigation into her emails, as America’s bruising election campaign heads into its...
View ArticleI made you, 24 others billionaires – Obasanjo tells Alakija
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday in Lagos that Africa’s richest woman by Forbes reckoning, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, was among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as...
View ArticleI still can’t believe my baby is mine — Adegunle
An economist and entrepreneur, Mrs. Esther Adegunle, in this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, talks about her first-time experience of motherhood How old is your daughter? She is four months old. She was...
View ArticleBale signs new Real Madrid contract
Gareth Bale tied his long term future to Real Madrid on Sunday by extending his contract with the Spanish giants to 2022, the club confirmed. “Real Madrid C. F. and Gareth Bale have agreed an extension...
View Article‘Boko Haram recruiting youths to supply fuel in Borno’
The Borno command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday raised the alarm that youths in Maiduguri are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala area of the...
View ArticleKano APC passes vote of confidence on Buhari
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari. The vote of confidence was passed at the end of a three-day retreat of the party’s...
View ArticleNo Nigerian student was arrested in Turkey – Ambassador
The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Çakil, has said that Nigerian students in Turkey are under the protection of the Turkish government. Çakil said this on the sideline of a dinner reception...
View ArticleCibulkova beats Kerber win WTA finals
Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova upset Germany’s Angelique Kerber to win the WTA Finals on Sunday, beating the newly crowned world number one 6-3 6-4. Cibulkova, runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open,...
View ArticleLawyer begs court to stop national assets sale
Ramon Oladimeji A Lagos-based lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to perpetually restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from executing his proposed plan to sell some national...
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Golden cows: How Oyo women make a living milking cattle
ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about how dairy farming business has improved the lives of women in rural communities in Oyo State and taken their families out of poverty Five years ago, in the bowels of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Fatima Buhari’s wedding in Daura
The wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second daughter, Fatima, took place on Friday, in Daura, Katsina state. Many dignitaries, including ministers attended the event, in which former managing...
View Article51 things every woman should know
Gloria Ogunbadejo Her Minimums and Maximums. Those things that she is committed to never allowing herself to accept. The point at which she will not go any lower. The level at which she will not push...
View ArticleNo FBI contact over Clinton email probe, says Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that neither he or his department had been contacted by the FBI over its renewed investigation into his predecessor Hillary Clinton’s emails. “No, I haven’t...
View ArticleGiroud dispels Arsenal title talk
French international Olivier Giroud rubbished talk of Arsenal winning the Premier League title despite an excellent run of form saying Sunday it is far too early to make such predictions. The...
View ArticleRohr picks Mikel, Musa, 22 others to battle Algeria
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up captain Mikel John Obi, assistant captain Ahmed Musa, goalkeeper Carl Ikeme and 21 others for next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match...
View ArticleLeave Amaechi alone, Rivers APC tells Afenifere
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has asked the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, to leave the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi...
View ArticleTop 10 crime hotbeds in Lagos
With a population of 20 million people and just over 30,000 policemen, Lagos State residents have continued to bear the brunt of crime. OLALEYE ALUKO writes on 10 places in the state that have gained...
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