South Sudan rebel spokesman abducted in Kenya
South Sudan’s rebel movement on Thursday called on Kenya’s government to help in the search of James Gatdet Dak, its Spokesman, who was kidnapped on Wednesday in his home in Nairobi. The Sudan’s People...
View ArticleCourt grants church usher N1m bail for defiling six-year-old girl
A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday slammed a one million naira bail on a 33-year-old man, Roland Olise, for alleged defilement of a six-year-old girl in a church in Lagos. Olise,...
View ArticleAPC change mantra cosmetic – ASUU
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has described the change that the All Progressives Congress promised Nigerians as...
View ArticleDollar scarcity: Egypt’s central bank floats pound
Egypt floated the country’s pound Thursday as part of a raft of reforms, after a dollar crunch and exorbitant black market trade threatened to grind some imports to a halt. The government of President...
View ArticleUS election: Trump beats Clinton on honesty, trustworthiness in new poll
Republican candidate Donald Trump is now seen as more honest than Democratic Hillary Clinton, leading 46 to Clinton’s 38 per cent, an eight-point edge on honesty and trustworthiness among likely...
View ArticleJonathan on $2.1bn arms scandal
Punch Editorial Board WITH Nigeria reeling from the results of his disastrous rule, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent attempt to defend his top security aide in the $2.1 billion arms scandal...
View ArticlePolice break up anti-corruption rally with tear gas
The anti-corruption protest had barely begun when it was brought to an abrupt end, baton-wielding policemen firing volleys of tear gas and charging at a group of hundreds gathered in Nairobi’s centre....
View ArticleNNPC loses N11.22bn in one month
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has again reported a month-end trading deficit of N11.22bn in August. The figure was obtained on the NNPC website detailing its monthly financial and...
View ArticlePolice set up special panel to investigate alleged abuse of IDPs
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris has set up a special investigation panel to investigate cases of alleged sexual abuses, exploitation, harassment of IDPs against security personnel...
View ArticleReps honour Dr. Olutoye with standing ovation
John Ameh The House of Representatives on Thursday honoured a US-based Nigerian medical doctor, Prof. Oluyinka Olutoye, for the rare medial feat he recorded recently by operating on a 23 weeks old...
View ArticleAirlines records 6.1% increase in global air freight in September
The International Air Transport Association said airlines recorded 6.1 per cent increase in total global air freight in September. The association’s Communications Department disclosed this in a...
View ArticleThree wounded as Ekiti teachers’ election turns bloody
No fewer than three persons were reportedly wounded during the election into the Ekiti State Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday. Two other persons were said to...
View ArticleIncrease investment in infrastructure, NBCC advises FG
Anna Okon The Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce has advised the Federal Government to increase its investment in infrastructure as a way of creating more jobs. The chamber gave this advice in a...
View ArticleGovt press contract papers missing, says Mohammed
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View ArticleI felt like absconding after I took over –Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday admitted that at a point after he was inaugurated as the President in May 2015, he felt like running away. He said he would have taken the...
View ArticleNJC bars judges under probe from judicial functions
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The National Judicial Council has barred judges who are under investigation for various offences from sitting until the cases against them are concluded. The NJC’s latest decision...
View Article2017 budget: ‘Empty’ MTEF causing delay, says Senate
Leke Baiyewu and Ifeanyi Onuba The preparation of the 2017 budget suffered another setback at the Senate on Thursday, as the upper chamber of the National Assembly took a swipe at the Executive for...
View ArticleINEC bows to Senate, fixes December 10 for Rivers rerun
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday in Abuja said that it had fixed December 10 for rerun elections in Rivers State. The announcement, which was made by the...
View ArticleAfter face-off, Amosun apologises to Ogun workers
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday apologised to the people of the state, the workers and Nigerians for the industrial dispute that rocked the state for the...
View ArticleBerger to shut section of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for nine days
Rasheed Bisiriyu One of the contractors handling the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Julius Berger Plc, has announced the closure of a section of the road at the Sagamu Interchange...
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