Arms scandal: How Jonathan ordered Dasuki to give Anenih N250m refund
Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has claimed that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan ordered a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo...
View ArticleMemory, remembrance and closure
Obo Effanga Last Friday provided us another opportunity to remember our military men and women who died for the country in various conflicts and wars over the years. It also allowed us an opportunity...
View ArticleImported food items push inflation up to 9.6%
Ifeanyi Onuba The National Bureau of Statistics on Sunday released the Consumer Price Index for the month of December with the country’s inflation rate increasing from 9.4 per cent to 9.6 per cent. The...
View ArticleNDIC unveils protection measure for mobile money subscribers
’Femi Asu The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has released deposit insurance guidelines on the mobile payment system, known as ‘Pass-Through Deposit Insurance scheme’. The NDIC said the move...
View ArticlePolice kill suspected kidnappers in Akwa Ibom …parade six robbers
Etim Ekpimah THE Akwa Ibom State Police Command has killed two of a three-man gang of suspected kidnappers in a gun battle at Idu Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area of the state. The suspected...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests 186 drug suspects in C’River … 140 in Bayelsa
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar and Simon Utebor The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Cross River Command, says it arrested 186 drug suspects across the state in 2015. The state Commander of the NDLEA,...
View ArticleDELSU identifies 226 cultists, warns fresh students
Nosa Akenzua AUTHORITIES of the Delta State University, Abraka, say it has identified 226 suspected members of cult groups in the institution and warned students to shun cultism and other vices. The...
View ArticleArmy arrests suspected fake officer in Delta
Nosa Akenzua THE 222 battalion, Sector 1, Operation Pulo Shield in Delta State on Thursday paraded a fake army officer identified as ‘Group Lieutenant’ Ajedegba Benjamin Agatefe. The suspect also...
View ArticleSchool fire: Edo govt blames arsonists
Alexander Okere THE Edo State Government has blamed suspected arsonists for the inferno that destroyed some sections of Ogbe Secondary School in Benin, 24 hours before the official resumption for the...
View ArticleWill Buhari’s anti-graft war lead to convictions?
Some lawyers, in this report by RAMON OLADIMEJI, predict the outcome of Buhari’s anti-graft war Nigerians are familiar with the media funfair that often heralds the invitation and arraignment of...
View ArticleTown planners seek to reposition profession
Akinpelu Dada Human settlement experts under the aegis of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners have commenced moves to reposition the profession for excellence. Some concerned town planners last...
View ArticleNekonini to market Abesan housing scheme
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Federal Housing Authority has named Nekonini Business and Properties Limited as the sole marketer of its Abesan Estate. A statement jointly signed by the Acting Managing...
View ArticleCHAN: Ekpo advises Eagles
Idris Adesina Friday Ekpo has advised the Super Eagles to be wary of Niger when they meet in their first Group C match at the 2016 African Nations Championship on Monday. The tournament, which is...
View ArticleITTF tourney: Nigeria draw India
Idris Adesina Nigeria’s men and women’s table tennis teams have both been drawn against India in their respective groups for the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation World Team Championships. The...
View ArticleInternet scam suspect nabbed for impersonation
Adelani Adepegba An Internet scam suspect, Elom Nzube, says he hacked into the Twitter account of a Tanzanian, Dr. Reginald Remengi, in order to “just impersonate” him. Nzube, 25, reportedly reached...
View ArticleAustrian doctor faces probe for refusing to treat refugees
A doctor in Vienna, Austria, who posted a Facebook update saying he was going to refuse to treat refugees is being investigated. A UK news website, independent.co.uk, reports that Dr Thomas Unden, a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Suicide attack at Cameroon mosque kills four
Four worshippers were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Monday, a security source said, five days after a similar attack left 12 people dead. Monday’s blast hit the...
View ArticleAgency announces $46m loan for renewable energy in Africa
The International Renewable Energy Agency and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development have announced $46m concessional loans for four renewable energy projects in developing countries. The information is...
View ArticleArtiste arrested for posing nude in museum
A woman has been arrested for indecent exposure after lying down naked in Paris’s Musee d’Orsay in front of Edouard Manet’s similarly nude painting of the prostitute Olympia, her lawyer said Sunday....
View ArticleAPC leaders are trying to frame me – Tompolo
Fidelis Soriwei, Chukwudi Akasike and Nosa Akenzua Ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has accused All Progressive Congress leaders in the region of...
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