Stocks record 2days gain
THE Nigerian equities market closed on a positive note on Thursday, as NSE ASI appreciated by 0.61% to close at 34,416.29basis points, compared with the 0.27% appreciation recorded previously. Its...
View ArticleLara Fortes weds Gov Oshiomhole
On Friday, May 15, 2015, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, married model, Lara Fortes. The wedding ceremony was held at the Etsako West Local Government Council Marriage Registry, Auchi, while the...
View ArticleSenate passes NDDC’s 2015 Budget
Senate yesterday passed the 2015 budget estimate of N299,526,463,156.12k of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, sent to it by President Goodluck Jonathan. This is N23billion less than the...
View Article‘Burundi coup leader arrested’
General Godefroid Niyombare, the leader of Burundi’s failed coup attempt has been arrested, according to the spokesman of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Earlier, Niyombare announced members of his...
View Article‘Militiamen rape 127 women in Congo town’
Medical Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed on Friday in Kinshasa that armed men raped 127 women earlier this month, during a raid on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South...
View ArticleKing of the Blues, B.B. King dies at 89
B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las...
View ArticleItaly rescues 3,600 migrants, pregnant Nigerian
The Italian government on Friday said 3,600 migrants, including a pregnant Nigerian woman, have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours. The coast guard...
View ArticleOil marketers demand payment of outstanding N200bn
An official of the Oil Marketers’ union in Nigeria told Channels Television on Friday that the union was only ‘demanding that the money marketers are owed should be paid’. The Executive Secretary of...
View ArticleBoko Haram raids kill 55 – Maiduguri residents
At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital of restive northeastern Nigeria Borno state, a vigilante and two residents said on Friday. “Boko Haram fighters...
View ArticleBorno Govt relaxes curfew
The government in Borno State has relaxed the curfew in the state from 12noon to 5pm. Our correspondent in Maiduguri reports that the 12noon to 5pm curfew may be to pave way for the jumaat prayers....
View ArticleBoston Marathon bomber, Tsarnaev, sentenced to death
A US jury has decided Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. The sentence on Friday came after 14 hours of deliberations on whether Tsarnaev, who was a...
View ArticleHostels to be built for flood victims in Benue
THE PRESIDENTIAL Committee on Flood and Rehabilitation has disclosed that it will construct two hostels in Makurdi, Benue State capital to accommodate flood victims in the advent of any flood disaster....
View ArticleMad woman delivers twins in Delta
Yet to be identified mad woman gave birth to a set of male and female twins with the assistance of concerned female citizens, at the busy Eku junction in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta...
View ArticleIrate youths threaten to disarm vigilante operatives
Not fewer than three persons sustained various degrees of injuries yesterday at Ochuche Umuodu community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state, following a bloody clash between a vigilante...
View ArticleGroup accuses Kalu of attempt to influence tribunal
Acts capable of influencing the current election tribunal sitting in Abia State by former Governor of Abia state Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has been condemned by a group under the aegis of Peace and Media...
View ArticleRestaurant Shut Down for Serving Human Flesh
A hotel restaurant in Anambra, Nigeria has been shuttered by authorities for serving human flesh. According to the BBC, suspicious residents told police of rumors that the restaurant was cooking human...
View ArticleSenator Zannah dies at 60
The re-elected All Progressives Congress Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ahmed Zannah, is dead.
View ArticleAdamawa lawmaker kidnapped by gunmen
Yola – A group of unknown gunmen has kidnapped the member representing Toungo Counstituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Usman. Usman was said to be kidnapped by the gunmen who...
View ArticleBurundi coup leaders face prosecution
Seventeen alleged coup leaders have appeared before a prosecutor in Burundi, their lawyer said, the day after the failure of an attempt to overthrow the country’s president. The group that appeared in...
View ArticleEgypt sentences Mohamed Morsi to death
Verdict against former president sent to Grand Mufti for confirmation after he is convicted for 2011 mass prison break. An Egypt court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death for a mass...
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