Okowa gives Stephen Keshi rest in Asaba
KEN UGBECHIE I saw it in its dour state, void of grandeur. And last week, I saw it in its new splendour, full of radiance. The Stephen Keshi Stadium in…
Angry inmates attack Gov at IDP camp
Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau’s convoy was on Saturday attacked by displaced persons living at Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Flood kills 5, destroys property in Abeokuta
No fewer than five persons were feared dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed on Friday night, as flood wreaked havoc in some parts of Abeokuta, Ogun capital. The…
World Cup: How 80 Nigerians were scammed with $300 Fan IDs
About 80 Nigerian citizens have assembled near the Nigerian embassy in Moscow and are demanding that their diplomats help them return home, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene. The…
Dangote signs $650m refinery loan with Afreximbank
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a $650 million loan facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for his oil refinery project in Nigeria. The seven-year term loan would…
Trump disrespects Queen Elizabeth, gets knocks on social media
President Trump met with the queen of England on Saturday and committed several protocol gaffes that left many feeling that his behaviour was an insult to Britain and lacked the…
We’ll be guided by national interests in signing Free Trade Agreement – Buhari insists
July 14, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will only be signatory to the Continental Free Trade Agreement if the nation’s national interests as well as regional and international obligations…
Police arrest Lagos lawmaker, Olorunrinu, for illegal possession of firearms
The police in Lagos on Saturday said they had arrested a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and two others over alleged unlawful possession of firearms. The spokesman…
Ekeh, Zenith Bank, others emerge winners in 2018 Nigerian Online Merit Award
It was a of fun, glamour and intellectual feast as the maiden edition of the Nigerian Online Merit Award (NiOMA) held Friday night, July 13, in Lagos. The event, chaired…
Money, violence, intimidation taint Ekiti poll; Fayose knocks police
Trading of votes for cash, violence and intimidation highlighted the Ekiti State governorship election as results in some polling units were already tallied. In all the polling units monitored by…