Egypt move to AFCON final, beat Burkina Faso 5-3 on penalties
After a seven-year absence, Egypt Pharaohs, seven times African champions, have qualified for the finals of the African Nations Cup, edging out Burkina Faso in penalty shoot out at the…
FG sets up task force to beat down food prices
Moved by the need to enhance affordability of food prices across country, the Buhari administration has constituted a Presidential Task Force to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady…
Soldier bags 7 years imprisonment for manslaughter, another 14 months for desertion
The General Court Marshal (GCM) of 7 Division sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a serving soldier to seven (7) years imprisonment for manslaughter for shooting and killing one…
Nigerian woman incurs £500,000 bill after giving birth to quadruplets in London
Nigerian woman incurred a bill of £500,000 after giving birth to quadruplets at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London. The 43-year-old woman, Priscilla, who had intended to give birth…
UK deports 41 Nigerians, says they committed immigration offences
Alhaji Muhammad Sidi, Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that 41 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom for various immigration offences had arrived the country. He…
NCC, Danbatta and Public Intellectualism, By Yakubu Musa
Distinct commonalities often stand out in bold relief about most academics and intellectual heavyweights who find themselves in public service. They are usually transformational, out-of-box thinkers who swiftly roll out…
Freed Ibori says I’m in politics till I die, jubilation in Delta
On a day that a London court ruled that former Delta state governor James Ibori, could return to Nigeria, he signalled a possible political comeback in the country. He told…
Buhari speaks from London, commiserates with Dalung
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung on the death of his wife, Mrs Briskila Dalung. In a statement issued on Tuesday in…
Suspended Ondo Speaker, Akindele, says desperados pushed her out, absolves self of graft
Jumoke Akindele, the suspended Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday said she did not misappropriate N15 million as alleged by some of her colleagues. Akindele, who was…
Objection my Lord, you cannot try me secretly – Dasuki objects to FG’s secret trial application
For the second time, the Federal Government applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for protection of witnesses that will testify against the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo…
