July 2018

Senator Adeleke The Osun State High Court has rejected the prayers of applicants seeking court order to restrain the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from presenting Senator Ademola…
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Ikyange, the impeached Speaker The impeached Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, Mr Terkimbi Ikyange, has been suspended by his colleagues for six months for what they called…
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Funeral prayer for late Hashidu in Gombe Friday The remains of the former Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Habu Hashidu, have been buried in Gombe Friday after a funeral prayer at…
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A Somali journalist has been killed in Mogadishu in the latest in a series of attacks targeting media practitioners in the Horn of Africa nation. The National Union of Somali…
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Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Buratai The Nigerian Army Friday effected changes in its hierarchy with the deployment of senior officers. The posting also affected the Theatre…
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The newly-inaugurated chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ideato-North Local Government of Imo State, Mr Sunny Ejiagwu, has been killed Friday by gunmen. He was…
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UN Secretary-General Guterres The United Nations is at risk of running out of cash, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has warned. Guterres said the situation was the worst in…
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The Katsina State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has declared Alhaji Ahmed Babba-Kaita as the winner of the primary election for the Katsina North Senatorial…
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Umeh The Anambra Central Senatorial Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Awka, on Friday struck out a petition challenging the victory of Sen. Victor Umeh in the Jan. 13, Anambra…
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said the Federal Government earned N748 billion from taxes and royalties paid by oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria in 2017. The…
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Late Hashidu The former Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Habu Hashidu has died on Friday in his residence in Gombe. He was 74 years old. He was born on April 10, 1944. Hashidu was…
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Carl Super Eagles goal keeper, Carl Ikeme, has revealed he is retiring from football. The goalkeeper, who started the journey to Russia 2018 with the Super Eagles, was diagnosed…
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Cristiano Ronaldo will be fined 3.2 million Euros (3.7 million dollars) and sentenced to 24 months in prison, a sentence he is unlikely to serve, after settling a tax evasion case…
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A veteran journalist, Chief Uche Udedibia, on Friday advised Nigerians to adopt more friendly attitude in dealing with media practitioners to get the best out of the profession.…
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King Lear at the Duke of York Theatre Photo: Johan Persson King Lear, a play about a divided kingdom in crisis, is a gift to theatre directors anxious to speak to the here and…
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Korea's leader Kim North Korea has returned remains believed to be of US troops killed during the Korean War, the latest move in the cautious diplomacy between Washington and…
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