Aliko Dangote pledges to list his $7billion-worth Dangote Cement on the...
Africa’s richest man and owner of Dangote Cement, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has reiterated his intention to list the company on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), following a meeting with the UK Prime...
View Article“No political strings attached”– China President on $60 billion African...
President Xi Jinping told African leaders Monday that China’s investments on the continent have “no political strings attached”, pledging $60 billion in new development financing, even as Beijing is...
View ArticleWhy MFM church sued Sahara Reporters
The General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry, Dr Daniel Olukoya, has filed a libel suit against the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, demanding N10bn in damages. In the...
View ArticleNigerian Army denies alleged killing of 30 soldiers in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Sunday denied the alleged killing of 30 soldiers by Boko Haram at Zari village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that an...
View Article“Wamakko and Tambuwal were my students”– PDP presidential aspirant/ex-Sokoto...
A former governor of Sokoto State, Dr Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, who is currently a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he brought Senator Aliyu Wamakko and...
View ArticleFor alleged £300million deals in Nigeria, oil executives’ trial to start Tuesday
Former chief executive and chief operating officer of defunct oil firm Afren, Osman Shahenshah and Shahid Ullah, will stand trial in London this week on charges of fraud and money laundering. The oil...
View ArticleRegent University appoint ex-Super Falcons star, Mercy Akide, as Head Coach
Former Super Falcons goal-machine, Mercy Akide-Udoh, has been appointed the new Head Coach of Women’s Soccer for Regent University in Virginia, USA. The 42-year-old soccer legend disclosed this on her...
View Article‘PDP is a use-and-dump party’– Ex-Delta Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan
The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said there’ll be more defections from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) because the current conditions in ruling All Progressives...
View Article‘Why we joined ADP’– Osun APC lawmakers
Ahead of the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun, three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state House of Assembly on Saturday defected to the Action Democratic Party (ADP). The...
View Article‘Why I want to be Nigeria’s President’– Ex-CBN Deputy Governor, Kingsley Moghalu
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and founder of the Institute of Governance and Economic Transformation, Professor Kingsley Moghalu (https://KingsleyCMoghalu.com) has declared...
View ArticleHow Gov. Ambode’s aide, Deji Tinubu, died
The death has been announced of the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Commerce, Deji Tinubu. Tinubu who is a former Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, died late on Thursday during...
View ArticleIn Katsina, 4 rapists get 6 strokes of cane as ‘sentence’ for raping 2...
Four convicted persons – Ahmed Lawal, Abdulmalik Mustapha, Adamu Khalid and Abubakar Lawal – are to receive six strokes of the cane each after pleading guilty to a charge bordering on abduction and...
View ArticleEFCC arraigns Federal High Court judge for alleged bribery
A Federal High Court Judge, Justice Yunusa Nasir, was on Wednesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. Justice Nasir was...
View Article‘How herdsmen destroyed 45 hectares of my farmland’– Ex-Naval Chief,Samuel...
A former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Samuel Afolayan, has disclosed how herdsmen destroyed about 45 hectares of his 500-hectare farm.This is following recent attacks by herdsmen in Benue State...
View Article‘How we stored N3billion loot recovered from ex-NNPC GMD’– EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that it stored over N3 billion loot recovered from former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian...
View ArticleLagos Police arrest Islamic cleric caught with suspected human parts
An acclaimed Islamic cleric, Abdulfatai Kayode, was on Tuesday apprehended by the Lagos State Police Command having been arrested with suspected human parts found on him in Okedumola Street, Alakuko...
View ArticleAliko Dangote speaks on alleged N27.2bn debt
Following the termination of the concession contracts for management of Fibre Optic Network of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, which involved the company, owned by Aliko Dangote and Phase3...
View ArticleNigerian Army releases 244 repentant Boko Haram insurgents to Borno Government
The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over 244 repentant Boko Haram insurgents released from detention to Borno Government. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas,...
View ArticleTwo weeks after abduction, Taraba lawmaker Hosea Ibi found dead
Hon. Hosea Ibi, the member representing Takum I constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, who was abducted by unknown gunmen two weeks ago was on Tuesday afternoon found dead. Confirming the...
View ArticleVIDEO: 14 Chibok girls vow not to return home in new Boko Haram video
The terrorist group Boko Haram on Monday released a propaganda video purporting to show at least 14 of the stolen Chibok girls, with a spokesperson among them claiming that they would not return to...
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