CCT: “My vindication calls for celebration…. I harbour no grudge against anyone” – Saraki
Bukola Saraki | Photo Credit: NAN PHOTO The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has described his almost two years long trial at the Code of…
19 killed in hotel attack says police
Police said that 19 people were killed when Islamist attackers launched a car bomb and gun attack on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in the Somali…
JAMB cancels 59,698 results, 62,140 candidates to retake UTME
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said 62,140 candidates will rewrite the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after their centres were found to have…
Anti-Trump gunman attacks US lawmakers, dies in shootout
A rifle-wielding critic of President Donald Trump opened fire Wednesday on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game, seriously wounding a top Republican congressman and three…
US student released on humanitarian grounds, says North Korea
North Korea released US student Otto Warmbier “on humanitarian grounds”, state media said Thursday, two days after he was evacuated from Pyongyang after falling into a coma…
‘Ekiti got N8.8bn not N9.5bn Paris loan refund’
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has said the state government got N8.8bn as first tranche of the Paris Club loan refund…
Oil subsidy fraud: Court insists Brila Energy pays N963.7m to FG
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday struck out an application by Mr Rowaye Jubril, the jailed Managing Director of Brila Energy Ltd, seeking a stay of execution…
Nine injured in Mexico oil refinery fire
Nine people were injured when a fire broke out at a crude refinery in southern Mexico, state oil company Pemex said Wednesday, its latest in a series…
Nine children killed as houses collapse in rains in Niger
At least nine children have been killed in Niger as heavy rains over the past few days caused the collapse of houses in the capital Niamey, the…
Osinbajo meets South East leaders over Biafra, Arewa youth threat
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has urged leaders in South Eastern part of Nigeria to speak out against hate speeches capable of destabilising the country. Mr. Osinbajo stated…
A’Court acquits Orubebe, reverses conviction by CCT
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday set aside the conviction of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe by the Code…