Boko Haram attacks military checkpoint, kills soldier, carts away weapons
Boko Haram insurgents killed a soldier in a suicide and gun attack on a military checkpoint outside the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, a Read more
Month: April 2017
Ex-PDP chair Muazu opens up on house where EFCC discovered $50m in Lagos
The former governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu has opened up on the Ikoyi property where the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Read more
Seized $43.45m has no owner yet
The record $43.45m cash haul ever seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may well be a manna from the heavens for the Nigerian Read more
AC Milan’s overall deal with Chinese investors worth 1 bln euros – CEO designate
The overall deal for the sale of soccer club AC Milan to a Chinese-led consortium is worth 1 billion euros ($1.06 billion), the club’s CEO Read more
Hollywood: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner officialy file for divorce
The Hollywood power couple have been married for 12 years but in 2015 shocked the world by announcing that they had split; the pair have Read more
Buhari appoints CEOs for 23 agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executives for 23 Federal Government agencies. Mr Bolaji Adebiyi, the Director of Press in the Office Read more
Mourinho blames forwards for Anderlecht draw
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blamed his side’s “sloppy” attackers after Anderlecht grabbed a late equaliser in the teams’ Europa League quarter-final first leg. United Read more
North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching “irreversible” stage – China
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an “irreversible and unmanageable stage” as a U.S. aircraft carrier group Read more
U.S. ‘mother of all bombs’ killed 36 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan
As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped “the mother of all bombs,” one of the Read more
I do not share public money – El-Rufai to Dogara
Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has again replied the House of Representatives and its Speaker Yakubu Dogara over the National Assembly budget controversy. “I Read more
Buhari meets El-Rufai today
President Muhammadu Buhari will today meet Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai at the Villa. The Daily Trust reported that the governor would join President Buhari Read more
United Airlines passenger ordeal ‘worse than fall of Saigon’
A man dragged screaming off a United Airlines flight described his ordeal as “more horrifying” than his experiences in the Vietnam War, his lawyer says. Read more
African supermodel Maria Borges on cover of Elle magazine
Supermodel Maria Borges has tweeted that she is honoured to be the first African woman to feature on the cover of the American version of Read more
Syria chemical attack ‘fabricated’ – Assad
Syria’s President Bashar-al Assad says reports of a chemical attack by his forces were “100% fabrication”. In an exclusive video interview with AFP news agency, Read more
WAEC approves new examination for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday said it had approved the commencement of an additional diet in its examination for the private candidates Read more
Court stops NIPOST from collecting N50 stamp duty
ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, stopped the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, from further collecting N50 on stamp duty. The court Read more
Kaduna adopts compulsory medical test before marriage
Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday adopted the report of its Committee on Health in respect of the bill seeking for compulsory free medical Read more
Meningitis: FCT records 2 new cases of meningitis
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board on Thursday said it had recorded two fresh cases of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in Read more
Pope Makes Easter Visit to Fortress Prison Holding Ex-Mafiosi
ROME — Pope Francis visited a fortress prison holding mafia turncoats on Thursday and again included a Muslim and women in a traditional Holy Week foot-washing Read more
Pressure Grows on Britain to Seize Assad Family Assets
LONDON — Authorities in Spain and France have seized millions of dollars’ worth of assets owned by Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Read more
U.S. drops ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan – Pentagon
WASHINGTON – The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs,” in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a Read more
Nearly 100 migrants feared missing after boat sinks off Libya – coastguard
Close to 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near Tripoli on Thursday, a coastguard official said. Coastguard spokesman Read more
Nnamdi-Ogbue denies ownership of money
The huge money in different currencies recovered from an apartment in Osborne Towers, Osborne Road, Ikoyi Lagos, Lagos State is not owned by Mrs. Esther Read more
FIRS to introduce electronic tax clearance certificates
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon introduce electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) system to help reduce fraudulent certificates. Mr Kola Okunola, Read more
Corruption: NNPC sacks officials
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday confirmed the disengagement of officials linked with missing 130 million litres of petrol. A source said: “a Read more
Man loses 50,000 euros to sex party fraudster
Police in the western German city of Herne on Thursday said that a con man robbed a 70-year-old pensioner of more than 50,000 euros after Read more
Breaking: AC Milan sold to Chinese investors
AC Milan have been sold to Chinese investors Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux. The seven-time European champions have been owned by former three-time Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi Read more
US-Russia Relations at ‘Low Point’ – Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says U.S.-Russia relations are “at a low point,” pointing to a lack of trust between the two countries. His comments Read more
Kenya-born woman wins election in Australia
A profile of Lucy Gichuhi, the Kenya-born woman who is set to become a senator for the small Family First party in Australia, says she Read more
China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration
BEIJING/PYONGYANG – Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its Read more
