Alleged corruption: CAF President, Ahmad, quizzed by French police
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad was interrogated by French authorities in Paris on Thursday morning, world football’s governing body FIFA has said. Ahmad, a former Malagasy cabinet…
Gunmen abduct Port Harcourt businessman
Kidnappers on Tuesday night abducted a businessman, Mr. Emmanuel Nwogu, on his business premises in GRA Port Harcourt in the presence of helpless clients and onlookers. Witnesses said the armed…
Debt: FG revokes M.K.O Abiola’s family oil licence, others
In a bid to recover debts running into billions of naira, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revoked five Oil Mining Licences (OML) and one Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL)…
Lagos State gov. swears in SSG, Chief of Staff, Perm secs, others
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday swore in Mrs Folasade Jaji, as Secretary to the State Government as well as Mr Tayo Ayinde as Chief of Staff. Sanwo-Olu…
Sudan military rule: AU suspends Sudan to press demand for civilian administration
Military council’s deputy leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo The African Union, AU said on Thursday that it had suspended Sudan until a civilian government was formed, intensifying international pressure on…
FG debt $406.7m recovery suit against Shell: Court adjourns hearing until June 19
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, adjourned until June 19, hearing in a debt recovery suit filed by the Federal Government, against Shell Western Supply & Trading Ltd,…
N5bn libel suit: Magu closes case against Sun newspaper
EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has closed his case in the N5 billion libel suit he filed…
Sudan Violence: Health ministry says death toll does not exceed 46 – state news agency
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council, The death toll from Sudan’s recent violence does not exceed 46, state news agency SUNA reported early on Thursday citing a…
Akpabio may not be a saint, but he still holds sway in Akwa Ibom politics -Firm
President Muhammadu Buhari, has been called upon to disregard the smear campaign by political opponents against the person of Sen. Godswill Akpabio in Akwa Ibom. A group, De-Bongos Media Project,…
Sallah: 16 killed, 14 injured by bandits in Zamfara
Zamfara State gov. Bello Matawalle Bandits were said to have killed 16 persons in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Sallah day. Confirming the attack in…