A 23-year-old Ohio high school substitute teacher charged with having sex with two male teenage students has been indicted on two counts of sexual battery.…
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Mourners besiege Ekwueme’s Enugu residence
Mourners have besieged the Independence Layout residence of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme following the news of his demise in a London hospital on Sunday.…
View More Mourners besiege Ekwueme’s Enugu residenceBoko Haram kills six in Maiduguri
Boko Haram fighters killed six farmers outside the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the civilian militia and the brother of one of the victims said…
View More Boko Haram kills six in MaiduguriNigeria ranked 35th in governance
Nigeria has emerged 35th out of 54 African countries in overall governance ranking, according to a report released today in Dakar, Senegal by The Mo…
View More Nigeria ranked 35th in governanceLagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017
The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) says that its members in Lagos State will start wearing uniforms from Jan. 1, 2018 for security and…
View More Lagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017Anambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999
The Saturday Anambra election has been adjudged “one of the worst” governorship election conducted in the country since the return of democracy in 1999. Clement…
View More Anambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999Did Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?
Osita Chidoka, United Progressives Party (UPP) candidate, has questioned Willie Obiano, Anambra state governor, on his right to address voters on election day. Willie Obiano…
View More Did Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officers
Thugs disrupted the primary elections organised by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to decide its chairmanship candidate for Kanke, in the Feb. 18 local government…
View More Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officersItaly buries 26 ‘drowned’ Nigerian women, most without a name
The 26 young Nigerian women, who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya, were honoured yesterday with an interfaith funeral, closing out a gruesome new…
View More Italy buries 26 ‘drowned’ Nigerian women, most without a nameDon’t take ‘burukutu’ and harass voters, DIG tells officers
The Nigeria police force has cautioned its officers against harassing voters during the Saturday (Today) governorship election in Anambra state. Joshak Habila, deputy inspector-general of…
View More Don’t take ‘burukutu’ and harass voters, DIG tells officersEFCC arrests former SGF Pius Anyim
A former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. PREMIUM TIMES report as quoted by newsglobal360…
View More EFCC arrests former SGF Pius AnyimReps probe ‘plan’ to halt admission of female cadets into NDA
The house of representatives has started a probe on the alleged move to halt admission of female cadets into the combatant course of the Nigerian Defence…
View More Reps probe ‘plan’ to halt admission of female cadets into NDAFlood in Greece towns kills at least 15
Flood triggered by torrential rain hit 3 towns west of the Greek capital Athens early Wednesday, killing at least 15 and injuring nearly 40 others.…
View More Flood in Greece towns kills at least 15Moore should leave race if sex allegations true
US President Donald Trump says Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should leave the race if the sexual misconduct allegations against him are true. White…
View More Moore should leave race if sex allegations trueNigeria’s best anti-graft rating till date was under Jonathan, Omokri replies Tinubu
Reno Omokri, former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has hit back at Bola Tinubu for alleging that there was grand corruption in the administration…
View More Nigeria’s best anti-graft rating till date was under Jonathan, Omokri replies TinubuCourt keeps Patience Jonathan waiting
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Dec. 8 to rule on a breach of fundamental human rights suit filed by Patience Jonathan, wife of…
View More Court keeps Patience Jonathan waitingMoney ran away faster than Usain Bolt in Jonathan’s govt- Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says the Goodluck Jonathan administration won a gold medal in corruption even as “money ran…
View More Money ran away faster than Usain Bolt in Jonathan’s govt- TinubuMy husband ties me to tree, housewife tells court
A housewife, Fausat Akinola, on Thursday told a Grade `C’ Customary Court, Agodi in Ibadan, that her husband of 15 years, one Sarafa Akinola, used…
View More My husband ties me to tree, housewife tells courtBREAKING: Troops Battle Boko Haram Terrorists In Adamawa Community
Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a gun battle in Sabon Gari village, Adamawa State. The village, located between…
View More BREAKING: Troops Battle Boko Haram Terrorists In Adamawa CommunityJustice Auta in trouble over alleged N220m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had arrested a former Kano State High Court Judge, Justice Kabiru Auta, for…
View More Justice Auta in trouble over alleged N220m fraudCustoms impounds contraband worth N95m
The Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone `C’ Compliance Team, Ahmed Azarema, announced in Benin on Wednesday that the team had impounded contraband…
View More Customs impounds contraband worth N95mName the person I stopped you from investigating: Jonathan challenges Farida Waziri
Nigerian former President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Farida Waziri, to name the person his administration stopped…
View More Name the person I stopped you from investigating: Jonathan challenges Farida WaziriI’m for probe over Zuma, Johnson-Sirleaf statues, says Okorocha
Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha, has said he is ready for probe over the statues he erected in honour of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma…
View More I’m for probe over Zuma, Johnson-Sirleaf statues, says OkorochaNDA: We’re still training female cadets’
Female combatants are still being trained by the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), defence headquarters said on Tuesday. In a PUNCH report quoted by TheCable, it was…
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