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Photos: Exotic cars recovered from 14 suspected Internet fraudsters
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following intelligence report has arrested one Kingsley Achor and 13 others for their alleged involvement in…
FG shuts Alaka Bridge, set to begin repairs
The Federal Government on Tuesday night shut the Alaka Bridge linking Eko Bridge in Lagos for repairs to prevent its total collapse, the News Agency of…
Ekiti dismisses teacher for impregnating SS3 pupil
A man identified as Gbenga Owoosi, a secondary school teacher in Ekiti, has been arrested and dismissed for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old SS3 pupil. This was…
Amaechi foiled ‘Peterside’s re-appointment’
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi did not submit the name of Dr. Dakuku Peterside for re-appointment as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration…
Outrage over banishment of deposed Emir Sanusi
A GROUNDWELL of opposition on Tuesday greeted the banishment of deposed Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II. Senior lawyers were unanimous in their condemnation…
Christ Embassy Founder, Chris Oyakhilome Donates N1Billion To BIU, Gushes Over Late Idahosa
A N1billion building donated by the Founder and General Overseer of Believers’ Love World (Christ Embassy), Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, to the Benson Idahosa University(BIU) was commissioned today. At the…
PROFILE: 17 years at NIMASA, accountant turned maritime expert… meet the man replacing Peterside
Jamoh is expected to spend four years in office as NIMASA DG. NIMASA was created on August 1, 2006, when the National Maritime Authority was merged with the Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council. The…
BREAKING: Day after removal as Emir, Kaduna gives Sanusi new appointment
The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House…
BREAKING: Deposed Emir Sanusi heads to court
The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has vowed to challenge his banishment in court. Speaking through his lawyer, Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud SAN, the former emir said he had not been served with any…
Kyari in Germany, Holds Talks with Siemens on Improved Power
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, and the Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, met yesterday with Siemens officials in Germany in furtherance of the deal…
Eight things you probably didn’t know about Loko town
It is no longer news that Muhammadu Sanusi II was on Monday dethroned by the Kano state government. The dethroned Emir was banished to Loko town in Nasarawa state where he is expected to spend the rest of his life…
Ousted Emir Sanusi moved from Loko to another location
Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi II, the ousted Emir of Kano, has been moved from Loko in Nasarawa state to an undisclosed location. He was moved to a house in Loko in the…
John Boyega signs Netflix deal to produce West, East African movies
John Boyega, Nigerian-British actor, has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix, US media-services firm, to produce West and East African movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal signed with UpperRoom Productions,…
Giorgio Armani donates $1.4 million to tackle coronavirus
Famous Italian fashion designer, Giorgio Armani, has donated $1.4 million to help tackle the recent coronavirus outbreak in his country. Giorgio Armani, who is worth $6.7 billion donated the money to three Milan-based hospitals as well as…
I’m not El-Rufai’s girlfriend, I slept with no one to be NPA boss – Hadiza Usman
The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has denied being the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai’s girlfriend. Speaking on a TVC programme on Monday, in celebration of the International Women’s Day,…
Sanusi’s long walk to exile
In 2016, at the height of the recession, Sanusi at various forums criticised the economic policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari. He condemned Buhari’s plan to borrow…
Nigeria spends N1.7 trillion to import fuel in 2019
Nigeria spent N1.713 trillion on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, in 2019, according to data obtained Monday, from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. In its Foreign Trade Statistics for the…
APC has used, dumped ousted Emir Sanusi – Yinka Odumakin
Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday said deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, must have crossed some political lines under the All Progressives Congress (APC).…
BREAKING: Another patient cured of HIV
A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped antiviral treatment. The so-called “London Patient”, a…
Sanusi’s Exile: Nasarawa Gov summons emergency meeting with First class Emirs
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has summoned an emergency meeting with first class traditional rulers of the state. A source told Daily Trust that the governor summoned the meeting to fashion out how to address…
Sanusi II…X-raying a controversial era
The reign of ex-Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Muhammadu Sanusi II as the emir of the Kano emirate ended on Monday. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR RAYMOND MORDI examines his reign, which was filled…
BREAKING: NIMASA Executive Directors sacked as Jamoh takes over
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two Executive Directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and appointed three new ones. The sack of Rotimi Fasakin…
Unfulfilled ambition: I want to die on the throne — Sanusi
Frank, controversial and vocal, the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi’s last ambition in life was yesterday thwarted by the action of the state government led by Abdullahi…
I have accepted whatever Allah decides – Muhammad Sanusi
The dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he accepts his removal as the will of Allah (God). He said this in a video recorded shortly before he was taken away from the palace on Monday. In the video, which was obtained…