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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dele Belgore, standing trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N450 million fraud on Friday denied complicity in the crime. He told Justice Rilwan Aikawa that he was innocent of the…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted the report that it ignored the call for intervention over Ms Kudirat Afolabi, a Nigerian woman, executed in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking. The ministry in a statement by its Spokesperson,…

Former African champions, Nigeria's Super Eagles have been drawn against Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi in Group B of the African Cup of Nations, Egypt 2019. The Gernot Rohr lads will begin their campaign at the the championship…

It was a day of agony and grief in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State as the remains of the Government House Photographer, Reginald Dei and a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) Seidougha Taribi, were committed to mother earth amidst tears.…

Prof. Michael Adikwu, Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, and Prof. Al-Hassan Conteh, Deputy Dean of African Diplomatic Corps, have underscored the need to criminalise hate speech in order to curb it. They spoke with News Agency of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, called its third witness in  a Federal High Court in Lagos, in the ongoing fraud trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli.…

A Federal High Court Lagos, Friday, took oral evidences in a suit seeking final forfeiture of about 8.4 million dollars, and N7.4 billion found in accounts linked to a former first Lady, Patience Jonathan. The Economic and Financial…

Mrs. Amaka Ezenwa, the Project Director, National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), has said that the survey was a tool that assists policy makers and programme managers in monitoring and designing programmes for improved healthcare…

Dr. Joshua Bolarinwa, a Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Friday enjoined African leaders to learn from the ousted President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir. Bolarinwa gave the advice in an…

The Federal Government, on Friday, said its target to ensure Nigeria exit gas flaring next year at its oil fields still stands. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who stated this, on Friday, in Abuja, added that…