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Delta Speaker’s Office disowns ex-councilor who raped 7-year-old girl

Saraki mourns Akarigbo of Remo, ex-Kano Deputy Governor

South Africa court gives Zuma 45 days to refund $500,000 to government coffers

UBA washes hands off Turkey coup, dismisses speculations

Business School Netherlands honours Adelusi-Adeluyi, Nike Adeyemi and 5 others •Mints 73 new MBA graduates in Nigeria

Embattled Kogi Speaker resigns, new helmsman takes over

Terrorists kill Priest during Mass

Budget scandal: Buhari will ban Dogara from Villa, says Jibrin

Okorocha a liar with empty dreams: Ekweremadu

Solar plane completes historic round-the-world flight

Peace Mass Transit begins local production of Hiace buses

Fuel scarcity looms as truck owners withdraw services

Expect cloudy conditions and thunderstorms in North and Central states today, rain showers in the South —NiMET

Fulani herdsmen kill 10 in Benue

Many children reported missing in Akwa Ibom NNPC pipeline explosion

Saraki tells NFF’s warring factions to sheath swords, says it’s time to move on

NLC criticises upsurge in casualisation of workers

UBA’s GMD calls for closer collaboration among African central banks

PDP did not lose 2015 presidential election: Ex-Finance Minister Adamu Ciroma

4 Nigerians in the next set of drug convicts to be executed in Indonesia

2017 Budget ready by October

Adeosun calls for economic patriotism from Nigerians in the Diaspora

FG bows to pressure from Muslim clerics, cancels $10m film village project

Flooding imminent in Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Makurdi and Yola

5 more Reps implicated in padded budget scandal

Buhari turns to Iran for lessons on economic recovery

Speaker identifies cause of Niger Delta militancy, demands review of ownership of oil wells

Army rescues Emir’s wife from Boko Haram’s grip

Obasanjo wades into padded budget controversy, calls for investigation of lawmakers

Lagos Govt. issues strong warning to violators of traffic rules

Amosun wants review of VAT-sharing formula, accuses wealthy elite of dodging tax

Niger Delta People’s Congress berates DSS for commando-style arrest of prominent Ijaw publisher

Shi’ites raise alarm on detained leader El-Zakzaky’s health

INEC plotting to rig Imo senatorial re-run election in favour of APC: HURIWA

Yahoo sold for $4.8bn to telecom giant Verizon