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Nearly 80 rescued miners were brought to the surface on Friday, police said, after about 115 were trapped underground following a collapse at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa earlier in the day. Mike McChesney, chief executive of the small gold producer Vantage Goldfields told Reuters...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court verdict that validated the mandate of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as the governor of the state, DailyTrust reports. The party described the judgment as a “gang up between the PDP and those that...

Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday brought a fresh application before an FCT High Court to stop his trial over alleged diversion of arms funds. Dasuki was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a 22-counts charge. Those also arraigned...

Senate Majority leader, Senator Ali Ndume says he is ready to testify against former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki and all those indicted in the $2.1billion arms deal at the International Criminal Court, ICC. Ndume said this in an interview with Daily Trust, while applauding the...

The crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have assumed an irredeemable dimension with strong indications last week that the the trio of former governor of Kano State and former Education minister Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido and former Deputy...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told the United Nations (UN) that the continent will fight for its own identity, integrity and personality. African leaders also called on the United Nations to reform the Security Council by making African nations its permanent members. The call was made...

The second mature lioness at the Jos Wildlife Park may escape soon as the metal cage holding a mature lioness is so weak the animal could get out, Daily Trust revealed after visiting the park. It would be the second escape of confined lion from the zoo since December last year. The cage, as...

Barr. Bashir Maidugu, Deputy National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, debunked reports that there are factions in the party. Maidugu said, there are only ‘camps’ not ‘factions’ in the opposition party, PDP. While speaking with DailyTrust, Maidugu, who admitted...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finalized plans to file fresh criminal charges against Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo and a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi. A statement on...