Month: April 2015
Crude Oil Crash: Nigeria may lose $10bn in 2015
Nigeria’s oil and gas revenue will drop by 10 billion dollars in 2015, if crude oil price average 53 dollars…
Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…
Chechnya leader gives ‘shoot to kill’ orders on Russian forces
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday ordered his troops to “shoot to kill” if they encountered any unauthorised Russian forces…
Xenophobia: AFBA to drag S.Africa to UN Security Council
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the African Bar Association (AFBA), have threatened to file criminal complaints against the government of the…
Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa
Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…
Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…
3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV
The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…
Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…
Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…
Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes
Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…
Pacquiao will beat Mayweather – George Foreman
Former world heavyweight champion George Foreman likes Manny Pacquiao over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather in their welterweight showdown next week in…
Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…
Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General
Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…
Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters
Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…
Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…
Danish striker suspended for biting police officer
Danish striker Nicki Bille Nielsen, who plays his club football in France for Evian, was handed a 60-day suspended sentence…
Adams Johnson charged with sex offences
Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under the age of…
France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack
French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…
Nadal stunned by Fognini in Barcelona
Rafael Nadal’s stuttering season continued as he was stunned 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) by Italy’s Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open…
Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa
Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…
Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month
A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…
Boko Haram Commander killed by Nigerian troops – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said a notorious top terrorists’ Commander, Abu Mujahid, was among the terrorists that died during an encounter…
APC To Acting IG: Shun Partisanship, Embrace Professionalism
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with…
Tennis: Nigerian Stars Ready For Abuja Open
Damilare Okunola No fewer than three top tennis players in Nigeria have confirmed their participation in the maiden edition of…
The Task Before Muhammadu Buhari
By Femi Onasanya The business of governance is not a child’s play. It is very tasking, demanding and it requires…
Nature And Environment Don’t Need Us, We Need Them
By Babatunde Raji Fashola As we have heard from Conservation International in that epical documentary, nature and the environment do…
Pitfalls The New Police IG Must Avoid
In life, the only thing that is constant is change. Suleiman Abba, the sacked Inspector General of Police who at…
Tributes For Late NIJ Lecturer
Samson Uwala Lecturers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos could not hold back their tears recently…
ASUP Mourns Chukwumerije
Damilare Okunola The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed dismay over the demise of Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman…
‘UNILORIN Law Faculty Best In Nigeria’
Following the cumulative performance of its products in the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the Nigerian Law School, the Council…