Year: 2015
How Nigeria, 3 others lost $4bn – Global Witness
A watchdog group says four African countries lost more than $4 billion in shady oil and mining deals and calls…
Sunshine Stars/Rangers clash postponed for Super Eagles
The League Management Company (LMC) says it has postponed until a later date Wednesday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture…
National Arts Theatre Lagos, 199 other monuments to be lit blue
The National Arts Theatre in Lagos would be among 200 iconic monuments, buildings, statues, bridges and other landmarks across the…
3 bank robbery suspects shot dead in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three suspected bank robbers were last Friday shot dead in Warri by operatives of Delta State Police Command.…
APGA rejects tribunal judgments in Anambra
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Anambra chapter, has rejected the election petitions tribunal judgments involving their candidates in the…
Stipends: Leprosy inmates in Delta barricade Govt House
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Inmates of the Leprosy Rehabilitation Camp in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State Monday stormed…
Why we suspended LG chiefs – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has denied insinuations that the sack of four local government chairmen in…
EFCC does not pressure suspects to obtain statements – Lamorde
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has debunked the allegation that suspects who are being investigated…
GOtv Boxing Night: Isaac Ekpo promises his opponent ‘Hell’
Former Commonwealth Super Middleweight boxing champion, Isaac Ekpo, has vowed to stop his opponent within four rounds at the GOtv…
Will APC allow credible elections?
By Bola Bolawole Credible elections are a fulcrum of democracy. Without it, democracy cannot be said to be alive and…
Transactions in mobile money transfer scheme hits N815.47b
Mr Dipo Fatokun, the Director of Banking and Payment System in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says about N815.47…
Idongesit’s murder: Protesters storm Lagos court to demand justice
Scores of protesters and family members of the mother of four, Idongesit Sunday, who was allegedly felled by a trigger-happy…
World Cup : Winners Golden Bet tasks Eaglets to beat Chile
As Nigerian Golden Eaglets get set for their second match of FIFA U-17 World Cup against the hosts, Chile on…
Motorists frown at LASTMA officials’ lukewarm attitude
Motorists in Lagos metropolis on Monday urged the management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to impose stringent…
Army holds range classification for Airforce students
The 3 Division of Nigerian Army is to hold a three-day range classification for students of Air Force Military School…
Amaechi denies storming Saraki’s residence
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State has denied reports by a section of…
2 Oyo pilgrims detained over drug in Saudi Arabia
Two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo State who performed this year’s Hajj were detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities…
Appeal Court adjourns Saraki’s case indefinitely
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday adjourned ruling on an appeal filed by Senate President, Bukola Saraki challenging…
Ambode swears in new commissioners, SAs, charges them on accountability
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has sworn in 23 commissioners and 14 special advisers to constitute his cabinet,…
Octogenarian arms peddler arrested in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An 80-year-old arms peddler, Madam Comfort Izeomwen, has been arrested and paraded by the Edo State Police Command.…
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety
Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million…
Emir Sanusi excites Kano residents
Residents of Kano went wild with jubilation Saturday as their Emir, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, rode on a she-camel as…
NDLEA rehabilitates 210 drug addicts in Jigawa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rehabilitated 210 drug addicts in Jigawa over the last 20 months. Mr…
APC to PDP:FG won’t micromanage anti-corruption agencies
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Buhari administration will not micro-manage the anti-corruption agencies, hence it is wrong…
Polio: LG to immunise 111,180 children in Jigawa
Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa on Monday said it would vaccinate at least 111,180 children against polio in the…
Grande Oakbridge boss seeks FG, State Govts’ support for private schools
Paul Iyoghojie The Executive Director of Grande Oakbridge Montessori School, Lekki, Eti-Osa LG Area of Lagos State, Mrs. Hannah Royeke…
Ogun LG bosses charged to improve IGR
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Transition Committee Chairmen in the 20 Local Government Council Areas in Ogun State have been asked to devise…
Families gather for rare North, South Korea reunion
Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered Monday…