Year: 2015
Bob Alagoro joins Ekpo’s team for GOtv Boxing Night contest
Taiwo Adelu World Boxing Organization (Africa) Super Middleweight champion, Isaac Ekpo, has enlisted the service of one of Nigerian great…
LASIMRA set to check illegal installation of telecom facilities
The Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) has restated its commitment to the regulation of the communication infrastructure…
Fashola, Fayemi, Lai Mohammed graduates of Tinubu School of Leadership – Ashafa
Senator Gbenga Ashafa representing Lagos East Senatorial District has congratulated former Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola, former Ekiti governor, Kayode…
Senate defers screening of Amaechi, Shittu to Tuesday
The Senate on Thursday deferred the screening of minister-nominee Rotimi Amaechi, Wahab Shittu, others to Tuesday, 20 October. It would…
Two oil company managers remanded over N2b fraud
Akin Kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two managers of two oil companies, David Nwachukwu and…
Akwa Ibom North West: Okori optimistic Appeal Court will deliver justice
There was outrage yesterday by supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and people of Akwa Ibom North-West following the…
Obasanjo blames colonialism, not leaders for Africa’s underdevelopment
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Ibadan identified colonialism as an impediment to Africa’s progress and development. Obasanjo spoke…
Anti-Corruption: Lamorde hosts Kenyan delegation, sues for closer ties
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has reiterated the need to strengthen the existing collaboration among African…
Court upholds Ajimobi’s election, strikes out Ladoja’s appeal
The five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday unanimously struck out the petition filed by…
Police foil bank robbery in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A crack team of Special anti-robbery squad from the Rivers State Police Command at about 5:00 p.m…
Niger imposes state of emergency on region hit by Boko Haram
Niger imposed a state of emergency on the southeastern region of Diffa on Wednesday where at least 40 people have…
Nigeria gas firm to reduce supply to Ghana over $181m debt
Nigeria’s N-Gas on Wednesday threatened to reduce by 70 percent its gas supplies to Ghana’s main power generation company on…
Death toll from Ankara attack rises to 99 – Turkish PM
AFP – The death toll from the double suicide bombing in Ankara now stands at 99, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet…
Migrant woman, baby and child drown trying to reach Greece
Athens (AFP) – A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees…
Boko Haram urges Shabab to join Islamic State
Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are urging Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels to join them in pledging allegiance to the leader of the…
Boko Haram: Obama sends US troops, drones to Cameroon
The United States is sending 300 US troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African effort…
Buhari certain that Boko Haram will be unable to attack by December
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that he remained fully confident that by the end of this year, Boko…
World Bank defends $75m loan to Edo
The World Bank on Wednesday defended the $75 million loan it granted to Edo State Government, saying it grants significant…
Skye Bank rewards more customers
Skye Bank has continued to reward more winners nationwide who emerged in its on-going ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire’ savings…
Alamieyeseigha: Dickson sets up burial committee
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa state Government has concluded plans to give the first civilian Governor of Bayelsa state, Diepreye…
Tears as LFTZ boss, Disu is buried
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was weeping Wednesday as the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ Limited, Mr. Tajudeen…
EFCC arraigns two for visa scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 arraigned the duo of Nosa Ohenhen Ericson and…
3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…
NHRC, NOA to translate constitution into 3 major local languages
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) is to translate parts of the…
Tribunal upholds Adeyemi’s victory
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan on Wednesday upheld the election of Rep. Akeem Adeyemi representing Oyo East,…
Ex-banker docked for fraud
A former banker, Oyewusi Oyewumi, was on Wednesday charged with defrauding Stallion Microfinance Bank, Lagos, of N535,000 at a Surulere…
Nigeria loses N8.7bn using Incandescent bulbs — ECAN
Mr Goodluck Enyinnaya, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN), says Nigeria loses N8.7 billion yearly because…
Naira appreciates at parallel market
The naira on Wednesday firmed against the dollar at the parallel market. The naira gained N1 on Wednesday afternoon as…
Chief of Naval Staff wants increased funding for Navy
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called for increased funding for the Nigerian Navy to enable…
Ambode seeks UK partnership to boost power supply in rural areas
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday played host to the British Minister of State for Foreign Commonwealth Affairs and…