Year: 2015
Plateau Assembly probes N10bn loan
The Plateau House of Assembly is investigating the N10 billion loan facility being sought by State Government. This is sequel…
Obasanjo decries worsening corruption in Africa
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the worsening level of corruption in Africa, urging African nations to…
Odu’a declares N150m dividend payment to shareholders
Odu’a Investment Company Limited on Wednesday declared N150 million dividend payment, representing 26.1kobo per share for each shareholder after such…
APC chieftain to Buhari: Make Kogi 11th oil-producing state
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and leader of Kogi Concerned Citizens (KCC), Chief Sumaila Adamu Jadams has…
I’ll still pursue election petition, ministerial nominee tells Senators
Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, one of the ministerial nominees told Senators when she was being screened on Wednesday that her…
Senate confirms the nomination of Fayemi, Fashola, others
The senate has approved the nomination of 18 ministerial nominees who have been grilled in the last two days by…
Ogun Assembly approves N10b infrastructure fund for Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State House of Assembly has granted approval to the state government’s request to participate in the N10b…
Nigerian military repels attack in Okene, kills terrorists in Geidam
Authorities of Nigerian Army confirmed on Tuesday that its men on cordon and search operations at the general area of…
Lagos Speaker tasks Nigerians at hijrah
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has admonished Muslims and other Nigerians to rededicate…
SERAP charges Buhari to probe Volkswagen over emission scandal
Kazeem Ugbodaga Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to…
Nigerian Armed Forces well positioned to end Boko Haram insurgency by Dec. – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that he remained fully confident that by the end of this year, Boko…
2Face Idibia’s biography for public presentation
Funsho Arogundade ‘A Very Good Bad Guy: The Story of Innocent 2face Idibia’, the biography of Nigerian pop icon 2face…
NFF shifts Nigeria/Burkina Faso match to Saturday
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced that the 2016 African Nations Championship final round, first leg qualifier between the…
Eaglets land in Chile for FIFA U-17 World Cup
Cup holders, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, have arrived in Santiago, capital city of Chile as one of Africa’s four flag…
Customs seizes 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products in Katsina
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized over 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products smuggled into the country through the…
Inflation up to 9.4%, above CBN ceiling
Nigeria’s consumer inflation was at 9.4 per cent year-on-year in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August and staying above…
Saraki attempting to malign Tinubu, group says
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State Association of Indigenous Youths, LAIY, has accused Senate President Bukola Saraki of being behind a…
Senate defers screening of Rotimi Amaechi to Thursday
The Senate on Wednesday deferred the screening of minister-nominee Rotimi Amaechi to Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
Fuel scarcity looms in Rivers as NUPENG begins strike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The little respite being enjoyed by consumers of petroleum products in Rivers State since the Department of…
Buhari withdraws name of ministerial nominee
President Muhammadu Buhari has withdrawn the name of one of the ministerial nominees he sent to the Senate for confirmation.…
Slain Lekki Free Trade Zone boss for burial Wednesday
The slain boss of Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, western Nigeria, Tajudeen Ajibola Babatunde Disu, will be buried Wednesday…
Ooni of Ife: Screening Committee member collects N20m, car, says Prince Ogunleye
The spokesperson of the Agbedegbede Royal Compound, Prince Ade Ogunleye, has refuted and dissociated the royal compound from the pronouncements,…
Fidelity Bank to launch online marketplace for SMEs
In the coming weeks, Fidelity Bank Plc will launch the GreenMall, an online market place with fully integrated e-commerce capabilities…
Widow of Falae’s son sues Associated Airline over crash
Akin Kuponiyi The legal hostility between the widow of Deji Falae, son of Chief Olu Falae, and Associated Airline rages…
With millions dying, Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists launches global health campaign
*5 billion people do not have access to safe and affordable surgery. *16.9 million lives were lost from conditions needing…
Messi, Ronaldo and Depay top list of best-selling football shirts
Football shirt experts Kitbag (via the Express) have released a list of the top-selling replica jerseys in the game, and…
Fake Lubricant? Comprehensive surveillance needed in Nigeria – SON
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said that it needs to deploy comprehensive surveillance to be able to rid…
How Blaise Compaoré’s greed inspired CNN/Multichoice Award Winner
At the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, in Nairobi, Hyacinthe Boowurosigue Sanou, a Burkina Faso journalist and a finalists at the…
CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards: Kenya’s Kelemba wins GE Energy&Infrastructure Award
Paul Kelemba, from Kenya, was awarded GE Energy & Infrastructure Award, presented by Jay Ireland, President and CEO of GE…
Nigerian cons New Zealand woman of $250,000
A New Zealand woman who was looking for love online has reportedly been conned out of more than $250,000 by…