Year: 2015
N18.3bn Scam: Judge fixes Nov 4 for hearing against Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 4, 2015 for definite hearing, in a 21-count…
Wike orders prosecution of Amaechi, three others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 72 hours after Justice George Omeriji probe panel set up by Governor Nyesom Wike submitted…
NDLEA nabs Brazil-bound passenger with $34,000
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a passenger for attempting to smuggle out 23 wraps containing 34,000…
Nigeria needs 17-20m housing units
Mr Gimba Kumo, Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), said 17 to 20 million housing units were needed…
Hollywood film, The Walk, hits Nigerian cinemas
Funsho Arogundade A tightrope drama would be playing out in a new Hollywood film, “The Walk”, which hit the Nigerian…
Tribunal Judgment: Kashamu heads to Appeal Court
Kazeem Ugbodaga Suspected drug baron, Buruji Kashamu is heading to the Appeal Court to challenge the nullification of his election…
Wonder Banker jailed 8 years for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Balogun Olaitan and his company, Disok International Limited,…
N18.3bn Pension Scam: Judge fixes Nov 4 for hearing against ex-Pension boss
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 4, 2015 for definite hearing, in a 21-count…
Lagos LG reverses sack of council workers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Executive Secretary, Apapa/Iganmu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Mrs Olufunmilayo Mohammed has reversed the decision to retrench…
Tribunal upholds Gbajabiamila’s election
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Friday upheld the victory of the Majority Leader of the…
Tribunal upholds Sen Ekwunife’s election, sacks Rep in Anambra
The Justice Nayai Agabana-led three-man People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Awka on Friday upheld the election of Uche Ekwunife of…
CNN/Multichoice Awards: Digital Media changing the face of journalism
Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Blogs, social media and the internet have revolutionised journalism such that pluralism has become the benchmark for news…
CNN/Multichoice Awards: 20 years of journalism in Africa
Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Joana Mantey, a Ghanian journalist, who currently freelances was the first African journalist to scoop the African Journalist…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Buruji Kashamu sacked from Senate
The Election Tribunal in Ogun State has nullified the election of alleged US wanted drug baron, Buruji Kashamu. The tribunal…
Pinnick charges Eagles to beat Lions, silent on Enyeama’s case
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has challenged the Super Eagles to approach their international friendly against Cameroon…
South Sudan’s warring sides violated ceasefire over 50 times — Monitors
South Sudan’s warring sides have violated a ceasefire agreement over 50 times in the last 20 months, mediators said in…
6 die in Lagos auto crash
Report just coming in indicates that there a fatal accident has occurred at Onipanu bus stop, Lagos, western Nigeria. According…
Ogun Update: PDP loses House of Reps seat
Aremo Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic candidate in the 28 March House of Representatives election in…
Council boss decries attacks on villages
Mr Titus Bise, Chairman Mangu Local Government of Plateau has expressed concern over incessant attacks on villages in the area…
Insecurity: Lawyers advocate community policing
Two lawyers have advocated community policing to curb insecurity in the country. The lawyers expressed the view in separate interviews…
Ebola-ravaged countries record first virus-free week
The three West African countries at the heart of an Ebola epidemic recorded their first week with no new cases…
Gunmen kill oil worker in Bayelsa
Unidentified gunmen on Friday killed an oil worker at the Kolo Creek Oilfields operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Diezani Alison-Madueke has cancer, goes for surgery: Family
Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has cancer, the family’s lawyer confirmed. In a statement meant to debunk a rash…
The commodification of human lives and the death of altruism
By Adebayo Lamikanra At the end of August 1984, I travelled out of Nigeria to attend a one year fellowship…
Tribunal orders rerun of Ogun Assembly election
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The National and State Houses of Assembly tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta Friday ordered fresh election to be…
Court issues Bench Warrant on Apugo over N36m fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Prince Benedict…
2 traders land in prison for removing another trader’s teeth
Paul Iyoghojie Two housewives who are traders at Daddy Alaja market, Oke Arin, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have been arraigned…
Tight security as tribunal rules on case against Kashamu, others
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Security was tightened Friday morning around Magistrates’ Court, Isabo venue of the sitting of the National and State…
Angela Merkel? Pope Francis? Gamblers Bet on Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Five people in Oslo, all appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and all sworn to secrecy, already know who is winning…
Football, News, Sports, World News
Loss to Congo: Nigerians write off Oliseh’s Eagles
Taiwo Adelu Disappointed football loving Nigerians have slammed the senior national team, the Super Eagles for losing 0-2 to DR…