Year: 2015
Ministerial screening: Rivers senators plot against Amaechi
The three Senators representing Rivers State in the National Assembly on Wednesday kicked off plot to stop the confirmation of…
Blue chips drop price on NSE
Some blue chips on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded further price depreciation on Wednesday as a result of profit…
Lagos lawmakers commend Buhari over ministerial nominees
Eromosele Ebhomele Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for picking those…
NiMet predicts cloudy, rainy conditions for Thursday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Thursday morning.…
CBN insists Oct. 31 remains deadline for obtaining BVN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Oct. 31 remains the deadline for bank customers to obtain their Bank Verification…
We’ll meet December deadline to defeat Boko Haram— CDS
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite pockets of suicide bombings by Boko Haram insurgents, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin,…
PDP postpones Edo congress
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja has postponed the rescheduled state congress in Edo. The…
Reps order investigation into implementation of Land Swap Policy
The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered for investigation into the implementation of the Land Swap Policy initiated by former…
Corruption: FIFA set to suspend Blatter for 90 days
Embattled Fifa President Sepp Blatter is on the verge of being suspended from football, after a longtime adviser confirmed the…
Oliseh, Enyeama settle rift
Felix Anyansi-Agwu, an Executive Committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says the squabble between Super Eagles’ coach Sunday…
Lord Mayor of London leads investors to Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow has assured the government of Lagos State…
Suicide bombers kill 3 in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three persons after a botched attack by four suspected suicide…
Breaking News: Gaidam in Yobe under Boko Haram attack
Nigerian soldiers are now battling the Boko Haram militants in Gaidam local council area of Yobe state, after an invasion…
Residents storm Lagos Assembly, demand confirmation Of Ambode’s nominee
Kazeem Ugbodaga A cross section of Lagos residents on Wednesday stormed the State House of Assembly demanding the confirmation of…
Enyeama vows never to accept insult in Eagles
Taiwo Adelu Goalkeeper of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama has taken to the Instagram to condemn the ugly row he…
Charles Okah not dead – NPS
The Nigeria Prisons Service on Wednesday denied the purported death of Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence…
Davido to premiere five new videos on MTV Base
Funsho Arogundade With just a few weeks to the release of his sophomore album, ‘Baddest’, multiple award winning popstar, Davido…
Eguavoen cautions Oliseh Over sack of Enyeama as Eagles’ captain
Former Super Eagles’ captain and coach, Austin Eguavoen believes 101-capped Vincent Enyeama is still the best man for the senior…
Ogun Assembly screens commissioner nominees
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State House of Assembly Wednesday began screening of commissioner nominees forwarded to it by the state…
Senate in rowdy session over Amaechi
A petition against Rotimi Chubuike Amaechi from Senator George Sekibo, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart from Rivers East Senatorial…
5 countries declare interest in Nigeria’s mining sector
Alhaji Sani Shehu, the President, Miners Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday said five countries had declared interest to invest in…
Man faces trial for abandoning wife in hospital
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday granted bail to Idowu Mutairu, 35, after he pleaded not guilty…
Poachers kill 14 elephants with poison
The Zimbabwe National Wildlife Agency on Wednesday said that suspected poachers used cyanide to kill 14 elephants in Zimbabwe’s western…
Kidnappers free 75-year-old woman
Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, the 75-year-old woman kidnapped a week ago at Kebbe, in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State,…
Fulani Herdsmen And Food Security In Nigeria
BILKIS BAKARE The recurring issue of clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in some parts of Nigeria remains one of…
Debt recovery: Doyin Okupe gets temporary reprieve
Akin kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria, has adjourned till 27 October this year,the debt…
Serial adultery lands Nigerian based in S/Africa in prison
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Nigerian based in South Africa who brought back his family to Nigeria from South Africa has landed…
I came to Lagos to steal- convicted SUV snatcher confesses
Cyriacus Izuekwe A convicted car snatcher, Somadina Enyiobi has confessed that he left his village in Oraifite in Anambra State…
Nigeria’s Forte Oil sells stake to Mercuria for $200m
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s Forte Oil said on Wednesday it had sold a 17 percent stake to Mercuria Energy for $200…
Burkina Faso court charges general, ex-minister over coup
(Reuters) – A court in Burkina Faso on Tuesday charged a general and a former foreign minister with crimes including…