Year: 2015
Civil servant disappears
An atmosphere of fear is pervading Oluseyi Area in Omu-Aran, Kwara, following alleged disappearance of a 30-year-old civil servant, Olaniyi…
Nigerian firm produces 12,000 shoes monthly in South Africa
Roland Ogboru, the Chief Executive Officer of Fred Foot Wear, a South Africa-based firm, says the company manufactures 12,000 pairs…
Police arrest 69 cattle rustlers, bandits in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Sunday said that it had arrested 69 cattle rustlers and other notorious armed robbers…
Nigeria to ease foreign currency restrictions – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria will keep foreign currency restrictions for now to preserve the…
Obiano optimistic Anambra judiciary workers will end strike
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra said that judiciary workers in the state would soon call off their ongoing strike, following…
Boko Haram will be no more by December, says Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that no amount of distractions would deter it from ending terrorism in Nigeria by…
Dick Advocaat quits as Sunderland manager
Dick Advocaat resigned as Sunderland manager on Sunday, the club confirmed. The Dutchman, who had masterminded Sunderland’s great escape last…
FG, States, LGs should invest in agriculture – CADA
Owali Ilem, former Chairman of Cross River Commercial Agriculture Development Association (CADA), on Sunday urged all tiers of government to…
Russia making ‘grave mistake’ in Syria, says Turkey President
AFP – Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria is “unacceptable”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, warning that Russia was…
Police intensify effort against herdsmen, other crimes
Tambari Yabo Muhammad, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), says police have intensified community partnerships in efforts to track…
We’ve been monitoring Diezani since 2013 for money laundering, bribery – UK Crime Agency
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has provided more information on Friday’s arrest of Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister, under Goodluck Jonathan,…
Don’t give in to terror, Dogara tells Nigerians
Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has condemned Friday`s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the…
Multiple explosions rip through Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that…
NSCDC boss urges personnel to be extra-vigilant
The Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, has challenged the corps personnel to be extra…
Israel bars Palestinians from entering Jerusalem after attacks
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday as…
Bomb blasts: Buhari receives briefing, vows to end Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja reaffirmed the determination of his administration to rid the country of extremism as…
Ikeja Police College Commissioner dies in US hospital
The Commissioner of Police and Commandant, Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, CP Tunde Sobulor is dead. CP Sobulor died on Friday…
Mourinho warns Chelsea not to sack him, says he’s their best manager
José Mourinho has publicly challenged Roman Abramovich to sack him, stressing that he has no intention of resigning and that…
Oke Ogun APC kicks against Buhari’s choice of Shittu as ministerial nominee
The All Progressives Congress youth assembly in Oke Ogun, Oyo State has kicked against the choice of Barrister Adebayo Shittu…
Buhari condemns latest terror attacks in Abuja, Borno, Adamawa
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in the strongest terms the latest terror attacks in Abuja, Borno and Adamawa. This was…
Abuja blasts: Soldiers not among casualties – Army
The Nigeria Army on Saturday dismissed reports that soldiers were among casualties of Friday’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya…
Ambode pledges better working conditions for judicial workers
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has assured that his administration will continue to improve on the achievements in the judicial…
Abiola’s brother, Mubashiru dies at 74
Mubashiru Abiola, the younger brother of Moshood Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, is dead. He…
Niger govt. to recover stolen fund through EFCC, ICPC
Niger Government said it had decided to engage the anti-graft agencies to recover stolen funds from the past public office…
NiMet predicts cloudy, rainy weather conditions for Sunday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather condition over the central states of the country on Sunday. The…
Soldiers not among Abuja bomb casualties
The Nigeria Army on Saturday dismissed reports that soldiers were among casualties of Friday’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya…
Nigerian firm accuses South African coy of $8,000 fraud
Mr Patrice Unogu, the Managing Director of Global Lifting Services Nigeria Limited, said on Saturday that the Nigerian Consulate in…
U.S. counter-terrorism squad trains 200 Nigerian Police, others
The U.S. Government’s Anti-terrorism Assistance Programme (ATA) has conducted a mass casualty exercise to culminate a yearlong training programme with…
3 Israelis wounded in Jerusalem knife, gun attack – Officials
AFP – An assailant wielding a knife and gun seriously wounded three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday, before himself…
Buhari’s team visit bomb blast sites, as death toll rises to 18
Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and David Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of…