Year: 2015
Eaglets land in Buenos Aires, begin training for World Cup
World champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Friday arrived their pre-World Cup training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina aboard an…
Heading Petroleum Ministry: Lagos lawmakers back Buhari
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Saturday gave support to President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to head…
We will use EFCC, ICPC to recover stolen funds – Niger State Govt
Niger State Government says it will use the services of the anti-graft agencies, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses…
Rape: Lawyers task police on proper investigation
Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports…
Don’t cave 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…
Pinnick praises late Mrs Enyeama at burial
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick on Saturday praised God for the life of the late…
Ex-Basketball International to hold youth camp in Onitsha
Former basketball international, Samuel Oguche, said on Saturday that the Bullet Energy basketball camp would hold its next camp for…
Cowardly attacks in Abuja, elsewhere will not save Boko Haram – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Friday night’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja that…
Sokoto Area Customs Command collects N124.3m revenue in September
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it had collected over N124.3 million as revenue in September from the Sokoto, Kebbi…
Belgian Embassy delays Super Eagles’ trip
Nigeria’s Super Eagles won’t be travelling to Belgium on Sunday as scheduled, for their two friendly international matches against the…
PDP condemns Nyanya, Kuje bombings
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned Friday’s bombing in Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja, Nigeria, describing…
Legal Aid Council receives 329 cases in Kano
The Kano State Office of the Legal Aid Council said it had received 329 cases from aggrieved persons between January…
NAFDAF donates drugs to IDPs camps in Adamawa
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday donated assorted drugs to Internally Displaced Persons…
Bomb blast: Police tighten security in FCT
Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase has directed police officers to ensure massive stop and search activities in and around the…
Gunmen abduct 75-year-old woman in Sokoto
The Police in Sokoto on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a 75-year- old woman, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, by unknown persons.…
BET brings Hit Urban Lifestyle Festival to Africa
Funsho Arogundade Come 12 December, the spectacular global celebration of urban culture, music and lifestyle, from entertainment channel BET will…
I am gay, says senior Vatican priest
A high-ranking Polish priest from the Vatican revealed he was gay on Saturday, saying he wanted to challenge the Church’s…
Resident petitions Lagos Speaker over Ambode’s nominee
Eromosele Ebhomele A top member of the Ikoyi Club 1938, Chief Oladele Abiodun Benson, has petitioned the Speaker of the…
Group to award scholarship to 21 Anambra students
The new President of Anambra State Associations in South Africa, Chief Onyekachukwu Onyeka, said on Saturday that the group would…
Absence of mobile theatres cause of decline in morals— arts promoter
A promoter of arts and culture, Mr Tope Babayemi, has attributed erosion of moral values among Nigerian youth to absence…
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting calls for entries
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award…
Military pension verification begins Tuesday nationwide
The Chairman, Military Pensions Board, AVM Muhammed Dabo, has allayed fears of any mishap in the forthcoming military pension verification…
FRSC takes ‘Ember’ month campaign to Anambra
The FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Sunday Ajayi, has said that nearly 2,000 regular and special marshals of the…
Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush
Boko Haram Islamist fighters killed at least two Niger soldiers and wounded four others in an attack on a village…
French coys to meet with Buhari, invest in Nigeria
A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command is not leaving any stone unturned in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Rivers among 21 States with bird flu
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed that the state is among the 21 States in the country with…
I’m in excellent health, Dalai Lama says after cancelling US tour
AFP – The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he was in “excellent” health after doctors told him to scrap a…
UPDATE: 15 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Abuja bomb blasts
The multiple bomb blasts on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15…
3 contractors arraigned for attacking man with machete
Paul Iyoghojie Three building contractors have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly invading the palace of a…