Year: 2015
Back At You: Venus beats Vinci, avenges Serena
Former world number one Venus Williams salvaged a small bit of family pride when she fought back from a set…
Borno govt. to relocate IDPs back to their hometowns
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to…
UPDATE: Bomb blast in Nyanya, kills 2, injures 19
A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has killed two persons…
FIFA sponsor Visa wants Sepp Blatter to quit
New York (AFP) – US credit card giant Visa became the third top FIFA sponsor to demand Sepp Blatter’s immediate…
Resign now, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s tell FIFA’s Blatter
AFP – World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald’s said Friday that FIFA head Sepp Blatter should step aside immediately to…
Twin explosions rock Abuja, many dead
Two bombs went off in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said. There was…
How we’ll screen Ambode’s nominees – Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday said it has a cordial relationship with the state governor,…
Diezani gets bail in UK, passport seized
Former Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering…
EFCC raids homes of Jide Omokore, Diezani in Lagos, Abuja
The arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke in London today may just be the tip of a well coordinated international operation to…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command is not leaving anything to chance in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Kaduna boosts learning with 770,000 furniture, 305,000 uniforms
The Kaduna State Government said it would provide 770,000 units of furniture and 305,000 sets of uniforms to its public…
Hajj stampede: Special prayer held for victims in Sokoto
A special prayer was held in Sokoto on Friday for victims of the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia. The prayer…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP mocks APC, says Sylva not electable
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt With Bayelsa governorship election three months away and scheduled for December 5, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Abducted AAU lecturer murdered by his abductors – Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday disclosed that Dr. Paul Erie, an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics of…
Nurses call for new salary scheme for quality service delivery
Mrs Olusola Agunloye of the national Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos on Friday urged the government to sign into law the…
Ghana foresees high cocoa purchases in 2015/16
Ghana projects cocoa purchases of 850,000-900,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 cocoa season that opened on Friday. The chief executive of…
Abuja Trade Fair: Exhibitors applaud organisers for extension of closing date
Exhibitors at the 10th Abuja International Trade Fair have applauded the organisers for the steps taken to extend the closing…
Player jailed 1 year for breaking opponent’s leg
A footballer in Britain’s Sunday League has been jailed for a year after he deliberately broke an opponent’s leg on…
Ondo to begin chocolate production April 2016
The Ondo State Government on Friday said that a modern chocolate factory to process premium quality cocoa beans produced in…
50 French coys to visit Nigeria, meet with Buhari
A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…
Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani arrested in London
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London. According to PREMIUM Times the…
Committee on establishment of national carrier submits report
The Ministerial Committee on Establishment of National Carrier has submitted its report to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation,…
My new song, “Somebody Great”, is a prophecy, says Korede Bello
Korede Bello, the rave of the moment in the music industry, has said that his new song entitled “Somebody Great’’,…
Terrorism: British boy, 15, jailed for life
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy, thought to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was given…
Burkina Faso coup leader handed over to government
The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after…
Man arraigned in Ibadan for illegal possession of a gun
A 35-year old man, Waheed Akinsanmi, was on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for illegal…
Obama suffers backlash for sending soldiers to Nigeria, other countries
By Jo Becker Advocacy/ Director Children’s Rights Division This week, President Barack Obama announced that four countries that use child…
No multiple thumb printing, ballot snatching in Rivers guber polls – Witnesses
Four more witnesses for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Thursday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja…
Kebbi farmers lose crops worth N3bn to flood
The Secretary, Kebbi chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Muhammad Idris, said on Friday that 45,000…
300 Bakassi IDPs get free medical service
No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from…