Year: 2015
Crazy Billing: Between IKEDC And Abuja DISCO
Consumers under Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, are groaning under crazy bills slammed on them recently by the company. The…
DHL appoints new Sub-Saharan Africa CEO
DHL Global Forwarding, leading provider of air, sea and road freight services in Europe and Asia, has appointed Daniella de…
Lagos, Traffic Robbery And State Police
Tayo Ogunbiyi It was like a scene from a typical Nollywood movie. The setting was the ever busy Ojodu-Berger axis…
Be.Television excites Startimes subscribers
Subscribers of Pay TV provider, Startimes have expressed delight at the inclusion of Be.Television on its network. The TV station…
Ladipo Market finally demolished
Cyriacus Izuekwe Traders at Ladipo Main Market in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria, were in shock and tears as bulldozer…
Martins, Drogba, Giovinco battle for MLS Player of the Month
Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi Martins is one of the contenders for the Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month award…
Robbers force victims to serve them food during attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in Lagos State, western Nigeria. During the three-hour attack,…
Series of explosions rock Maiduguri, 14 dead, 39 injured
AFP – A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses…
Monsignor to Youths: Shun nepotism, bigotry
Monsignor Cletus Gotan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Plateau state capital has urged youths and Nigerians generally to shun…
Go after the masterminds of Boko Haram, TMC urges Buhari
An Islamic group called The Muslim Congress (TMC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use intelligence to engage captured Boko…
West African crude oil exports to China hit four-year low
Reuters – West African crude oil exports to China were set to fall to a four-year low in October, reflecting…
Support Buhari to eradicate corruption, Amosun tells Nigerians
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the crusade to eradicate corruption in…
Obama voices anger over Oregon shooting, urges gun control
Washington (AFP) – United States President Barack Obama voiced his anger and sadness after the country’s latest deadly shooting, this…
We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says
AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…
244 Nigerian pilgrims yet to be accounted for – Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said all Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage…
Gunman, 20, dead after killing 10 in Oregon college shooting
Los Angeles (AFP) – A 20-year-old gunman opened fire at a community college in the US state of Oregon on…
VIDEO: Coping With Boko Harram, Part Two by Kayode Ogundamisi
Here is Part Two of the Documentary by Nigerian blogger, social activist, Kayode Ogundamisi on the Boko Haram insurgency and…
Documentary: Coping With Boko Haram, Part 1 by Kayode Ogundamisi
In this documentary Kayode Ogundamisi, a commentator on Nigerian and international affairs takes audacious steps to unravel the scenes of…
80 Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian troops
Nigerian Army said on Thursday that 80 Book Haram insurgents have surrendered to troops battling the terror group under the…
Kwara Independence Day celebration cancelled for security reasons
med The Kwara State Government on Thursday cancelled all forms of fanfare as well as Metropolitan Square parade to mark…
Max Air returns 4,000 pilgrims to Nigeria
Alhaji Ibrahim Dahiru, the Public Relations Manager, Max Air, on Thursday said the airline had returned 4,000 pilgrims who performed…
Appoint selfless leaders, Kukah tells Buhari
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Kukah, on Thursday, advised the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari…
Iran releases list of 465 nationals killed in Mecca stampede
The number of Iranian pilgrims killed in the latest Hajj stampede in Hajj stampede had risen to 465, the Iranian…
A brighter future is ahead of us – Olulade
Eromosele Ebhomele As Nigeria celebrates her 55th Independence anniversary, the member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Epe…
Al-Makura appoints new SSG, Head of Service
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of Amb. Sulieman Umaru-Azos as new Secretary to the State…
82 Div of Nigerian Army organises medical outreach
The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu on Thursday began a medical outreach to test the citizens of its…
Put leaders on their toes, Gbajabiamila tells Nigerians
Eromosele Ebhomele Majority Leader of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday urged Nigerians to learn to keep leaders…
Lagos taskforce impounds 1,576 Okadas
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos state Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences unit says it has seized 1,576 commercial motorcycle…
#NigeriaAt55: Cooperate with govt at all levels, Ambode urges Nigerians
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday urged Nigerians and Lagosians to cooperate with their respective government at…
If elected president, I’ll send Syrian refugees back – Donald Trump
AFP – Republican United States presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said that he would send thousands of Syrian refugees back…