Year: 2015
Nigerians paying the salaries of people abroad – SON DG
The Director General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr Joseph Odumodu, has said that Nigerians must change their consumption…
Hajj Stampede: Shehu Sani mourns Hajiya Bilkisu
Femi Adi/Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani has described the late Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf as a woman who lived an exemplary life…
Gov Lalong, his deputy, others turn part-time teachers
Governor Lalong promises to become ‘part-time teacher’ to boost education in Plateau State and has compelled his deputy, Prof. Sonni…
Hajj: Gombe declares five pilgrims missing
Five pilgrims from Gombe State have been declared missing in Saudi Arabia, the Executive Secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare…
Gunmen attack DSS office, kill policeman
Some gunmen on Friday night attacked the headquarters office of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lokoja. Mr Emmanuel…
‘We can’t find him’ – pilgrims lament after hajj disaster
AFP – “We can’t find him” was the lament of anxious relatives and friends Saturday as they scoured hospital wards…
FIFA scandal engulfs Sepp Blatter, Platini
AFP – Embattled Sepp Blatter was urged to stand down as FIFA president on Saturday after he was placed under…
Brazil court freezes Neymar assets worth $47m
Sao Paulo (AFP) – A Brazilian court on Friday froze $47 million in assets belonging to football superstar Neymar over…
Burkina Faso disbands elite unit behind coup
Reuters – Burkina Faso’s cabinet on Friday dissolved the elite presidential guard that took the president and prime minister hostage…
Pope condemns ‘boundless thirst’ for wealth, power
Reuters – Pope Francis, a day after addressing the United Nations in New York, travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the…
Egypt police kills militants who attacked Italian consulate
Reuters – Egyptian security forces on Friday killed nine militants who took part in a bomb attack at the Italian…
2.8m people face hunger in Malawi, warns WFP
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned that no fewer than 2.8 million people will face hunger in…
PICTURES: Buhari, King of Spain in bilateral meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari attends bilateral meeting with His Majesty, Don Felipe VI, King of the Kingdom of Spain at the…
Nigeria shuns meeting for IDPs, angers US, EU
The absence of Nigeria’s United Nations Mission at a meeting to discuss and proffer solution to the problems of Internally…
Aregbesola commiserates with families of hajj stampede
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives in a stampede at…
Oshiomhole lied about Bayelsa guber primary – Sylva Campaign Org
The Timipre Sylva Campaign for the Bayelsa State 2015 gubernatorial election has described as misleading and completely untrue reports purporting…
Nigeria de-listed from polio-endemic countries
Eromosele Ebhomele It is good news for Nigeria as the World Health Organisation, WHO, late Friday announced that polio is…
Girl, 18, jailed 14 years for luring boy, 17, to death
A teenage girl lured a bright student to his death at the hands of three knife-wielding boys in a murder…
Nigeria committed to a transparent, accountable public revenue system – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in New York reaffirmed his administration’s total commitment to the entrenchment of a fully transparent…
150 world leaders adopt 2030 agenda for SDGs – Ki-Moon
No fewer than 150 World leaders on Friday adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced…
Nigeria working to be AIDS-free by 2030, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has stated that Nigeria is working and hoping to be AIDS-free by 2015 as it…
200 Boko Haram fighters surrender in Borno
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that 200 suspected Boko Haram terrorists had surrendered after the military overran their territories…
Powerful Nigerians trying to sabotage war against Boko Haram – Nigerian Army
Nigerian Army has warned those it described as “unscrupulous individuals and their cohorts” specifically in Borno State and the North…
Buhari deeply saddened by Saudi tragedy
President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened by the colossal calamity which occurred Thursday in Saudi Arabia, claiming the lives of…
Army chief fetes wounded soldiers
In a bid to motivate soldiers and give them a sense of belonging, the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.…
High school fees not guarantee for quality education – Educationists
An educationist, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, says fees being charged by private schools is not a guarantee for access to quality…
Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid
Reuters – Islamist Boko Haram militants operating out of Nigeria raided a village across the border in southern Niger and…
That Buhari’s anti-corruption war may not become ephemeral
By Bolanle Bolawole I feel strongly about the present administration’s war against corruption that I have decided to think aloud…
BVN: 32m accounts yet to enrol, says CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that 32 million active bank accounts have yet to be enrolled on…
Indian women bathe village’s top cop to appease rain gods
Women in northern India gave a bath to a police officer in an unusual attempt to appease the rain gods,…