Year: 2015
Over 200 exhibitors register for Abuja trade fair
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited (ABUCCI) says more than 200 exhibitors have registered to participate in Abuja…
Bauchi puts controversial aircraft on lease
Bauchi State Government on Friday announced that it had leased its aircraft to Overland Airlines. The state Deputy Governor, Alhaji…
Congo overtakes Nigeria, Egypt in table tennis doubles
Hosts of the 11th African Games, Congo is currently topping the medals table in table tennis event of the Games.…
7 soldiers executed for killing businessmen
Seven Somali soldiers, were executed in the port city of Kismayo on Friday after a court found them guilty of…
VIDEO: Justice Danladi orders IGP Arase to arrest Saraki
Watch the declaration by Justice Umar Danladi ordering for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki and the controversy between…
Denrele Edun set to wed
Daniels Ekugo Controversial TV presenter, Denrele Edun, who is always in the news for various reasons especially his looks and…
Rumours of my death orchestrated by enemies – Osun deputy gov
Kazeem Ugbodaga The deputy governor of Osun State, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori has finally broken her silence on the rumour of her…
Ambode ponders collaboration with Kebbi on rice production
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said the state government will consider the possibilities of collaborating with Kebbi State…
Code of Conduct tribunal orders arrest of Bukola Saraki
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered the arrest of Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The tribunal gave the order at…
Tribunal upholds Senator Adeola’s election
Henry Ojelu The Lagos National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja Friday dismissed the petition filed…
NLNG to commission 6 world class science labs in 6 varsities
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG, is to commission six world class science laboratories in six federal univeristies across…
Court dismisses Aeroland’s suit, Yayi stays on as Senator
An election tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has dismissed the suit filed Segun Adewale popularly known as Aeroland against Senator…
Glo, Konga.com commence online trading
Towards easing online trading, Nigeria’s total telecommunications service provider and Konga.com have entered into a business deal to bring a…
Nigeria restructures bank loans of 13 cash-strapped states
Nigeria has restructured the commercial bank loans of 13 cash-strapped state governments as Africa’s biggest economy seeks to cut domestic…
1.4 million children displaced by Boko Haram – UNICEF
Reuters – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4…
In Niger, US soldiers quietly help build wall against Boko Haram
Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger’s Diffa region had never…
Nigeria can survive on earnings from herbal medicine, says Maurice Iwu
Nigeria has what it takes to diversify her economy through earnings from traditional and herbal medicines, Prof. Maurice Iwu, Chairman,…
Lagos House of Assembly tribunal upholds Moshood Oshun’s election
The Lagos State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja today upheld the election of Moshood Olarenwaju of…
Aeroland, Yayi’s supporters besiege court as tribunal delivers judgement
Scores of supporters of Segun Adewale a.k.a. Aeroland and Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola a.k.a. Yayi, Friday morning besieged the Ikeja…
FG owes states N522bn for road maintenance
The National Economic Council(NEC) on Thursday confirmed that 13 states of the Federation had complied with the requirements for the…
Man arraigned for producing fake alcoholic drinks
Paul Iyoghojie A suspected producer of different brands of fake alcoholic drinks at Oke Arin market, Lagos Island, western Nigeria,has…
Fire razes 150 makeshift structures in Ajah
Kazeem Ugbodaga Thousands have been rendered homeless as fire razed about 150 makeshift buildings at Alagutan, Ajah area of Lagos,…
We’ll protect critical infrastructure in power sector, Nigerian Military assures investors
The Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major-General S. Yusuf, has assured Distributing Companies (DISCO’s), Generating Companies (GENCO’s)…
Soldiers crush protests as military seizes power in Burkina Faso
(Reuters) – Heavily armed troops crushed protests in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou after a former spy chief seized power in…
Children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 m —UNICEF
(Reuters) – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4…
U.S. soldiers quietly help build wall against Boko Haram
(Reuters) – Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger’s Diffa region…
Right2Know pickets MTN in South Africa for unethical profiteering
Right2Know Gauteng, a campaign group in South Africa will on Friday picket telecommunication company, MTN, with the goal of putting…
How my wife was found – Nwosu
Eromosele Ebhomele Steve Nwosu, Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers whose wife, Toyin, regained freedom from kidnappers in Lagos…
EFCC arraigns Pastor, two others for N500k fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 17, 2015 arraigned a pastor, Emmanuel Anga, and Atin Victor Generous,…
Diamond Bank staff sent to Ikoyi Prison over fraud
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded a Diamond Bank employee, Obioha Okengwu, at Ikoyi…