Year: 2015
Akwa Ibom Senate: Akpabio closes case with no-show
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday closed his case at the tribunal without testifying before it. Akpabio…
Five dead in Port Harcourt gas explosion
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At least five persons have been reported dead following a gas explosion at a gas shop at…
N3.6bn Fraud: EFCC declares Izuagbe, ex-Societe Generale Bank director wanted
Kennedy Izuagbe, a former director of Societe Generale Bank Nigeria Plc and managing director of Carlisle Properties and Investment Limited,…
EFCC arrests man, 62, arrested for possession of fake oil lifting documents
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Alhaji Umar Audu Bida, chief executive officer, Universal Contractors Limited,…
A’Ibom guber tribunal concludes hearing, as INEC witness develops health problems
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday concluded hearing in the petition brought before it by the…
Vigilance group kills kidnap suspect, arrest colleague
Two kidnap suspects were intercepted by members of a vigilance group in Kogi, who killed one of them and arrested…
Buhari cancels visit to Cross River
The proposed visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cross River State for the ground breaking ceremony of the 260km dual…
Osun doctors threaten strike over unpaid salaries
Association of Medical and Dental Officers in Osun, has threatened to embark on indefinite strike if state government failed to…
Ka’Oje commends Dream Team VI for winning bronze
Bala Ka’Oje, a former Minister of Sports, has commended the National Under-23 team for winning the men’s football bronze at…
Nigerian women win quarter-mile relays, Idiata wins long jump gold
Nigeria’s women 4×400 metres relay team on Thursday won their event at the 11th All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, while…
Police arraign Corporal who shot woman to death
A Police Corporal who allegedly shot a woman to death on Wednesday at Isheri Oshun, a Lagos suburb, will be…
More states benefit from Buhari’s relief package
States of the federation have started benefiting from the Special Intervention Fund aspect of the presidential relief package earlier approved…
Ambode commissions children hospital, emergency centre
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has commissioned the renovated Agbala Pediatric Centre in Ikorodu as well as a newly…
Lagos abolishes Special Adviser status at LG level
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has abolished the Special Adviser status and reviewed other administrative procedures for the 57…
Cinema goers call for improved standard of Nigerian movies
Some Nigerians at Silverbird Cinemas on Thursday called for improvement on the standard of production of Nigerian movies. The movie…
AAG: Nigeria’s Onyema sets world record in powerlifting
Team Nigeria have once again put the name of the country on the world map setting a new world record…
2 Nigerians among 12 finalists for $75k Anzisha Prize for African youth entrepreneurs
African Leadership Academy in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation has announced 12 accomplished young entrepreneurs, among them two Nigerians, as…
Niger increases budget on Boko Haram – govt
Niger increased its 2015 budget by 53.40 billion CFA ($92.16 million) to factor in higher spending on the fight against…
“Don’t panic there’s no shortage of liquidity,” CBN Governor urges banks
Nigerian central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele ruled out on Thursday a naira devaluation and told people not to panic about…
Corporate social responsibility should be voluntary— Fashola
Former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Wednesday described Corporate Social Responsibility in its purest sense as business…
“Office boy vacancy” attracts 2.3 million applications
More than 2.3 million people have applied to be general assistants in regional government offices in northern India, officials say…
EFCC arrests 3 men trying to blackmail Water Board director
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday September 16, 2015 arrested the trio of Yakubu Dankaba (aka Yakubu…
Lagos And The Menace Of Street Trading
Rasak Musbau Lagos, to use the trending cliché, is a happening city; a bubbling city that never sleeps. It is…
PICTURES: Wives of APC governors dazzle at National Women Conference
The wives of Lagos, Kebbi and Niger state governors dazzled at the National Women Conference at Eko Hotels & Suite…
Saudi Arabia diplomat accused of rape withdrawn from India
A Saudi Arabian Diplomat, identified as Majed-Hassan Ashoor, the First Secretary at the Saudi Embassy in New Delhi, accused of…
Landlord arraigned over tenant’s missing $6,000
Izuekwe Cyriacus A 60-year-old landlord, Cletus Egwuatumba, and his secretary, Ngozi Onuaju, 36, have landed in trouble after they illegally…
Abducted son of UNIPORT VC freed
Ejire Lale, son of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, abducted on Monday by gunmen has been…
Nigerian refugees in ‘atrocious’ situation in Niger – UN
AFP – Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in…
Cholera kills 16 Borno, medical charity MSF calls for help
Cholera has killed 16 people in three camps in Nigeria housing over one million people who have fled the Boko…
Ogun NUJ decries detention of 7 journalists by judge
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the detention of seven of…