Year: 2015
What PDP needs to learn – Ondo guber aspirant
Odunayo Akinrinsola, a governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Nigeria on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), believes the Peoples…
2019: PDP regroups, plots to recapture power from APC
FEMI ADI/Kaduna Five months after they were dethroned by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Peoples Democratic Party,…
US Pension Funds and Endowments to discuss Africa co-investments at Africa investor Summit
Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced that US pension funds and endowments will meet…
Over 150 waste management firms to storm Nigeria
Daniels Ekugo A waste management company in Nigeria, Waste Matters Nigeria in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Environment is…
Outrage over Burkina Faso coup
Outrage has continued to greet the military take-over of the government in the tiny West African country of Burkina Faso.…
‘Wada must go protesters’ block Abuja-Lokoja Highway
Taiwo Adelu Travellers going from Abuja and those coming to the capital city had a hectic journey as workers of…
Natures Gentle Touch introduces Eucalyptus Anti-Hair Breakage Range
Personal style brand, Natures Gentle Touch has introduced a new line of anti-hair breakage range that will provide solution to…
Kidnappers release Toyin, wife of The Sun DMD, Steve Nwosu
Femi Anjorin Unconfirmed report said that the wife of the Deputy Managing Director/ Deputy Editor-in Chief of the Sun Publishing…
STAR to celebrate 2Face at 40 with All-Star tribute concert
Funsho Arogundade In Nigeria’s 100-mile-an-hour music industry, it is often easy to forget how long some artistes have been around.…
A Letter To My Friend Dimgba Igwe By Mike Awoyinfa
My friend, my brother, my Ogbeni Dimgba Igwe. One year after your painful exit, the wound is yet to heal.…
Bayelsa guber: APC raises security concerns
The All Progressives Congress (APC) seven-man Bayelsa State Election Committee on Wednesday in Abuja raised concern over insecurity during the…
Fuelling of ships to combat sea pirates a major challenge – Ango
Rear Admiral Jonathan Ango, a former Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, on Wednesday said…
Daily habit that’s hurting your liver
It’s well known that sitting has been associated with obesity, diabetes and even anxiety, but the simple act of sitting…
Centre for Crisis Communication lauds Buhari’s dialogue with Boko Haram
The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has expressed satisfaction with the recent pronouncement by President Muhammadu…
Mourinho gets respite as Chelsea cruise
Jose Mourinho’s selection gamble paid off as Chelsea got their spluttering season back on track with a 4-0 rout of…
South Africa’s new human ancestor sparks racial row
Some prominent South Africans have dismissed the discovery of a new human ancestor as a racist theory designed to cast…
World’s second-richest person closing in on Bill Gates
Spain’s fast-fashion king Amancio Ortega has added $3.7 billion to his personal fortune after Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing…
Malaria deaths down 60% since 2000, thanks to diagnostics, mosquito nets
Geneva (AFP) – Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, the UN said, with improved diagnostic tests…
Burkina Faso guards detain president, prime minister
AFP – Burkina Faso’s presidential guard detained the interim president and prime minister, plunging the west African country into uncertainty…
A decade after write-offs, Africa sliding back into debt trap
By Ed Cropley Reuters – With their economies floundering and currencies sinking, African states that have borrowed heavily in dollars…
Nigerian firms may struggle to repay debt if dollar shortages persist
Already feeling the pinch from slumping oil prices and slowing economic growth, Nigerian companies are finding it increasingly hard to…
Mugabe plans law for public officials to declare assets
President Robert Mugabe’s government will introduce a law in Zimbabwe’s parliament that requires senior public officials to declare assets as…
Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight
Reuters – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people…
A’Ibom guber tribunal rejects INEC’S objection on destroyed ballot papers
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday September 16, 2015 overruled an objection by the…
Oshiomhole nominates new Commissioners in Edo
The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has nominated Chief Tom Uloko and Mr Gideon Obhakhan as Commissioners-designate in the…
Military will meet deadline to end Boko Haram, Buratai assures
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai today in Kaduna reiterated the commitment of the military…
APC postpones Bayelsa governorship primary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday rescheduled the Bayelsa gubernatorial primary till September 22. The primary was initially billed…
Court remands fake Edo monarch, brother
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Benin, Edo state Wednesday ordered the remand of Prince Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, in prison…
I sometimes miss my way in Aso Villa, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari shocked his interviewer in Paris today that he sometimes misses his way in Aso Presidential Villa, an…
Akwa Ibom Senate: Godswill Akpabio’s witnesses fumble at tribunal
A mild drama played out at the Akwa Ibom National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja when suddenly…