Year: 2015
NUPENG grounds business activities at Chevron
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State branch of National Union Petroleum and Natural Gas workers Wednesday disrupted business activities at Chevron…
Osinbajo lauds NIPPS, pledges FG’s support
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS)…
Code of Conduct tribunal begins trial of Kano civil servants for non declaration of assets
The Code of Conduct on Wednesday began the trial of M. A. Maishanu, Ahmad M. Mu’azu, Alkasim S. Ajumawa, Mustapha…
Nigeria Customs Service seizes N37m smuggled poultry in two weeks
The war against smugglers of frozen poultry products into the Country tagged “Operation Hawk Descend”, has continued to yield massive…
NATFORCE DG, Okereke declared wanted for fraud
Emmanuel Osita Okereke, director general of the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation of Small Arms, Ammunition, and Light…
Ambode appoints new Governing Councils in state’s tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for tertiary institutions in the…
PDP NWC postpones party’s National Conference
Kazeem Ugbodaga The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has put on hold, all activities pertaining…
Five suspected robbers arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Robbers and other criminals are now facing hard times in Ogun as police detectives attached to Sagamu on…
Heads to roll in U-23 Eagles, vows Siasia
Following Nigeria’s ouster from the football event of the ongoing All Africa Games in Congo-Brazzaville, Head Coach of the U-23…
Southwest APC Support Group Set for zonal election
Taiwo Adelu All arrangements have been concluded for the Coalition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (Southwest Zone)…
El-Rufai closes churches, missionary schools over crisis
Femi Adi/Kaduna . The Governor Nasir El-Rufa led Kaduna State Government Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of two churches, two…
We will not devalue the naira, says Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in an interview with France 24 that he does not think the country’s…
Nigeria to raise N100.8bn in Treasury bills
Reuters – Nigeria plans to raise 100.88 billion naira in treasury bills with maturities between three months and one year…
Ambode declares war on rapists, women beaters
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says there is no hiding place for rapists and women-beaters in Lagos as…
Sixty percent of Nigeria’s children experience violence
Reuters – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual…
TB Joshua orders arrest of 25 illegal agents at Synagogue Church
Cyriacus Izuekwe More than 25 suspects operating within Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos, as agents allegedly extorting…
We didn’t pay sacked staff N2,500 — Catholic school
Cyriacus Izuekwe The management of a Catholic school in Ejigbo, Lagos State, western Nigeria, where a staff alleged that she…
Man docked for refusing to pay his workers
A 34-year-old man, Benson Abayomi, who allegedly refused to pay the salaries of his workers, was on Wednesday brought before…
Policeman escapes mob attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Corporal attached to Isolo division, Ibukun Mathew, narrowly escaped death after a group of people attempted…
AAG:. More medals expected from Powerlifting – Coach
Wale Joseph in Congo Nigeria’s Powerlifting head coach Feyisetan Are, has urged the athletes to remain focused as the competition…
325,000 IDPs in Plateau camps
At least 325,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are taking refuge in various camps in Plateau, according to the National Emergency…
Collapsed two-storey building was originally a bungalow— NEMA
The two-storey Islamic School structure that collapsed in Jos on Sunday was originally a bungalow that was “forcefully” converted into…
ISIS terrorist group storms Ghana, begin recruitment
Global Risk Insights, a human right organisation, on Wednesday raised an alert that ISIS terrorist group has started recruiting youths…
Intels spends N11m on charity
In performing its corporate social responsibility, Intels Nigeria Limited, Onne, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, on Tuesday donated N11 million to…
Migrant sets self on fire at detention centre
A migrant being held in an Australian detainee centre is in critical condition after setting himself on fire. A media…
Delta Assembly confirms more commissioners
The Delta House of Assembly, on Tuesday in Asaba screened and confirmed the nomination of five more commissioners sent to…
Lawyers support Buhari on implementation of TSA
Legal Practitioners in the Federal Capital Territory, on Wednesday expressed their support for the implementation of the Treasury Single Account…
Ogun to distribute another batch of C of O
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Government will on Thursday distribute fresh 1,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to beneficiaries.…
NIMASA staff send fresh petition to FG, demand closure of ‘illegal’ London office
A group referred to as the Concerned Staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA), has sent a petition…
Dead man dumped on Ogun road
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ago Oko area in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State woke up Wednesday morning…