Year: 2015
Customs boss goes tough, sends DSS after corrupt officers
Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali has requested for the files of serving Customs officers found to have been involved in…
FIGHTING CANCER
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi One of the most devastating pronouncements a patient can hear from a doctor is, “I’m sorry,…
PICTURES: 50 World Editors launched in grand style
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Here are photos from the public presentation of the book titled ’50 World Editors’, written by…
ISIS-inspired attack on Pope foiled
A 15 year-old boy was arrested in Philadelphia for planning an attack on Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to…
INEC admits only 293,072 voters accredited for Rivers guber polls – Official
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that only 293,072 voters were accredited for the April 11 governorship…
Kellogg to spend $450m to acquire Lagos-based Multipro
Reuters – Kellogg Co is setting up a joint venture with the African arm of Singapore’s Tolaram Group to bolster…
12 killed from two families in Utah flash floods
Los Angeles (AFP) – The death toll from flash floods that have struck the western state of Utah rose to…
Man, 37, jailed for life for raping his two daughters
A 37-year old South African man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his two young daughters‚ Gauteng…
Bukola Saraki in new 13-count corruption scandal
Nigeria’s Senate President and former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, will begin a fresh bid to get himself out…
Hold the EU, NATO responsible for migrant crisis, says Zuma
The South African President Jacob Zuma says the EU and NATO should be held responsible for the migrant crisis because…
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, 91, delivers wrong speech in parliament
AFP – Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament…
Man Utd lose to PSV as Luke Shaw suffers double leg fracture
(AFP) – Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture of the leg during his team’s 2-1 defeat to…
Card Reader malfunctioned in most PUs, INEC tells Akwa Ibom election tribunal
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) opened its defence at the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja…
Pension Scam: EFCC arraigns 4 for defrauding FG of N1.2bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 arraigned four persons before Justice Abubakar Talba of…
FG plans zero-based budgeting for 2016, says Osinbajo
The Federal Government is planning to use a zero-based budgeting format for its 2016 budget planning, the Vice President of…
Akwa Ibom Senate: Akpabio witnesses goof before tribunal
Hearing in the Akwa Ibom senatorial election matter continued on Tuesday with the witnesses for the respondent, Godswill Akpabio by…
FG negotiating with Boko Haram over Chibok girls, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari told members of the Nigerian community in France under the aegis Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation that his…
Diamond Bank dragged to court for trespassing on landed property
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos high court in Southwest, Nigeria has adjourned for judgement, a suit instituted by the family of…
Ogun Judge orders detention of 7 journalists, snake frees them
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice N.I. Agbelu of the High Court 1, Ota ordered the arrest and detention of seven journalists at…
Kim Kardashian, sisters launch individualized apps
New York (AFP) – Four members of the Kardashian clan, including Kim herself, have launched personalized apps designed to provide…
FG moves to pay arrears of salaries, allowances to workers
Federal Government on Tuesday ordered its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to compile the names of all public service employees who…
ICPC returns recovered N1billion looted by civil servants
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has handed over the sum of N924 million looted by…
Buffon shows his class as Juventus dumps Man City
Italian champions Juventus cast their early-season woes aside by beating in-form Manchester City 2-1 in their opening Champions League Group…
Nigeria’s Adesokan wins gold in Para-powerlifting, sets new world record
Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan has won a Para-powerlifting gold medal and in the process set a new world record with a…
D’Tigress overrun tough Gabon to advance to semi-finals
Adaora Elonu scored 22 points and scooped eight rebounds to pivot the D’Tigress to a 73-65 defeat of Gabon on…
Accountant lands in prison over alleged N20m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, Milvertaon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned a former…
Buhari assures French investors of favourable business environment
President Muhammadu Buhari in Paris assured French investors of his administration’s commitment to provide a suitable business environment that would…
Social media habit likely linked to depression among teens
A recent study released on Tuesday in Scotland, suggested that teenagers who are addicted to online social media, are more…
Building Collapse: Surveyors demand stiffer safety adherence culture
Kazeem Ugbodaga Worried by the frequent incidence of collapsed buildings and other avoidable accidents in the country, the Association of…
Teen Saxophonist, TJ Sax, supports children living with cancer
Funsho Arogundade Nigeria’s soulful and skillful Teen Saxophonist TJ Emore, popularly known as TJ Sax, has shown that age does…