Year: 2015
Building materials dealers want ban on importation of electric cables
Some dealers in building materials have urged the Federal Government to ban the importation of electric cables. In separate interviews…
50 IDPs get knitting machines in Maiduguri
The North-East Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Sunday distributed 50 knitting machines to 50…
Security: Hausa Group applauds Gov. Ambode on commitment
Alhaji Musa Mua’zu, the Vice-Chairman, Kastina State Indigenes’ Association (South-West), on Sunday commended Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for…
Club World Cup: Suarez, Messi, Iniesta scoop all FIFA awards
Barcelona trio, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and midfielder Andres Iniesta scooped all the available awards at the end of the…
500,000 Lagos residents threatened by looming epidemic from sewage plant
No fewer than 500,000 residents of Iponri Low-Cost Housing Estate, Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos State, on Sunday appealed to…
Barcelona win third FIFA crown
Barcelona have won their third FIFA World Cup, after a comprehensive defeat of Club Atletico River Plate, from Argentina. Scoreline:…
Wike replies APC: I will win the battle
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,the Governor of Rivers State has assured the people of the state not to fear…
Club World cup: Barcelona three goals up for third cup
Barcelona are at the verge of winning their third Club World Cup, with goals by talisman, Lionel Messi and a…
Bayern confirm Guardiola’s exit, Ancelloti’s arrival
It’s now official: Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich as head coach at the end of the season and be…
Tennis: Dutch, Swiss players win Lagos Governor’s Cup
Taiwo Adelu The 2015 edition of Governor’s Cup Tennis Championship ended Saturday with players from The Netherlands and Switzerland taking…
Niger’s coup plot: 9 military officers now arrested
Nine military officers have now been arrested by Niger’s government for allegedly planning a coup, the interior minister said in…
Congo: Opposition figures unite to stop Kabila’s 3rd term
More than 27 high-profile Congolese figures, including Moise Katumbi, considered a main opposition candidate in next year’s presidential polls, have…
Reuben Abati: El-Zakzaky, Islam, the Nigerian State
By Reuben Abati So much has been said about the December 12 confrontation between the Nigerian Army and members of…
Let’s go for rerun, Rivers APC taunts Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC in Rivers State has told Nyesom Wike,Governor of Rivers State in an uncertain…
APC will deliver campaign promises, says Dogara
Nigerians will begin to reap the dividends of promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the 2016 budget…
2016: Saraki’s promise to Nigerians
The President of the Senate Bukola Saraki, on Saturday promised Nigerians of policies that would transform the nation’s economy in…
Akinola installed as Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland
Eminent personalities on Saturday converged in Ibadan for the installation of Alhaji Dawud Akinola as the new Aare Musulumi of…
Shi’ite/Army Clash: Northern govs hold emergency meeting
Northern Governors on Saturday held an emergency meeting in Kaduna to evolve measures to resolve the crisis between members of…
I’ll transform petroleum sector in one year – Kachikwu
Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum, has promised to bring about fundamental change in Nigeria’s oil sector…
Insurgency will soon be history, says senator accused of sponsoring sect
Senate Ali Ndume, who is accused of sponsoring Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has expressed confidence that insurgency in the North-East…
Driver kills passenger on motorcycle in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe A private driver whose identity was not yet known overran a motorcycle operator and killed his passenger on…
Of The Tanzanian Change And Our Own Change
Peter Claver Oparah Of recent, the hyper-active Nigerian social media has been abuzz with heightened excitement of some Nigerians on…
Northern Governors meet to stem another religious rebellion
Femi Adi/ Kaduna Governor of 19 northern states under the auspices of Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF on Saturday met…
Breaking News: Sister of Governor Dickson kidnapped
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nancy Keme Dickson, the younger sister to the Bayelsa State’s Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has been kidnapped.…
We are passionate about future of children in Lagos- Ambode
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Saturday said that he was passionate about the future of children in the…
5,000 babies born yearly with ear defects in Nigeria
No fewer than 5,000 babies are born yearly with ear defects in Nigeria, Prof. Adewale Oke, the Chief Medical Director,…
Ayeni emerges NASCON Chairman
The National Salt Company of Nigeria (NASCON) Allied Industries Plc has appointed Mrs Yemisi Ayeni, as the Chairman of the…
FRSC celebrity marshals storm Lagos roads for safety campaign
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) “Celebrity Special Marshals’’ took to Lagos roads on Saturday, sensitising motorists to safe driving…
5,000 babies born with ear defects yearly in Nigeria- LASUTH CMD
No fewer than 5,000 babies are born yearly with ear defects in Nigeria, Prof. Adewale Oke, the Chief Medical Director,…
Obasanjo lauds Abia govt on infrastructural development
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended Abia government for its efforts to develop infrastructure in the state. Obasanjo made…