Year: 2015
NUJ Games Football: Teams battle for final tickets on Friday
Taiwo Adelu With the successful completion of the group stage of the football event of the ongoing 2015 Lagos NUJ…
Civil society groups protest, challenge Buhari to jail looters
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of members of civil society groups staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption…
Spanish companies awaiting Buhari’s ministerial list
Mr Pablo Segrelles, Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria, on Thursday said that Spanish companies were awaiting…
Julius Berger returns to site on Lagos-lbadan Expressway
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has returned to site on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway ahead of its plan to start full repair…
Ireland to accept 4,000 refugees – Justice Minister
Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald confirmed that they would accept 4,000 refugees with the first arriving in the next few…
Tambuwal appoints 22 commissioners
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday submitted the names of 22 commissioner nominees to the House of Assembly…
Bayelsa Guber Election: PDP screens Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and three other gubernatorial aspirants were on Thursday screened for…
NECO releases 2015 exam results
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2015 results with improvement of 16 per cent in credits in…
Boko Haram: more detained suspects to be freed
The military has confirmed that more persons detained for alleged links with Boko Haram insurgents will be released after being…
Rivers Guber: Military officer says election did not take place on April 11
Capt. Garba Sani, a military officer, who monitored the April 11 governorship election in Rivers on Thursday told the state…
NLC tasks National Assembly on responsible governance
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged members of the National Assembly to discharge their functions with a high sense…
Boko Haram: Toyota Nigeria donates 5 vehicles to MNJTF
Toyota Nigeria Limited on Thursday donated five vehicles to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a bid to enhance…
Buhari’s cabinet delays more investment by Spanish companies
Mr Pablo Segrelles, Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria, on Thursday said that Spanish companies were awaiting…
Lagos throws open sports facilities for public use
Taiwo Adelu Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr. Ayodele Agbesanwa, has directed that all the sports facilities of…
Mechanic, 23, remanded for armed robbery
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 23-year-old mechanic, Ahmed Ochegbe, in prison custody for alleged conspiracy and armed…
Suicide Prevention Day: Youths harp on proper self esteem
Some youths in Abuja on Thursday called for high self-esteem and good morals as this would reduce the rate of…
22 judges suspended over bribery
Ghanaian authorities have suspended 22 junior judges accused of bribery after they were captured on video, the judicial secretary, said…
20 ships arrive Lagos ports with foods, petroleum products
Twenty ships have arrived at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos waiting to discharge food items, petroleum products and…
Police must be well compensated, kitted for optimal performance – Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has called for the proper equipping of officers and men of the Nigerian Police for…
Buhari mourns Babankowa, Jibrin Ahmed
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa on his passing away. Buhari joins them in mourning…
South Africa announces discovery of new human-like species
South African anthropologists have announced a “groundbreaking fossil discovery of international importance” at the so-called Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg.…
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Facebook rakes in users in Nigeria, Kenya
Reuters – Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by the social…
Gang-rape: Lagos security guards get N1m bail
Two Lagos security guards, who allegedly gang-raped a teenage girl, are on temporary reprieve of N1 million bail on the…
Buhari lifts ban on 113 oil vessels – NNPC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has lifted the ban on 113 vessels into its territorial waters, a letter from the…
Group campaigns with mock coffin to promote use of pedestrian bridges
Cracks Izuekwe A human rights group, Concern Human Rights of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to always make use of…
Nigerian wrestler, Adekuoroye qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics
Nigeria’s female wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Adekuoroye, who won a gold medal…
Fake prophet cons Lagos nurse for sex
Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Muyiwa Adesoye, has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ejigbo for…
Hamburg joins race for 2024 Olympics
Hamburg First Mayor Olaf Scholz officially signed the city’s application letter to bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Wednesday,…
Ambode’s Steady Strides In Lagos
Tayo Ogunbiyi The chief executive of CPA Australia, Alex Malley, once observed that what is needed from strategic leaders with…
Woman bites off, swallows neighbour’s nipple
Cyriacus Izuekwe A mother of four children, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo, has accused her neighbour, Mrs Bola Olowolagba, mother of three…