Year: 2015
Family sue ex-Lagos Lands Ministry official for trespass
YUSUF MUHAMMED Muhammed Liadi Cole family of Alaagba Village, Ipaja Road, Agege, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have sued Mrs Elizabeth…
Kenyan man arrested with three explosives at shopping centre
A man has been arrested at a shopping centre in Kenya’s capital with three explosive devices, which have since been…
Go for medical check-up regularly, Lalong tells public officials
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Tuesday advised public office holders in the state to embark on regular medical check-up…
Set debt limit for all tiers of govt – FRC urges Buhari
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set debt limit for federal, state, and local…
Ifeanyi Ubah And Vainglorious Celebration
By Nkem Ibekwe In what were clearly bland and vainglorious ripostes, Obidike Jerry in “Ifeanyi Ubah: 44 cheers to a…
Lagos PDP faction reject Shelle’s reinstatement
Jamiu Yisa The storm certainly is not over yet for the embattled chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the…
Buhari to slash Nigeria’s foreign missions, save cost
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration will undertake a review of Nigerian foreign missions to determine…
Super Falcons to get new coach in two weeks
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has mandated its Technical and Development Committee to employ a new coach for the…
MASSOB members go into hiding
Cyriacus Izuekwe Following the crackdown on the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, by the Nigeria…
Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy sues CAC over ‘stolen’ identity
The Incorporated Trustees of Christ Embassy Church International a.k.a “CHRIST EMBASSY, led by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has dragged the Corporate…
Police to arrest unauthorised users of siren nationwide
The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories…
Customs generates N777.2m in Seme
The Seme Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said it generated N777.2 million revenue in August. The spokesman…
Security guard docked for raping employer’s 7-year-old daughter
A 20-year-old security guard, Abass Haman, who allegedly raped his employer’s seven-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja…
N36.2m fraud: ICPC declares civil servant wanted
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has declared a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…
Ordeal of a Nigerian prostitute in Russia
A young Nigerian prostitute in Russia who identified herself as Blessing, has narrated how she was beaten by Russian clients…
Flood alert: NEMA asks states, LGs to relocate communities in flood prone areas
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has again advised states and local governments to immediately relocate residents of communities along…
Nigeria’s cement war: BUA seeks to trim Dangote’s dominance
Dangote Cement, majority owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, at the moment controls around 70 percent of Nigeria’s cement…
DIGITAL TV TALK: Why TV Content Costs Are Rising
SPONSORED All over the world, prices that consumers pay monthly for subscription television or video services continue to rise –to…
Nigerians make up 85% of GE Nigeria workforce
Seun Bisuga In a bid to make General Electric (GE) Nigeria a wholly Nigerian company, the management of the organisation…
Police commence ‘Operation Round Up Persons Inciting Violence’ in Nigeria
The Inspector –General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has ordered an immediate clamp down on persons or group of persons…
Osupa, band boys, APDON at war over performance fee
KAYODE APONMADE Fuji music star, Saheed Osupa is at loggerheads with his band members and Association of Professional Drummers of…
Ikeme, good replacement for Enyeama – Agu
Taiwo Adelu Goalkeeper trainer of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Alloy Agu, has tipped English-born Carl Ikeme as a good replacement for…
Jigawa LG targets 85,000 children for immunisation
At least 85,000 children have been targeted for immunisation in ongoing exercise against polio and other child-killer diseases in Kafin-Hausa…
Elephant kills journalist
A journalist was trampled to death after a herd of wild elephants invaded a village in North-Central Sri Lanka, police…
Combating Illiteracy In Nigeria
Tayo Ogunbiyi In the words of former United States of America President, Bill Clinton, during the celebration of International Literacy…
APC lashes out at Tinubu’s traducers
The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, has decried the attack on the National Learder of the party, Asiwaju Bola…
Smile network earmarks $365m for expansion
Henry Ojelu Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd (Smile), which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz…
2 brothers batter pregnant woman, husband over electricity bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe Two brothers of the same parents have been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly battering…
K1’s Son, M.Marshal set to drop new song, ‘My Way’
Funsho Arogundade Adetunji Ayinde Marshal aka M.Marshal, the Canada-based Hip-hop singer and son of Fuji maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose…
NAFDAC DG declares open 3rd Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers, Lab expo
The 3rd Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers and Lab Expo under the theme: ‘The Nigerian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry and International Competitiveness,’ was…