Year: 2015
Ogunjobi to Nigerians: give Oliseh time to succeed
Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, former Secretary-General, Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), has pleaded with Nigerians to give Sunday Oliseh, the Super Eagles…
Senator Etok condoles with Enyeama over mom’s death
Aloysius Etok, the Senator for PDP-Akwa Ibom North West in the 7th Senate, condoled with the Super Eagles Captain, Vincent…
Mixed reactions trail Eagles’ draw against Tanzania
Taiwo Adelu Football fans in Nigerians have taken to the social media to react to Sunday Oliseh’s first match as…
Flood dislodges 12 households
Alhaji Ado Musa, the Village Head of Warwade, on Saturday said that floods had dislodged 12 residential houses in his…
Gunmen abduct former DSS DG’s brother in Cross River
Mr Asuquo Ekpenyong-Ekpe, the older brother to Mr Ekpenyong Ita, the immediate past Director General of the Department of State…
Adeyemi vs Dino : Tribunal fixes Sept. 8 for hearing
The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Saturday fixed Sept. 8, for the hearing of a petition filed by…
Ensure autonomy of judiciary, NBA urges Jibrilla
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Yola Branch, has urged Governor Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa to respect court judgment that affirmed…
Don’t transport drugs to Saudi, Bauchi governor tells pilgrims
Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has warned pilgrims from the state performing 2015 Hajj to desist from carrying prohibited…
Tambuwal to increase corps members allowance
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday promised to review upward the monthly allowances the state government has been…
My suspension is politically motivated – Edo council boss
The chairman of Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo, Mr Morrison Ogunoroba-Ovia, on Saturday described as “politically motivated”,…
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Oliseh fails to inspire Super Eagles against Tanzania
Sunday Oliseh’s first competitive match in charge as coach of the Super Eagles failed to end in happy ending. The…
Akwa Ibom senatorial: Akpabio’s plea to delay proceedings rejected
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio on Saturday told the tribunal that he is…
Army recovers 97 cows, 41 sheep from cattle rustlers in Niger
The 31 Artillery Brigade, Minna, said it had arrested a suspected cattle rustler and recovered 97 cows and 41 sheep…
Abuja bishop kidnapped, N40m ransom demanded
Bishop of Gwagwalada Diocese, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has been kidnapped. Reverend Moses Tabuwaye, was on his way to Awka,…
Akwa Ibom to spend N500m on ambulance services
The Akwa Ibom Government says it is planning to establish a functional ambulance services, estimated to cost about N500 million…
Tribunal confirms Jang’s election as senator
The Legislative Houses Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau state on Saturday upheld the election of Senator Jonah Jang…
Call for increase in electricity tariff unjustifiable – NLC chairman
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Yobe, Alhaji Lawan Ibrahim, has described as “unjustifiable” the call for increase in…
Buhari administers polio vaccines on children
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday administered Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) on some children in his country home, Daura, Katsina State.…
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PICTURES: Road on Lekki Phase 1 shows ‘The Rich Also Cry’
All that glitters is not gold is a well-known saying, meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns…
LASG promises to deliver houses to owners by September
The Lagos State Government has promised to deliver Mushin Housing scheme under its Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMS) to the…
NSCDC apprehends vulcaniser for stealing 3 bags of local rice
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Saturday said it had arrested a 37…
Lalong appoints Longyen as Senior Special Assistant, Media
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has appointed Mark Longyen of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as his Senior Special Assistant…
523 intending Muslim pilgrims from Kano State fly to Saudi Arabia
The first batch of 523 intending Muslim pilgrims from Kano State were on Saturday morning flown to Saudi Arabia in…
I did not call for Obuh’s sack – Amokachi
Coach Daniel Amokachi of FC Ifeanyi Ubah of Nnewi has denied ever calling for the sack of John Obuh, the…
Akwa Ibom to spend N500m on ambulance services- Health Commissioner
The Akwa Ibom Government says it is planning to establish a functional ambulance services, estimated to cost about N500 million…
Buhari has met my expectations, says Oshun
Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy Affairs in the seventh session of the Lagos State…
Boko Haram attacks leave over 2.1 mn displaced in Nigeria
AFP – Mounting attacks by Nigeria’s ferocious Boko Haram Islamists have sent more than 2.1 million people fleeing their homes…
Nadal falls in five, Serena fights on at Open
US Open exit in a decade, suffering his first Grand Slam defeat after leading by two sets, while Serena Williams…
Lack of policy hurts Nigeria’s economy as Buhari marks 100 days
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has made sweeping changes in the oil sector and armed forces during his first 100 days…
Gunmen kidnap Bayelsa paramount ruler
Police in Bayelsa on Friday confirmed suspected abduction of eighty-five-year-old Paramount Ruler of Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa Local Government Area…