Year: 2015
Lalong meets Buhari over suspension of Immigration boss
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday met President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent suspension of the Comptroller General of…
MindAfrica holds summer camp for teens in Rivers State
Every summer, MindAfrica Leadership Initiative (formerly known as MIND Foundation) creatively engages hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths through its leadership…
Ikorodu bank robbery suspects drag police to court
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has adjourned till September 7, 2015 for hearing, a…
Cech stars as Arsenal play 0-0 against Liverpool
Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season as they played out a thrilling goalless draw with Arsenal…
NGE conference to hold in Yenagoa, Aug. 27
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) says it will hold the 2015 Annual All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) on August…
FG inaugurates committee on establishment of national carrier
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Hajiya Binta Bello, on Monday inaugurated a 12-member Ministerial Committee on the establishment of…
Corruption, privatisation cause massive losses in public revenue, says Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Monday that official corruption and privatization of public enterprises led to massive…
Buhari to draft UN resolution against extremism
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted an invitation from the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon to a meeting of world leaders…
Nigeria will be self sufficient in sugar, rice, others by 2019 – Dangote
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of Dangote Group, on Monday said Nigeria would be self sufficient in rice, sugar and…
Ace comedian, `Baba Sala` discharged from UCH
Veteran comedian, Mr Moses Adejumo (aka `Baba Sala`), has been discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, after eight…
Ban Ki-moon demands release of Chibok girls, hails Nigeria political transition
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Secretary General of United Nations, Ban Ki-moon has demanded the immediate release of the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped in…
FG orders withdrawal of diplomatic, official passports from unauthorised persons
The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve forthwith all valid diplomatic and official passports from…
Nigeria, Ghana, others lose 9.6bn dollars annually to corporate tax waivers
Nigeria and three other West African countries lose an average of 9.6 billion dollars as revenues yearly through corporate tax…
DSS charges ex-NSA, Dasuki to court over possession of illegal firearms
Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services, DSS on Monday said it had charged former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki…
Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital
Sierra Leone on Monday released its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital and began a 42-day countdown to being declared…
2 women arraigned over false obituary
The police in Benue on Monday arraigned two women, Martha Tina and Victoria Agber, in a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for…
480 drug suspects arrested
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had arrested 480 suspects for drug-related offences in Katsina…
AU’s summit to end child-marriage holds Nov.
The African Union (AU) on Monday said Zambian Government had offered to host a girls’ summit aimed at finding ways…
250 Indian business delegation storm Nigeria
At least 250 members of the Indian business community will be arriving in Nigeria on Tuesday for the Indian Show…
Wanted: Maximum security for Mr. President as corruption fights back
By JOE IGBOKWE As President Buhari digs in without looking back in fighting corruption in Nigeria, corruption is ferociously fighting…
Lagos Sports Commission Endorses Kiddies Olympics
Taiwo Adelu The maiden Kiddies Olympics scheduled for October this year has received a boost with the endorsement from the…
IG of Police reshuffles DIGs to improve efficiency
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, in his bid to further reposition the police force for greater efficiency has…
Bayelsa: Tension grips APC as defected PDP chairman slumps
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt With less than three months to the December 5 governorship election, major tragedy was averted on Saturday…
Buhari orders probe of weapons procurement since 2007
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and…
Electric company to recruit 3,000
The Kaduna Electric Distribution Company (KEDC), according to a NAN report, said it had recruited 3,000 workers in its renewed…
Okagbare finishes 8th in 100m as Fraser-Pryce wins gold
Nigeria’s star athlete, Blessing Okagbare failed to win a medal in the final of the 100 metres race in Beijing…
Chief matron of Lagos Assembly found dead in office
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, was reportedly found dead in…
JAMB to commence sale of 2016 UTME forms on Aug. 31
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says arrangement has been concluded for the sale of its 2016 application documents.…
Lagos alerts residents over impending massive flooding
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low lying areas of the impending…
Pope summons Bishops over marital crises
Cyriacus Izuekwe The head of Catholic church, His Holiness, Pope Francis has summoned Catholic Bishops for a crucial meeting on…