Year: 2015
Glo Premier League: Aggreh’s hat-trick sinks Giwa FC
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Sunday reclaimed their leadership of the 2014/2015 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) by…
Nigeria losing out of $75b global leather industry – Survey
Mr Olufemi Aluko, of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, says Nigeria is losing out in…
God has vindicated me, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that God has vindicated him before his political enemies.…
Corruption allegation: Amaechi has been vindicated, says APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former governor of Rivers state, Chibuike Amaechi, has been vindicated in the corruption allegation levelled against him…
FAAN issues seven-day final notice to debtors
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has given all its debtors a seven-day final demand notice to settle their…
NAF pilots smoke out Boko Haram terrorists from Sambisa
Nigerian Air Force pilots have over the weekend being raining explosives to smoke out Boko haram elements from their fortified…
We’re not behind demand for Fashola’s probe – PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied rumours that the party is behind…
Boko Haram: 112 IDP’s children re-united with their parents in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 112 internally displaced children from the Boko Haram onslaught living at the International Christian Centre…
Chief of Naval Staff vows to halt oil theft
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said on Sunday that oil thieves will no longer have the capacity…
1,232 cows, livestock recovered from bandits in Kaduna
Security operatives in Kaduna have recovered another batch of 1,232 cows and other livestock stolen by cow rustlers in parts…
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Fayose to Buhari: I can’t be intimidated
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tread cautiously and be mindful of the body…
Okonjo-Iweala denies diverting $1bn rail loan
Nigeria former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has denied allegation that $1 billion loan sourced from China-EximBank for…
Man City thrash Chelsea 3-0 to go top of EPL
Manchester City went top of the Premier League table with a dominant victory over reigning champions Chelsea. Sergio Aguero was…
Group denounces selective probes
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan A non-government organization known as’Watching the Watchers’, has joined the public debate regarding allegations that Governor Babatunde Fashola…
FCT police arrest 38 suspects
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Sunday said that it had arrested 38 suspects in connection with various…
20,000 jobs lost in a month — Zimbabwe union
Zimbabwe has lost 20,000 jobs in the last month after a court ruled that companies can fire workers by giving…
Forgery: YABATECH expels 73 students
The Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria, has expelled 73 students of the college for…
Amosun mourns Borno Deputy Governor
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, has expressed his deep condolences to the government and people…
Toriola, Oshonaike lead Nigerian table tennis team to All Africa Games
Two of Nigeria’s most respected table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Olufunke Oshonaike, will lead Nigeria’s nine-man team to the…
Over 200 boxers for Edo championship
Over 200 boxers are to feature in the maiden edition of the Open Boxing Championship slated for Sept. 30 to…
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace to pick first points of campaign
Arsenal recovered from their opening-day defeat by West Ham to record a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace. Alexis Sanchez had…
Monarch to Governors: Promote fishing festivals, to boost revenue
Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…
Monarch wants govt to promote fishing festival
Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…
NGO calls for probe of Nigeria’s oil sales
An NGO, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), on Sunday urged the Federal Government to critically look into the nation’s oil…
Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions
In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…
No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson
Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…
Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention
The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…
Pakistan provincial minister among 10 killed in suicide attack
A suicide bomber on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least nine other people at a building where…
South Sudan president to attend peace talks
Juba (AFP) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will attend peace talks aimed at brokering an end to civil war,…
70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…