Year: 2015
El-Kanemi Appoints Emeteole As Yusuf’s Successor
The management of El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri on Thursday said it has appointed former Green Eagles defender Kelechi…
Glo League Governing Body Tasks Nigerian Companies
The body overseeing the Globacom sponsored Nigeria Football Professional League, NPFL, the League Management Company, LMC, says it intends to…
Police recover 42 cows in Plateau
The police in Plateau on Thursday said it recovered 42 of the 500 cows rustled in Kadunung village in Mangu…
DStv Basketball: Kano Pillars, Gombe Bulls, Others For Semis
Kano Pillars Basketball Club narrowly edged out Dodan Warriors of Lagos 67-66 to progress to the semi-finals in a keenly…
Oba Sijuwade’s legacies will endure for generations – Atiku
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the deceased Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse (II) as…
Arms Industry In Nigeria: Matters Arising
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema President Muhammadu Buhari’s call to Nigeria’s Defence Ministry to outline a plan for the development of…
NCC arrests 8 in Kano over piracy, siezes N6m materials
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says it has arrested eight persons for allegedly selling pirated materials in Kano. The commission’s…
We sacked 38 senior managers to cut cost- NNPC GMD
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC said on Thursday tjay task of restructuring Corporation into a lean, efficient,…
N59bn Abuja Airport Expressway Becoming A Death Trap
Femi Ipaye/ Abuja The 10-lane Abuja Airport Expressway commissioned by former President Goodluck Jonathan at the twilight of his administration…
Plateau imposes curfew in Riyom, Bakin Ladi LG
The Plateau Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas following a resurgence of…
Group Faults Odumakin Over Petition Against Aregbesola
Taiwo Adelu National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has come under attack over the petition…
Ooni’s Passing: Exit Of An Icon —Awolowo Foundation
The passing of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, the Ooni of Ife, has been described as an…
Fake Female Lawyer Docked After 10 Years In Practice
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have arrested a fake female a legal practitioner who has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting…
Buhari approves appointment of Kyari as NNPC head of crude oil sales
ABUJA (Reuters) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp has appointed Mele Kyari as the new head of crude oil marketing…
Buhari asks Service Chiefs to end Boko Haram in three months
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja “You need to brace up and continue to team up with other stakeholders to come up with a…
Nigeria sells N80bn worth of 2020, 2034 debt at mixed yields
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s sold a total of 80.20 billion naira ($403 million) in bonds maturing in February 2020 and…
Nigeria, Benin begin border dispute settlement
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi on Thursday began a 3-day official visit to Benin Republic, to dialogue with the country’s…
Copter Crash: Bristow pledges assistance to, survivors, families of deceased
Bristow Helicopter Limited on Thursday promised to assist survivors and families of the dead victims of its ill-fated chopper that…
Africa needs special anti-terrorism courts – Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called for the establishment of special anti-terrorism courts to strengthen the…
We will not cut our pay, allowances, Senators say
The Senate after an hour close door session on Wednesday, stood down the report of its ad hoc committee on…
6 killed in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Reuters) – At least six people have been killed during a raid by Boko Haram militants outside Nigeria’s northeastern…
For aiding Al-Qaeda, US jails Nigeria’s ‘Ayatollah Mustapha’ for 22 years
A Nigerian accused of receiving weapons training from al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate and writing rap lyrics, among other contributions, for…
NSE to honour Jega, 21 others
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) will on Thursday honour Prof. Attahiru Jega the immediate past Chairman of the Independent…
Superstory begins new drama series, ‘Mother From Hell’
Ayo Lawal Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) has announced that its new Superstory TV drama titled ‘Mother From Hell’ would hit…
Police parade impersonator, international fraudsters
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan on Wednesday, paraded a 42-year old ex-bank staff identified as Olayinka Olatunji…
No automatic ticket for Idris Wada in Kogi, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it will not offer automatic ticket to any aspirant in the November 21 governorship…
Don’t set agenda for Buhari, APC tells Ohanaeze
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Anambra, has told Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organisation of Igbo, to stop setting agenda…
APC’s Peterside leads protests against INEC in Abuja
Some members of the All Progressives Congress from Rivers on Wednesday staged a protest at the headquarters of Independent National…
Ooni, ‘biggest Elephant transited to the vault’, says Gani Adams
Ganiyu Adams, the national coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has said the death of Ooni of Ife, Oba…
AIB begins investigations into Bristow helicopter crash
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), on Wednesday said it had commenced investigation into the Bristow helicopter that crashed into the…