Year: 2015
Over 50 killed in Borno bomb blast
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed…
Election Tribunal: Ladoja tenders over 34 exhibits against Ajimobi
The Oyo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday admitted over 34 exhibits in a petition filed…
Stop fixed charges, Senate tells Nigeria’s Discos
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has directed the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC to…
I’ll prosecute Nigeria’s treasury looters soon, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in…
Record Breaking Attendance As 2Face, Patoranking, Others Rock Sapele
Funsho Arogundade On Saturday 8 August, the bustling city of Sapele, Delta State, recorded a record breaking attendance for a…
EFCC appeals Atuche’s acquittal
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed against the judgement of a Lagos High Court sitting…
At N283bn, Nigeria’s census costlier than that of India or China
By Ademola Adegbamigbe China and India have a staggering population of over one billion people each and they pretty much…
OPEC says cheap oil taking longer to subdue rival suppliers
LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC on Tuesday raised its forecast of oil supplies from non-member countries in 2015, a sign that…
Mourinho to ban Eva Carneiro from Chelsea bench
Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro is reporedly to be banned from sitting on the Blues bench during matches. The Premier…
25,700 candidates jostle for 6,500 slots in UniJos pos-UTME
A total of N25,700 candidates are jostling for 6,500 slots in the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening of…
ATM Withdrawals: CBN’s limit may stifle cash flow – Experts
Some financial experts and businessmen on Tuesday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) limit on cash withdrawal via the…
Fed Cup: Oseghale, Clement Chase Obong For Top Scorer Prize
The race for the top scorer in both men’s and women’s competitions of the 2015 Federation Cup begins on Wednesday…
Ekiti PDP Reps Caucus Backs State Party Chairman
The six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives members from Ekiti State have expressed their confidence in the Chief Idowu Faleye-led…
Boko Haram: FG, states committed to liberating Nigeria – Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Tuesday said federal and state governments were fully committed to liberating Nigeria from…
Buhari has given hope to long-suffering people of Ogoni, says APC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, on August 5th 2015, of actions to fast-track the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland is undoubtedly one…
Court Remands Suspected Cultist Over Death Of 2 Persons
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday ordered the remand in Ikoyi Prisons of an alleged…
Ailing Jonathan Gets GOtv Boxing Night Organisers’ Succour
Organisers of GOtv Boxing Night have fulfilled their pledge of giving ailing boxer, Dele Jonathan, 25 percent of gate takings…
Recharge Card Seller Arraigned Over Theft Of N2.6m
A 30-year-old recharge card seller, Adeola Salami, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft…
FG to spend N15bn to achieve 8,000 mw by 2016, says Atiku
Dr Atiku Abubakar, Deputy Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday said about N15 billion was required for…
3 Die In Lagos Auto Accident
Kazeem Ugbodaga A road accident has claimed the lives of three persons on Ajah-Epe road, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The accident…
Man divorces wife of 25 years for lateness in preparing meals
An Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, on Tuesday dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, between one Olufade Adekoya and his wife, Olusola, over…
Motorcycle Rider Kills Unidentified Female Passenger
Yusuf Muhammed A light complexion lady who recently hitched a ride on a commercial motorcycle popularly known as Okada from…
LAWMA To Generate Electricity –MD
The new managing director of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr. Abdulwahab Ogunbiyi, has disclosed that the agency has the…
Ford To Manufacture Ranger Pickup in Nigeria
Daniels Ekugo This is good news to Niigerians, as Ford Automobile has announced that Ford Ranger, the midsize pickup is…
Lagos Sports Commission To Operate From Teslim Balogun Stadium
Taiwo Adelu The scrapping of Lagos State Ministry of Sports, Youth and Social Development by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in June…
2 Brothers In Court Over Theft Of Car Batteries
Two brothers, Tassiu Mohammed, 23, and Saminu Mohammed, 25, on Tuesday appeared in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, over…
Senate refers Edo’s $75m World Bank loan to committee
The Senate on Tuesday referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for approval of 75 million dollar World Bank loan…
Probe Jonathan’s $200 million Nollywood fund, Lari Williams tells Buhari
A veteran thespian, Lari Williams, on Tuesday urged the government to inquire into the current state of the grant the…
Emir laments lack of qualified teachers in Katsina
The Emir of Daura in Katsina state, Alhaji Umar Faruk, has deplored the dearth of qualified teachers in primary schools…
Coca-Cola, Special Olympics Seek Equal Opportunities For All
Daniels Ekugo Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Special Olympics Nigeria have restated their mutual commitment to work with all stakeholders to…