Year: 2015
Wike signs bill renaming state Polytechnic after Ken Saro-Wiwa
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike today signed three amended bills into law. The assent was done today in the…
Court restrains NUPENG from picketing CBN
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) on Friday restrained the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)…
Corporate bodies donate N1b to Lagos Security Trust Fund
Kazeem Ugbodaga Corporate bodies donated over N1 billion to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, STF, at a dinner held…
Blackout looms in Edo Police Command over N151mn unpaid electricity bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has lamented the huge debt owed it by the Zone 5 and…
Lagos goes tough on street trading
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Government has vowed to combat the menace of illegal street trading and hawking in the the…
Ambode sacks new taskforce chairman
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked Akeem Adedeji as chairman of the state’s taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences…
Pope Francis condemns persecution of Christians
Pope Francis condemns persecution of Christians Pope Francis, in a letter to the church community on Friday in Jordan, slammed…
Rukayat Gawat Emerges ISMAN Social Secretary
Bolatito Adebola Alhaja Rukayat Gawat-Oyefeso, one of the fast-rising Islamic singers in the music industry and daughter of missing Nigerian…
Islamic Singer Omotayebi In Double Celebrations
Bolatito Adebola Alhaja Aminat Babalola Balogun, Islamic soulful singer popularly known as Omotayebi, is set for a two-in-one celebration. The…
All Africa Games: Nigeria Calls 35 Super Falcons To Camp
Interim Coach Chris Danjuma has invited to camp a total of 35 players in preparation for the Women’s Football Tournament…
Oliseh Calls 23 Home-Boys For Tanzania
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has invited 23 home –based professionals who will kick –start preparations for next month’s…
I Didn’t Kiss Banky W, Cynthia Morgan Denies
Funsho Arogundade Dancehall diva, Cynthia Morgan, has denied kissing R&B star and EME boss, Banky W. The 23-year-old singer, while…
Ekiti Chief Judge Frees 34 Prison Inmates
Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola of Ekiti State on Thursday released 34 awaiting-trial inmates in Ado- Ekiti Federal Prisons. Daramola ordered…
Buhari Initiates Moves To Produce Weapons Locally
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday in Abuja, directed the Federal Ministry of Defence to produce a plan for the establishment of…
Airtel Nigeria Hits 30m Subscriber Milestone
Henry Ojelu Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia,…
Diageo Empowers 1000 Nigerian Bartenders
Funsho Arogundade Diageo, the parent company of Guinness Nigeria Plc, has kicked off its 2015 Master Bar Academy Programme in Nigeria…
Traffic School Debuts On Radio, Television
Funsho Arogundade Traffic School, an innovative radio and television programme produced to enlighten Nigerians on traffic rules and regulations, as…
WHO Chooses Akure, Ondo Hospitals As Research Centres
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has chosen Mother and Child Hospitals in Akure and Ondo as research centres for child…
Killer Hippopotamus Shot Dead In Gombe
Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus…
Nigeria’s Youngest Female To Pilot Plane Across America
Daniels Ekugo/with agency report A Nigerian teen has become the youngest black female to ever fly from one end of…
Stop shielding Amaechi, let him face corruption allegations, PDP tells Buhari
…Urges President Buhari, EFCC to Investigate, prosecute Amaechi Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ex-Delta Speaker, Ochei reiterates support for wheelchair basketball
Former Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Sir Victor Ochei, has reiterated his commitment to the development of wheelchair basketball…
Ogoni hails Buhari on implementation of UNEP on Ogoniland
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has welcomed and congratulated the President Muhammadu…
NSC boss, Yakmut hails Milo Basketball top 50 camp
Director General National Sports Commission, NSC, Al Hassan Yakmut, has commended the organisers of the 2015 Milo Basketball Top 50…
Diageo empowers 1000 Nigerian bartenders
Funsho Arogundade Diageo, the parent company of Guinness Nigeria Plc, has kicked off its 2015 Master Bar Academy Programme in…
The Declining Fortunes Of Female Soccer
The fortunes of Nigerian female soccer have been on the decline in the last few years with little or no…
Britain to assist Nigeria in the fight against terror – Gen. Messenger
Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations has re-affirmed the resolve of…
2Face, Yemi Alade, MI, others excite Makurdi fans
Funsho Arogundade The second phase of Star Music Trek 2015, which kicked off at the IBB Square in Makurdi, Benue…
Tunde Kelani’s online TV debuts
Funsho Arogundade Celebrated filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, has joined the growing band of online television owners as he launched his tundekelani.tv…
Senate tasks NAFDAC, others over EU food ban
The Senate on Thursday, called on the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to tighten its…