Year: 2015
Cameroon Bans Burqa After Attacks- Governor
Cameroon has banned burqas in the Far North region after two women dressed in the religious garments blew themselves up…
Olympic Qualifiers: Glo Wants Victories For U-23 Eagles, Falcons
National U-23 Eagles and the women national team, Super Falcons have been tasked to ensure that they make Nigeria proud…
Best GOtv Boxer Trophy Named After Late MultiChoice Chairman’s Wife
Taiwo Adelu Promoter of GOtv Boxing Night, Flykite Productions has named the Best Boxer trophy of the GOtv Boxing Night…
Unending Apapa Traffic Gridlock
There appears to be no end to the reign of terror being unleashed on motorists and residents of Apapa area…
Babangida confident Buhari will defeat Boko Haram
Former military President Ibrahim Babangida said on Wednesday that he he has implicit confidence in the ability of President Muhammadu…
Adejobi, OAU lecturer assassinated
A Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Dr. Deji Adejobi has been killed…
Radio Biafra: Buhari denies making anti-Igbo statements
The Pirate radio station, reportedly jammed by the National Broadcasting Commission, Radio Biafra is alive afterall and continues to unsettle…
APC wants NNPC probed over $1.2 billion withdrawal
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to probe the whereabouts of the dividends…
Buhari determined to bring change to Nigeria, says Anyaoku
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, said on Wednesday in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari was determined to bring the desired change…
Boko Haram threats: Kaduna residents urged to be extra-vigilant
The Coordinator of Kaduna State security agency, popularly known as Operation Yaki, Colonel Yakubu Yusuf today warned residents of the…
Buhari leaves for US on Sunday, to reunite with classmates
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday to Washington DC on a four-day official visit during which he will hold…
Killer of Ogun magistrate sentenced to death
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the High Court 4, sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta today sentenced a 26-year-old house help,…
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NFF gives Oliseh 3 months salary in advance worth N15m
Taiwo Adelu In what appears to be a kind gesture to help the new chief coach of the Super Eagles,…
Security, anti-terrorism top agenda when Buhari meets Obama
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday to Washington DC on a four-day official visit during which he will hold…
Man, 50, bags 9 years in prison for defiling girl, 11
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 50-year old man, Nosa Edebiri, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court…
We will not protest withdrawal of pipeline surveillance contract – Gani Adams
Gani Adams says his faction of the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) will not participate in the protest against the withdrawal…
We can’t clear 16 years of PDP mess in 30 days – Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has frowned at the insinuation in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is too slow. He…
Wike flags off ‘Operation Keep Moving’, warns against extortion
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has officially flagged off “Operation Keep Moving” after inaugurating the Traffic Decongestion Committee (TDC), at…
APC making mistakes in the fight against Boko Haram – Lagos Lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Ojo Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic…
Help us stop, track illicit financial flows, Osinbajo urges Global Community
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday urged the global community to adopt concerted efforts against corruption, saying it was a…
JAMB: The Brilliant Ones Are Not Yet Born
The dwindling state of education in Nigeria hit a new low on Tuesday when the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB)…
VIDEO: Ramsey Nouah dazzles in Hollywood/Nollywood flick, ‘Tempting Fate’
Funsho Arrogundade Tempting Fate, the much anticipated Hollywood meet Nollywood stunning and riveting movie, has finally premiered in Nigeria. The…
Australian varsities admit 1,300 Nigerians
The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Jonathan Richardson, on Tuesday disclosed that about 1,300 Nigerian students have been admitted…
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PICTURES: Tinubu breaks fast with Buhari, says their relationship not strained
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor Rotimi Amaechi and Chief Audu Ogbeh were…
Spain buys €6.5bn oil from Nigeria
The Spanish Government on Tuesday said it bought oil and gas worth 6.5 billion Euros from Nigeria in 2014. The…
FG confirms recalling Bianca, Maduekwe, Tafida, 90 others
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday confirmed the recall of non-career ambassadors and ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary on tour…
Sule Lamido, 2 sons regain freedom
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail, on self-recognition, to former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and…
AFRIMA receives high praise at South Africa Stakeholders’ Confab
Funsho Arogundade South African artiste, Mkhululi Siqula best known as Heavy-k Drumboss was all joy as he received his 2014…
Bayelsa, Niger residents pay highest for petrol
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said Bayelsa and Niger residents paid highest price for Premium Motor Spirit…
FG full of lies, we are still broadcasting, says Radio Biafra
The operators of Radio Biafra have rubbished Nigeria’s government for claiming that it has jammed the transmission signals of the…