Year: 2015
Edo records 131 fire incidents in 6 months
The Public Relations Officer of Edo Fire Service Department, Franklin Agbolahor, on Tuesday said the department recorded 131 fire outbreaks…
Celebrities grace launch of Do-Good, African Magic new sitcom
Funsho Arogundade On the night of Monday, 6 July, the Old Ballroom of the Oriental Hotel in Lagos buzzed with…
Jos Blast: Death toll rises from 44 to 51, says NEMA
Mohammed Abdulsalam, the North-Central Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, said death toll from Sunday’s bomb blast…
Tinubu: Courage in the face of adversity By Senator Borrofice
BY SENATOR ROBERT BORROFICE To be alive is to know the fear of death, and to be human, fear of…
How Buhari can take the profit out of corruption
By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari has rather wisely turned the spotlight on recovering stolen funds. The President recently confirmed…
Don’t sack SURE-P health workers, Ondo govt tells FG
Ondo State Government has advised the Federal Government to re-consider it’s stance on laying off the thousands of health workers…
Edo community protests 5-month blackout
Jethro Ibileke/Benin For allegedly being in total blackout for the past five months, residents of Iwogban community in Ikpoba-Okha local…
N1.4bn Subsidy Fraud: Trial of Helen Aninye, others commences July 8
At last, hearing in the case of Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited, before Justice Olasumbo…
Angry mob beats robber to death in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A suspected armed robber on Monday night met his waterloo in Benin, capital of Edo state, when an…
N800bn unremitted fund cripples NDDC’s performance – board chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, has disclosed that…
Suicide bombers kill 3 in Borno
Two suspected female suicide bombers detonated explosives at Sabon Gari Market in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno, killing three…
Arase directs special stop and search on roads, highways nationwide
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase has directed the commencement of special ‘stop and search’ operation on roads…
EFCC docks ex-PHCN staff, Yakubu Ndam, for N5.5m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 arraigned one Solomon Yakubu Ndam before Justice Jude…
N514.9m: EFCC witness reveals how Garba, others stole pension funds
A witness in the ongoing trial of Tahir Abdullahi Garba, a chief accountant in the Pension Office of the Office…
Be agents of positive change, Obasa urges Nigerians
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians in general, and…
Serena recovers to beat Azarenka, progresses to semis
Serena Williams overpowered Victoria Azarenka in an absorbing Wimbledon quarter-final, recovering from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 6-3.…
It’s time to enforce the law, says Ambode after security council meeting
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presided over the State Security Council meeting with an assurance that progress is…
We will apprehend Ikorodu bank robbers on the run – Lagos CP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni has vowed that the police are intensifying investigation to hunt…
Stigmatization of Aregbesola over salary unacceptable, say Groups
Some residents of Osun state including traders and civil rights organisations have jumped in defence of the state governor, Rauf…
Auto-crash: OOU students demand N80m compensation
Students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, on Tuesday demanded N80 million as compensation for families of their eight…
Unpaid Salaries: NUJ protests at Thisday Newspaper HQ
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Tuesday picketed Thisday Newspaper, in Apapa over nine months salary arrears owed its…
Activists Celebrate Abiola 17 Years After Demise
Kazeem Ugbodaga Scores of activists gathered at the tomb of the late Moshood Kashimao Abiola, MKO, on Tuesday to mark…
APC Southwest denies labelling Buhari a tribalist, rejecting Saraki, Dogara
South West Zonal Caucus of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has denied a report published online and titled: “APC South…
South Africa police arrest 9,000 xenophobic attack suspects
South Africa police have arrested 9,098 people suspected of committing a variety of crimes in a nationwide operation following the…
Al-Shabaab kills 14 in Kenyan attack
No fewer than 14 people were killed and 12 others injured on Tuesday in a suspected Al-Shabaab terror attack in…
‘APC Govt Must Stop Intimidating Ekweremadu’
Chairmen of state chapters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of All Progressives Congress (APC) to…
Snake Scares New Magistrate In Court Chamber
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was panic at Ejigbo Magistrates’ court as the new Magistrate, Mr Akeem A. Fashola officially resumed work…
ECOWAS condemns Boko Haram attacks
The Senegalese Head of State and current ECOWAS Chairman, Macky Sall, has condemned the terrorists attacks in Nigeria in the…
Certified And Fortified
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi If you have treated malaria three times in the last six months or if you are…
DMO to raise bonds with N70bn
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says it plans to raise N70 billion worth of bonds in two categories on July…