Year: 2015
Ganduje slashes salaries, allowances of political office holders by 50%
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Saturday announced a 50 per cent cut in the salaries and allowances of…
I won election by God’s grace, not by money, power, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he won the last presidential election by the grace of God and not by…
Epistle To The National Assembly By Dele Momodu
By Dele Momodu Our dear Federal Legislators, let me start by congratulating you all on your recent victories in the…
Gov. Badaru re-appoints Alhassan to head Pilgrims Board
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, has re-appointed Alhaji Sani Alhassan, as the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Pilgrims Welfare Board. A statement…
Gov. Ortom to constitute cabinet within 3 weeks
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has said that his cabinet will be ready in the next three weeks. Ortom made…
Blatter backs German proposal for FIFA integrity checks
LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has endorsed a German proposal for stronger integrity checks to vet top soccer…
Shabaab kill 8 officers in attack on Somali police station
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Gunmen from the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab killed at least eight officers in a raid on…
Nigeria crude differential hits 10-year low as glut takes toll
LONDON (Reuters) – Official prices for Nigerian crude have hit their lowest in at least a decade as a nagging…
Son of assassinated Egba High Chief acusse neighbours of connivance, calls for their arrest
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Mr Oluyemi Oyebade, the first son of the late Oluwo of Ikanna in Abeokuta, Chief Moses Alabi Oyebade,…
Saraki calls for sacrifice from public servant
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Senate President, Bukola Saraki who was on a private visit alongside some of his colleagues to the former…
FG sets up committee to probe labour crisis in NIMC
The Federal Government has inaugurated an independent committee to address the labour crisis between the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)…
129 children dead in South Sudan violence – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday, said horrific details have emerged that the three weeks of violence in South…
EFCC arraigns three for illegal oil bunkering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday June 18 ,2015 arraigned three persons before Justice Ibrahim Buba of…
Ambode ponders ‘rent and own’ housing policy
Lagos state governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Friday said the state would consider adopting a ‘rent and own’ policy in resolving…
Nigerian military to investigate Amnesty International allegations
ABUJA, June 19 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Friday it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than…
Nigeria picks Akwa Ibom, Kogi as sites for nuclear power plants
Nigeria has selected two sites for the construction of its planned nuclear power plants, as Africa’s biggest economy tries to…
Transcorp on track to generate 850 MW in 2015
LAGOS, June 19 (Reuters) – Nigerian conglomerate Transcorp is on track to achieve power generation capacity of 850 megawatts this…
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NLNG to construct first Nigeria major ship yard for $1.5bn
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in…
Kenya laments South Africa’s strict visa rules for Kenyans
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Amina Mohammed, said South Africa slammed strict visa regulations on Kenyan…
Aisha Buhari felicitates with Muslims on Ramadan
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday, felictated with the Muslim Ummah on the commencement of the…
I don’t smoke, drink, says Charlie Boy as he turns 64
Nigeria’s all time showbiz star, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charlie Boy, on Friday, said smoking and drinking were…
Ramadan: Kano govt relaxes movement of motorcycles
Kano State Government has relaxed movement of motorcycles from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. This was contained in a statement…
FG refuses to criminalise marriage between sickle cell carriers
The Federal Government on Friday said it would not criminalise marriage between carriers of sickle cell disease in the country.…
Ambode sacks LSDPC boss, appoints replacement
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked the the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the…
Benue is under a spell, says Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has stated that the state is “under a spell” after he discovered that major…
Onyeka Onwenu urges Buhari, Aisha to advocate child rights
Onyeka Onwenu, the Director-General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha…
China offers food to North Korea
China on Friday said it would offer food aid to North Korea which has declared one of its worst droughts…
We don’t earn jumbo pay, Dogara tells Nigerians
The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Friday, said he was not aware of the jumbo…
Chad to arrest foreigners following Boko Haram attacks
Chadian Prime Minister, Kalzeube Deubet, on Friday, said that following the recent Boko Haram attack in two suicide blasts in…
Ambode abolishes Rural Ministry, PMO, scrap others
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has abolished the Ministry of Rural Development and the Parastatal Monitoring Office,…