Year: 2015
Don’t appoint APC members only as ministers, Activist tells Buhari
A human right activist, Christopher Ozor, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to look beyond party considerations in appointing his…
Messi the man as Barca close on historic treble
alismanic Lionel Messi remains the driving force of a talented side on the brink of repeating 2009’s historic treble despite…
Buhari condoles Ghana over fire, flood tragedies
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Ghana over the dual tragedy of flooding and fire…
French Open Final: Djokovic in, Murray out
Tennis World Number One, Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray to book a place in the French Open finals. He…
Anti-G7 protesters gear up for summit demonstration
No fewer than 10,000 demonstrators are expected to march through the small Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday ahead of…
Three APC members shot dead
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead three members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo state, eastern Nigeria. Reports say…
Leaky tax administration to cost Nigeria, others $56bn
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Leaky tax administration could result in the loss of an estimated $56 billion dollars for West African…
Egyptian court cancels Hamas as terrorist group
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, judicial…
China ship disaster death toll reaches 396
The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 396…
FG reaffirms commitment to protect environment
The Federal Ministry of Environment says it will implement relevant actions to achieve sustainable development and environmental protection in the…
LASPOTECH To Expel 30 Exam Cheats
Harrison Iyoha At least 30 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH are on the institution’s expulsion list for examination…
30 civil servants arrested as robbers bombard Lagos Secretariat, steal N3m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Daredevil armed robbers at the early hours of Friday broke into the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa,…
Lawmaker cautions colleagues against indiscriminate defection
A re-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mr Leo Ogor (Delta-PDP), has cautioned his colleagues against indiscriminate defection to…
Ex-Speaker urges newly inaugurated house to support Fayose
The immediate past Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Dele Olugbemi, on Friday urged the newly inaugurated legislators…
Buhari rewards six ‘Environmental Friendly’ Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja conferred the Environmental Friendly awards on six Nigerians, assuring that his administration would…
Nigeria in serious cash crisis, says Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and…
Diesel tanker explosion rocks Idimu
Cyriacus Izuekwe Fire broke out at Idimu this morning after a tanker conveying diesel fell close to a petroleum pipeline…
Yola blast death toll rises to 45
ase The death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to…
U-20 World Cup: Ghana, New Zealand advance, as Argentina crash out
Ghana, as well as Austria, Ukraine and hosts New Zealand, on Friday advanced to the second round at the ongoing…
History should be compulsory subject in schools, says Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advocated making of history as a compulsory subject in schools to enable…
Buhari must prosecute crimes by Boko Haram, military – UN
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to…
Oil marketers pledge to end queues nationwide, deploy trucks of fuel
Oil marketers on Friday said they have dispatched 700 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), to Abuja as part of…
Ambode approves group life insurance compensation for police
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Friday approved an upward review of group life insurance compensation for officers and…
Nigerian troops kill 2 suicide bomber commanders in Borno
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said two suicide bombers leading a band of terrorists died as troops repelled the insurgents’…
Oyo workers suspend 11-day old strike
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, on Friday suspended its 11-day-old strike and directed the workers to resume…
IG tasks new ADCs, CSOs on professionalism
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has charged newly appointed Aides-De-Camp (ADC) and Chief Security Officers (CSOs) attached to…
Oil prices rise after OPEC keeps low output target
Oil prices rose on Friday, breaking a two-day losing streak, after OPEC ministers kept their existing oil production target for…
Ogun 7th legislature passes 44 bills 60 resolutions
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The outgone seventh legislature in the Ogun State House of Assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Surajudeen…
Court remands 3 men for robbery, rape
An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded three men- Femi Ojo, 25; Taiwo Osadare, 24, and Emmanuel Abah, 22, over…
U-20 W/Cup: Glo Charges Flying Eagles To Beat Hungary
National telecoms operator, Globacom, has tasked the Flying Eagles to sustain its newly found rhythm at the ongoing FIFA U-20…