Year: 2015
Death toll rises to 97 as capsized ship sighted
Ministry of Transport on Friday said the death toll from a Chinese cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River…
32 persons dead in Yola bomb blast – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) said 32 persons were killed in the Thursday night explosion near Jimeta Mordern…
U-20 players can make Super Eagles, says Keshi
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, says players of the national Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, can make the senior…
Venezuelan authorities raid local FA amid FIFA scandal
Secret Service Agents on Thursday raided the headquarters of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) in Caracas, in the wake of…
Death toll in Ghana gas station blast now 150
An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital and flooding caused by torrential rains killed around 150 people, President…
Buhari to unveil national youth empowerment programme
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration would soon unveil a comprehensive national youth empowerment programme to address youth…
3 dead as herdsmen, villagers clash in Kwara
The police command in Kwara on Thursday confirmed that three villagers were killed in Matokun village, Patigi Local Government in…
El-Rufa’i to establish Peace and Reconciliation Commission
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, on Thursday, said plans were underway to establish a peace and reconciliation commission in…
FG threatens to revoke N9.2bn clean cook stoves contract
The Federal Government on Thursday threatened to revoke the clean cookstoves contract, if the contractor fails to meet up with…
Reps. pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed 14 of the Bills earlier passed by the Senate but stepped down Oil…
UNICEF gives scholarship to 300 girl children in Gombe
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Gombe state coordinating unit, has given scholarship to 300 girl children to…
FG to focus on agriculture, not oil, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the Federal Government would give Agriculture the needed attention as part of effort to…
EFCC charges CBN, Zenith Bank staff for currency fraud
Three central bank officials and two staffers at Nigeria’s Zenith Bank appeared in court on Thursday to face criminal charges…
US send team to Nigeria to renew cooperation over Boko Haram
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The United States will send a team to Nigeria in the next few weeks to…
Female suicide bomber in Maiduguri kills two near checkpoint
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber has killed two people and injured three others at a checkpoint in the…
Bomb blast at Yola market kills 30 – eyewitnesses
YOLA, (Reuters) – A bomb at a market in the town of Jimeta, northeastern Nigeria, has killed around 30 people,…
Buhari set to become next OPEC President
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to become the next President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as Nigeria…
I’m commited to Niger-Delta amnesty programme, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged commitment to prosecuting the amnesty programme in the Niger-Delta with vigour, to bringing about lasting…
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House of Reps passes Petroleum Industry Bill
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the lingering Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The House, after considering an Ad hoc…
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PICTURES: Kudirat Abiola, 19 Years After…
Photos by Idowu Ogunleye Campaign For Democracy members (CD) led by Joe Okei-Odumakin, today in Lagos, marked 19 years of…
NSE market capitalisation drops further by N85bn
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday dropped by N85 billion in a bearish trading. The…
Arrest motorists in civil manner, Ambode tells LAWMA, KAI, VIO
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday has warned motorists to desist from attacking officials of the Lagos State…
Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant
Ethiopia, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Dangote Group on Thursday opened a $500 million cement plant in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing…
Boko Haram: Buhari demands more action from Chad, Niger
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in N’djamena, Chad, urged member-countries of the Lake Chad Commission to redouble their efforts to…
N275.5m Fraud: ICPC interrogates Okiro, others
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday interrogated Mr Mike Okiro, the Chairman, Police Service…
Wike appoints Obuah sole administrator RSWMA
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has appointed Felix Obuah, the state chairman of the People’s Democratic…
Looting: Amaechi’s aide threaten legal action
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Liaison Officer for Abuja liaison office, John Enebeli has dismissed the allegations of looting…
Police IG to build 6000 housing units for junior officers
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase, on Wednesday mandated the Police Works Department of the Force to build 6000…
Workers shut down AIT, Raypower over 17 months unpaid salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Scores of workers of Daar Communications Plc, operator of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM Radio, on…
Court adjourns Buruji Kashamu’s case till June 19
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for the umpteenth time adjourned till June 19 the…