Year: 2015
Gov Ayade Turns Heat On Civil Servants
Reuben Bojor/Calabar New Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has turned the heat on the civil servants as…
Staff steals Ex-minister’s N20m luxury watches, accessories
Paul Agbota, a domestic staff of a former Minister of External Affairs, who allegedly stole watches and luxury accessories valued…
FIFA Fraud: Warner Vows To Expose All
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner, a central figure in world football’s deepening scandal, has vowed to tell investigators all…
Enyeama Calls For Prayers Over Chad Tie
Super Eagles of Nigeria captain and Lille of France star, Vincent Enyeama has called on Nigerians to remember the senior…
Super Eagles Rise In FIFA Ranking
The Super Eagles have moved two steps higher from 45th to 43th in the latest world ranking released early today…
Now That Ambode Has Come
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “Ambo o, Ambo, Eko sese bere ni o Ambo o” (we are coming, we are coming, the…
Corruption, Security Agencies And National Security
By Rasak Musbau In every society, there are bound to be deviants who disobey the laws of the society. This…
Ambode’s Riot Act To LASTMA, KAI
The riot act read to officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI,…
Nigeria To Benefit From Bill Gates’ $776m Hunger Fund
Melinda Gates announced on Thursday that she and husband Bill’s foundation will spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria and…
Saraki Hopes To Emerge Senate President
Jamiu Yisa Senator Bukola Saraki has expressed confidence that with the feelers he is getting and the goodwill of his…
Man Sells Son For N300k
Josephine Odum-John The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly selling his 2-year-old…
Air Bag: Mazda recalls fresh 75,000 cars
Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) on Thursday filed a fresh recall for 75,000 cars in Japan to replace air bag inflators…
Police rescue abducted Kogi commissioner
The Police in Kogi on Thursday announced the rescue of the state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Stephen Maiyaki…
Mubarak to stand trial again over 2011 killing of protesters
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will face a second and final retrial over the killing of protesters…
78 killed, many injured in gas blast in Ghana
Over seventy-five dead bodies have been retrieved at the Goil Filling Station at the Nkrumah Circle in Accra that caught…
Liverpool signs James Milner from Man City
Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign England midfielder James Milner from Manchester City on a free transfer after he…
Rivers ban consumption of local gin after the death of 22 persons
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has banned the consumption of local gin popularly called Ogogoro following the death of…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports, World News
VIDEO: Saviour Godwin, Taiwo Awoniyi star as Nigeria bash North Korea 4-0
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Thursday in New Plymouth got their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign in New Zealand back on…
NSE: Market indices down by 0.54%
Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday closed negatively with the market indices dropping by 0.54 per cent,…
Gov. Wada dissolves 5th Kogi House of Assembly
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday dissolved the 5th Kogii House of Assembly after completing the statutory four-year tenure…
SON siezes fake baby diaper worth over N200m from 3 Chinese
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday intercepted 10 containers of suspected fake baby diapers worth over N200million allegedly…
Tsonga, Wawrinka through as Federer bows out
PARIS (Reuters) – Swirling winds caused mayhem and chaos at Roland Garros on Tuesday but Jo Wilfried Tsonga and Stanilas…
Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people…
Nigerian military responsible for death of 8,000 – Amnesty
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria’s armed forces in the campaign…
Gov. Dickson signs Widows Protection Bill into law
Bayelsa on Wednesday outlawed harmful traditional practices as Gov. Seriake Dickson signed into law the Widows and Widowers Protection Bill…
Police arrest wanted fraudster, 12 others in Abuja
The police in the FCT have arrested a suspected fraudster and member of car theft syndicate on its wanted list,…
Nigerian Army warns public on fake recruitment on internet
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its attention had been drawn to the activities of a syndicate extorting money from…
Buhari to review Amnesty International report on military torture
President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledges receipt of the Amnesty International report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Stories of horror in their…
Dead terror suspect planned to kill US police officers
New York (AFP) – A 26-year-old security guard shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston plotted to behead…
I joined politics to serve God and humanity – David Mark
Senate President, David Mark, in Abuja on Wednesday, said he joined politics in order to serve God and humanity. Mark…