Year: 2015
We’ll equip military hospitals – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday that efforts would be made to equip military hospitals in Nigeria to meet the…
Oshiomhole swears-in LG Chairman then suspends him
Jethro Ibileke/Benin It was a case of hiring and firing on Tuesday in Benin, as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo…
I’ll sack the 22 APC chairmen elected in Rivers – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor-elect Nyesom Wike has vowed to dissolve the 22 council chairmen who were sworn in…
Unpaid Stipends: SURE-P beneficiaries threaten to disrupt Buhari’s inauguration
Jethro Ibileke/Benin buhari Beneficiaries of the Community Services for Women and Youths Empowerment Project (CSWYEP), a branch of the SURE-P,…
Ikorodu gets new monarch
The Lagos State Government Monday approved the appointment of Prince Kabiru Adewale Sotobi as the next Ayangbunren of Ikorodu to…
75 illegal warehouses stocked with N319.9b fabrics unconvered
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde declared in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Tuesday that Customs has identified…
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Asisat Oshoala wins BBC Womens Footballer of the Year
Nigeria and Liverpool forward Asisat Oshoala has been named as the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. The 20-year-old forward…
Akon launches solar institute in Africa
Senegalese-American musician, Akon, whose “Akon Lighting Africa” initiative is aimed at bringing electricity to some 600 million Africans on Tuesday…
Senate President: Saraki’s aide apologises for blunder on zoning
The Special Adviser to Senator Bukola Saraki on media has apologised for wrongly informing Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress…
Unpaid Salaries: Workers declare indefinite strike in Cross River
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress in Cross River has declared an indefinite…
Resist plans by Wike to sack you, Amaechi tells LGA chairmen
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Chibuike Amaechi has advised the newly sworn in local government chairmen and councillors to…
Dokpesi to testify in Tinubu’s N150bn libel suit
Henry Ojelu The suit instituted by a national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu challenging an alleged…
Court sends NDLEA packing from Kashamu’s residence
Akin Kuponiyi Reprieve came the way of the Ogun East senator-elect Buruji Kasamu today as a Federal high court sitting…
SME operators lament inability to access FG’s N220bn bailout fund
Some small and medium entrepreneurs in Lagos on Tuesday expressed concern over their inability to access the Federal Government’s N220…
Teenage girl docked over attempted murder
A teenage girl, Chidima Sunday, was on Tuesday charged before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to kill…
Tribunal grants APC’s request to inspect election materials in Lagos
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday granted leave to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to inspect documents…
Wife drags husband to court over alleged phone theft
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 38-year-old civil servant, Cyril Agochi, of Federal Government College, Keffi, before a Mararaba Upper…
Burundi protesters vent rage over killing of opposition leader
Hundreds of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Burundian capital, Bujumbura to protest the killing of opposition politician, at…
Saraki lied, we never zoned Senate Presidency to North Central – APC NWC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has dismissed talks by former governor of Kwara state, Senator Bukola…
US condemns killing of Burundi’s opposition leader, urges peace
The United States on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of the leader of Burundi’s opposition party, Union for Peace and…
Fire kills 38 in old people’s home
Chinese media reports on Tuesday in Beijing that more than 38 people have died in a fire outbreak that occurred…
Former Ivory Coast coach Renard taking over at Lille
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard will take over at Lille from Rene Girard who is leaving…
Police arrest 6 suspects over stabbing of 2 pupils in Kano
The police in Kano State have arrested six suspects in connection with the stabbing of two pupils of Fagge Special…
Eshilokun’s Speakership bid suffers again
Eromosele Ebhomele The bid by Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, a former Lagos council chairman, to head the Lagos State House of Assembly…
5 Months Unpaid Salaries: Oyo workers embark on indefinite strike
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Civil servants in Oyo state commenced indefinite strike action as a result of non-payment of salaries by the…
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Power distribution historically pathetic, down to 727MW
It has only gotten worse, not better for Nigeria as electricity output crashed to an all time, historic low of…
Adesina rounds off AfDB presidency campaign
All the eight candidates contesting the presidency of the African Development bank (AfDB), rounded off their campaign at the weekend…
Gov. Amosun dissolves cabinet
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Monday dissolved the State Executive Council barely four days to the…
No end in sight to APC crisis in Ijebu Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta There is more to the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC in Ijebu Ode local government…
PDP appoints Haliru Mohammed, as acting BoT chairman
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party on Monday approved the nomination of the former acting National Chairman…