Year: 2015
AFCON Qualifier: Udoh Warns Eagles Over Niger
Ahead of next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier, Super Eagles and Enyimba striker, Mfon Udoh has admitted…
Fulani Herdsmen And Condoned Terrorism
By Tola Adeniyi The Fulani cattle herdsmen are fast assuming the status of terrorists and the authorities that ought to…
LASU: An Open Letter To Ambode
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni After much consideration, I prevailed upon myself to pen this letter to you and I am making…
The Return Of Boko Haram
After what seemed like a respite following the onslaught on Boko Haram by Nigerian security forces and their counterparts from…
Debt Palaver: Court Orders CBN To Attach Zamfara State Govt Accounts
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered that the account of Zamfara State Government…
Police Officer, Hotelier At War Over Unpaid Bills
The District Police Officer in charge of Atan-Otta, Police Station under Onipanu Division in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Shola…
Oshiomhole, 2 Others Battle For NGF Chair
Daniels Ekugo Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari are top…
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Osoba, Daniel Set To Join APC
Jamiu Yisa There are strong indications that former Governors of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, and Otunba Gbenga Daniel and…
Court jails 6 men for causing public nuisance, unlawful assembly
A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced six men to two months imprisonment each, for causing public…
77 die in road traffic accidents in Osun
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun, on Monday said it recorded 77 deaths from road traffic crashes in…
Buhari should fix refineries to end scarcity – Lawmaker-elect
A newly elected member of the Niger House of Assembly, Malik Madaki, on Monday urged the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration…
Police arraign 4 for allegedly fighting in public
The Police in Ogun on Monday arraigned 4 men: Dada Sunday (22), Oguntola Dare (25), Adetipe Solomon (23) and Adetipe…
Obiano felicitates with Obi of Onitsha
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has congratulated the Obi of Onitsha and Chairman, Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Nnaemeka…
Three severely injured in Ogun multiple accident
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three persons were seriously injured following a multiple accident that occurred at Orile Imo town along Kobape road,…
Compensate Kwara people, Group tells Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari Legacy Foundation (MBLF) has appealed to the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to compensate the people of Kwara…
Shell reopens Bonny Light crude export pipeline
LONDON (Reuters) Shell reopened on May 16 the Trans Nigeria pipeline that feeds Bonny Light crude oil to the export…
6,000 Houses For Demolition
Harrison Iyoha The Ogun State Government is set to demolish about 6,000 buildings in Akute area of the state in…
Okagbare wins 100m in Shanghai Diamond League
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare easily outpaced a star-studded field, including highly-decorated Jamaican sprinters Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown in the Shanghai Diamond…
Protesters vow to force out Macedonia PM
Skopje (AFP) – Macedonia’s opposition vowed to continue street protests after 20,000 people marched through the capital Skopje on Sunday…
How To Stop Kidnapping In Ekiti State By Femi Falana
By Femi Falana SAN Last week, Mr. Ayo Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state was reported to have sent SOS…
12m people die of stroke annually – Pharmacist
A Pharmacist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Mr Lanre Alege, said that no fewer than 12 million…
APC will get justice in Rivers – Amaechi
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has urged members and supporters of the APC in the state not to be…
3 things Nigerians got wrong about Oshiomhole’s wife
By Seun Bisuga As soon as Governor Adams Oshiomhole stepped out with his wife, the social media was awash with…
AU urges dialogue, consensus in Burundi
The African Union (AU) has reaffirmed the imperative and urgency of dialogue and consensus in crisis-hit Burundi. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson…
Sunshine Stars, Nasarawa Utd play 1-1 draw in Lafia
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Sunday in Lafia secured a point against hosts Nasarawa United FC in a…
Nigerian troops capture, destroy 10 Boko Haram camps
The Defence Headquarters on Sunday said an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram members fell to the superior power of the…
Groom’s father kills bride, 5 others at wedding party
Six persons were killed on Sunday when the groom’s father at a wedding in the northern Serbian town of Kanjiza,…
Iara not a replacement for Clara – Oshiomhole
Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has described his new wife, Iara, as a model in his heart, noting that,…
US ‘deeply concerned’ over Morsi death sentence
The US is “deeply concerned” about an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Morsi,…
S.Africa arrests 1,600 illegal immigrants in crackdown
Pretoria (AFP) – More than 3,900 people — including 1,650 illegal immigrants — have been arrested in South Africa during…