Year: 2015
Mutiu Ishola To Tour USA
Kayode Aponmade Top Fuji musician, Alhaji Mutiu Ishola also known as Kekere Awori, is set for a musical tour of…
Waje, Nine Other African Divas Plead For Strong Girl
Funsho Arogundade Afro-soul diva, Waje has collaborated with nine other female singers from across Africa for a new advocacy song,…
Ice Prince, Patoranking, Others On Tour With MTV SHUGA
Funsho Arogundade Award-winning TV series, MTV Shuga’s On Tour With Shuga grand finale will hold in Lagos this Saturday, 16 May…
I Stopped Gbanga Daniel From Being Cursed —Alake
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba (Dr.) Michael Aremu Adedotun Gbadebo, Okukenu IV, has revealed that…
Drug Trafficking: Nigerian Female Student Faces Execution
A 30-year-old Nigerian female student in Malaysia, Mary George Unazi, has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court…
Mob Sets 4 Robbers Ablaze
Four robbery suspects met their waterloo in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area in the northern part of Cross River State…
Babalola, Bouncer Turns Music Promoter
Daniels Ekugo Good times are here for former bouncer turned music promoter, Wale Babalola, CEO, Fathia Promotion and Entertainment, based…
Wizkid Dazzles Fans At Houston Industry Nite
Funsho Arogundade Industry Nite, the weekly music event, has hosted Afro-pop star Wizkid to the “Industry Nite with Wizkid” concert…
APC sets up committee on youths welfare
The National Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday set up a committee that would liaise with…
Fayrouz L’Original Season 2 Makes First Stop At UI
Funsho Arogundade The second edition of the Fayrouz L’Original Expression Show is about to get more exciting as the organisers kick off…
Oga Bello, Jide Kosoko, Fathia Balogun, Others Get Award
African Mouthpiece is set to honour Nigerians that have excelled and impacted the country and the continent in the last…
Kidnappers free university student
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 19-year old female undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, who was…
OAU ASUU urges kidnappers to free Don
Lukmon Akintola The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Chapter, has appealed for the release of their…
NYSC: Angry NOUN students threaten nationwide protests
Harrison Iyoha The crisis rocking National Open University on Nigeria (NOUN) will soon escalate if something urgent is not done…
Conflict-ravaged South Sudan gets seeds, tools for farming
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that it was accelerating efforts to get vital seeds, tools and other materials to…
Nigerians should be involved in Jega’s successor – Stakeholders
Some election stakeholders on Thursday called on Nigerians, especially civil society organisations (CSOs), to be interested in who succeeds Prof.…
Edo orders striking judiciary workers to resume or be sacked
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The newly constituted Edo State Judicial Service Commission has ordered striking members of the State Judiciary Staff Union…
JTF arrests 4 pirates on Bayelsa waterways
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Thursday announced the arrest of four suspected…
Don’t label Nigerian products as Made-In-Asia, Manufacturers lament
Some manufacturers and experts on Thursday in Lagos decried the trend of labeling Nigerian goods as made-in-Asia or made-in-China. They…
Edo officials, others may be charged for terrorism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There are indications from Edo Police Command on Thursday that the four officials of Edo State Government and…
Obasanjo gives Buhari the blueprint for success
A think-tank constituted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support incoming administration’s transition on Thursday presented its report to president-elect,…
Okonjo-Iweala terminates SURE-P partnership with Forcecom
Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela, has directed the immediate termination of the partnership with FORCECOM Networks Ltd., on the Graduate…
Governors call me ‘Okpekpe marathon man’ – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the huge government’s investment on road infrastructure in Okpekpe…
Maritime university to generate over $6bn annually – NIMASA DG
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Ziakede Akpobolokemi, says the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) will generate…
Buhari’s experience key to his success – Benin President
President Boni Yayi of Benin Republic, on Thursday said past experiences of president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, would be useful during…
Jonathan signs Criminal Justice Bill into law
President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill 2015 into law. The bill, which was passed by…
NDDC gets N299.52b in 2015 budget
The Senate on Thursday passed N299.52 billion budget for the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2015.…
I’m not defecting to APC, says Gov Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday denied that he was planning to leave the Peoples Democratic Party for the…
Senate confirms Jonathan nominee, Gwarzo as SEC DG
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Malam Munir Gwarzo as the Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). NAN…
FG harmonises tax, levies nationwide, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Federal Government on Thursday heeded the appeals of the organised private sector (OPS) with the harmonisation of various governments…