Year: 2015
Universal Energy commence crude oil production at Stubb Creek
Universal Energy Resources Limited has announced commencement of crude oil production from its Stubb Creek Field in Akwa Ibom state,…
Company workers protest non-payment of 3 month salary
Some staff of Valley Nigeria Limited, a rubber shoe industry, on Monday in Kano protested the non-payment of their three…
Cultism not part of Edo’s tradition – Edebiri
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former governorship candidate of the ANPP in Edo state, Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri, has decried the recent upsurge…
Boko Haram: Nigerian army to court martial 30 top officers – FULL LIST
The Nigerian Army has ordered 30 of its top officers to proceed to the Army Headquarters Garrison in Abuja to…
Man treks from Abeokuta to Lagos to thank Tinubu for Buhari’s victory
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A lad identified as Abdullahi Afolabi Nadabagi on Monday morning left Abeokuta, Ogun state capital to embark on…
A Tale of Two Cities By Toibudeen Oduniyi
This is the year a political tsunami hit Iluola, the lush evergreen forest at the tip of the Savannah. The…
Schalke axe Boateng, Sidney Sam after loss
Schalke 04 released midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng and striker Sidney Sam on Monday following the 2-0 Bundesliga defeat by Cologne which…
Moroccan F-16 warplane goes missing in Yemen
A Moroccan F-16 warplane has gone missing while on a mission with Saudi-led forces in Yemen, Morocco’s military said on…
Nigerian pirates free 3 French firm crew members
French oil services company Bourbon said on Monday that the three Nigerian crew members kidnapped after one of its speedboats…
Fashola presents C of O to 230 communities
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday presented Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to no fewer than 230…
Illegal Detention: Appeal Court fixes 5 Nov for case against IGP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin, has fixed 5 November, 2015, for hearing of a case of…
Oshiomhole not owing workers salary arrears – Odion
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Louis Odion, has denied that the state government was owing workers…
Lagos PDP reverse chairman’s sack
The Lagos State Chapter of the PDP on Monday described as null and void, the purported removal of its State…
I won’t tell you where Shekau is hiding – Chadian President
Chadian leader, Idriss Deby Itno, who once said he knew where Boko Haram leader was hiding and demanded his surrender,…
Money Laundering: Babalakin moves to stop EFCC fresh charge
Billionaire lawyer and Chief Executive of Bi-Courtney Limited, Chief Wale Babalakin has approached a Federal High Court, Lagos for an…
Delta workers strike, paralyse council activites
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The indefinite strike action embarked upon by workers of the 25 local government councils of Delta State on…
N68m Theft: NBC Manager face trial 24 June
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos Chief Magistrates’ court has fixed June 24, 2015, for the trial of a manager with Nigerian…
EFCC granted more time to file charges against Nnamani
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 19 May 2015, to enable…
Buhari will not persecute Jonathan, his ministers, aides – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the incoming General Muhammadu Buhari Administration will not persecute anyone, contrary to statements…
Imprison Benue Attorney-General, Suswam’s aide – Ijohor
A Makurdi-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Tony Ijohor, has asked the Benue Chief Judge, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, to imprison…
MTN Foundation spends N11bn on CSR in 10 years
The Chairman of MTN Foundation (MTNF), Mr Hamzat Ahmadu, on Monday said that the foundation had spent over N11 billion…
OPC not licenced to carry arms, says Fasehun
Dr Frederick Fasehun, founder of the O’dua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Monday said the group was not licensed to carry…
Two herdsmen convicted for stealing cow
An Area Court sitting in Kaiama, Kwara State, on Monday convicted two Fulani herdsmen, Manu Juli and Mohammed Bello for…
Lagos Lawmakers-Elect Begin Induction
Eromosele Ebhomele As part of preparations for the commencement of the eighth session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
Race For Reps Speaker Intensifies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The battle for the leadership of the new House of Representatives expected to be inaugurated on 4 June,…
Lagos PDP Sacks Chairman
Jamiu Yisa The Executive Council of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has removed the party’s…
Emir of Kano wants FG to improve tertiary education
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has urged the Federal Government to pay priority attention to the quality…
Woman Buys 2 Babies For N1.9m In Lagos
Yusuf Muhammed The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a 52-year old woman identified as Mrs. Olamide Bello…
Lagos House Where Crocodiles, Snakes Are Reared
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down a building in Ojodu-Berger area of the state in southwest Nigeria…
OBJ Foundation In Money Laundering Scandal
The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation founded by former presdent Olusegun Obasanjo is currently enmeshed in a money laundering scandal that is capable…