Year: 2015
We have empowered 2200 youths in Niger Delta – Minister
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Dr. Steve Oru, on said on Wednesday that the ministry had empowered 2,200 non-militant youths…
Police arrest 30 in Abuja
The police in Abuja arrested no fewer than 30 suspects in connection with car snatching and petrol hawking between April…
Ecobank asks court to jail DMO’s DG
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has accused the Director General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Mr. Abraham Nwankwo, of frustrating its…
2015 Polls, Major Milestone Of Our Democracy – Ndoma-Egba
The Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said the last general elections where the incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan of the…
Niger Evacuates 4,000 Nigerian Refugees From Lake Chad
Niger has evacuated thousands of Nigerian refugees sheltering from Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad’s Karamga island, a military official…
Ecobank Asks Court To Jail DMO’s DG
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has accused the Director General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Mr. Abraham Nwankwo, of frustrating its…
Why There Is Drop In Election Petitions —Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mike Igini, has attributed the sharp drop in the number of election…
Magistrate Under Fire Over Threat To Life Accusation
The allegation of threat to life by a Lagos State Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Adedayo, has assumed a new dimension as…
Our improved democratic process has reduced petitions – Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mike Igini, has attributed the sharp drop in the number of electoral…
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British High Commission Stops Super Seven From Anfield Tourney
Sunday Akintoye Super Seven Football Club will not represent Nigeria at the Road To Anfield Five Aside Championship scheduled for…
Anyone that believes comments attributed to me on Igbos is a moron – Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said anyone that believes comments attributed to him on the Igbo voting pattern during…
14 Communities Protest IKEDC’s Crazy Bills In Ikorodu
Damilare Okunola Representatives of about 14 communities in Ikorodu, Tuesday morning, expressed their displeasure over the irregularities of the Ikeja…
Pastor Bolts With Church Member’s N10m Bank Loan
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ejigbo have begun a manhunt for a popular pastor who allegedly bolted with N10 million…
Saraki donates N3.5m to victims of mayhem in Ilorin
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday donated N3.5 million to heads of seven…
Enforce Ban On Checkpoints
The recent order by Nigeria’s Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, disbanding all police checkpoints across the country because they…
The Nature Of ‘Man’
By Bisi Akande Let me start by thanking the Catholic Diocese of Ondo state for congratulating my party, the All…
Between Buhari And AIT
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “If it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or…
10,606 Lagosians Tested HIV Positive
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 10,606 Lagosians have tested positive for the dreaded HIV disease in public hospitals and facilities in…
I Didn’t Attack Igbo —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has denied comments attributed to him concerning the voting pattern of the Igbo in the 28…
Gaining Freedom By Truth
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi In fact, one breakthrough study showed that those who performed this belly-burning trick just twice daily…
Igboland Needs A Leader Like Tinubu
Businessman cum philanthropist, Deacon Iyke Kanu, in a recent interview with journalists bared his mind on why he jettisoned his…
Lagos To Maiduguri: Buhari trekker reaches Ilorin
A Nigerian from Borno state, Mallam Hassan Umar, who has embarked on an unprecedented walk from Lagos to Maiduguri, has…
FG downgrades Asaba airport over safety concerns
The Federal Government has downgraded the Asaba Airport over the failure of Delta State Government to put in place safety…
Speaker, Niger House of Assembly sacked
The Niger state House of Assembly has impeached its Speaker, Alhaji Adamu Usman, and elected Alhaji Isa Kawu as the…
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FG borrows N473bn to pay salaries – Okonjo-Iweala
The federal government has borrowed 473 billion naira to meet up with recurrent expenditure including paying of salaries while it…
Money, juju, the problems of Emmanuel Adebayor
Tottenham and former Arsenal Striker, Emmanuel Oluseyi Adebayor has taken to Facebook to clarify all the rumours circulating about him…
Buhari might deal ruthlessly, quickly with corrupt persons – Soyinka
Prof. Wole Soyinka has suggested that Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari might “take advantage of ambiguous areas” in the law…
[PREDICTION] We will never get rid of Boko Haram – Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka believes that Nigeria cannot completely get rid of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, because of the…
Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Begins Hearing
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State National and State Assembly Election Tribunal on Tuesday officially began hearing of petitions brought before…
Daniel, Obada inaugurated Fed universities chairmen
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former Ogun state governor and Olushola Obada, former Minister of Defence were on Tuesday inaugurated along with…