Year: 2015
Onitsha: Police smash 4-man robbery gang
The Police in Okpoko community near Onitsha, have smashed a four-man armed robbery gang that has been terrorising residents of…
I’ll work with opposition for greater Imo – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and winner of Saturday’s governorship election has extended a hand of fellowship to his opponents…
Ondo State deputy gov. Alli Olanusi impeached
The Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Alli Olanusi, has been impeached by members of the state House of Assembly this…
Challenges for PM Abe, as polls produce only 4 female mayors
Local elections in Japan produced just four female mayors of the 222 positions up for grabs, results showed Monday, underlining…
Spare Filipina on death row, Pacquiao begs Indonesia
World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took time out Monday from final preparations for his $400 million megafight with Floyd Mayweather…
Court freezes ex-Reps 11 bank accounts over N100m debt
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, has ordered eleven commercial banks in Nigeria not to…
Bar NDDC from accessing 2015 budget, Activists tell court
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A group of Niger Delta Activists, Civil Rights Lawyers and Non Profit Organizations, have dragged the President…
Jay Z heads to Nigeria in search of musical talents
Rap and business mogul Jay Z said his new company Tidal has embarked on a talent hunt in Nigeria. He…
Reduce cost of governance, lawmaker tells Assembly
A newly-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mike Etaba, said the 8th National Assembly must facilitate Bills and oversight…
Arsenal, a boring team, says Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claimed that Arsenal were more deserving of the “boring” epithet after his team closed on the…
Pedestrian bridge collapses, kills 7 in Kano
No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed,…
IDPs commend Borno on feeding, welfare
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Sunday commended the state government for its free feeding arrangement for displaced persons…
Re-run: PDP wins Delta Central Senatorial election
Ighoyota Amori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Delta Central Senatorial election. Announcing the…
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NNPC: I’ll probe missing $20 billion- Buhari
Efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan administration to close the curtain on allegations of unremitted $20billion into the national coffers by…
Ignore political defectors, Primate tells Buhari
The Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Metropolitan and Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has urged President-elect Muhammadu Buhari…
APC rejects Taraba guber result, heads to tribunal
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Taraba, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results…
PDP prepares self for opposition, sets up 5 committees
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara has set up five committees to reposition the party after its defeat in…
Buhari won’t disappoint Nigerians, APC promises
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said it would not disappoint Nigeria and her citizens irrespective of…
APC Warns Against Last-Minute Looting Of Nation’s Treasury
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday decried allegations of last-minute looting of the nation’s resources, hurried recruitment…
Nigeria completes calibration of navigational aids
By Simon Ateba The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said on Sunday that it has completed the calibration of navigational…
FCT Police Arrests Notorious Impostors
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested notorious fraudsters and impersonators who operate in city. FCT Police…
Run from Obiano, Group tells Buhari
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A socio-polical pressure group, Maka Odinma Anambra, has enjoined Governor Willie Obiano and other leaders of the South…
FG, EU Sign N325m grant for psychosocial support for Borno children, adolescents
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government and the European Union (EU), over the weekend signed a financing agreement for the grant…
Nigeria Customs hosts WCO
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja All is now set for the hosting of the conference of Directors-General of Customs in West and Central…
Nigeria provokes South Africa’s anger after envoys recall
*Pretoria reminds Nigeria of its serious security shortcomings *Boko Haram insurgency and kidnap of Chibok girls The South African government…
Don’t execute 10 drug offenders, UN tells Indonesia
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appealed to the Government of Indonesia to halt the impending execution, as announced, of…
Hopes of female governor dashed, as PDP wins Taraba
Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Taraba supplementary governorship election held on Saturday. The Returning…
Elections hold in Benin Republic, a key test for Boni Yayi
Benin headed to the polls Sunday in legislative elections seen as a key test for President Thomas Boni Yayi, whose…
Boxing: Klitschko retains heavyweight title
Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko retained his heavyweight world titles Saturday with a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten American Bryant…
PDP’s Ikpeazu wins Abia state
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Abia…