Year: 2015
Insight: Nigeria’s ‘smooth election’ was nearly scuttled
Reuters As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria’s presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text…
Ezekwesili, Chimamanda, Shekau among TIME’s 100 most influential
General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect will probably not gloat about being named among TIME’s 100 most influential persons in the…
Buhari listed among TIME 100 most influential leaders
Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has earned a listing in TIME Magazine influential 100 global leaders. In an entry written…
Price Increase: We Didn’t Disobey Court Injunction – MultiChoice
Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners and operators of DStv, has described as inaccurate publications, news reports and commentaries on various media…
Support Buhari’s administration, Jonathan tells world leaders, Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the…
Assange agrees to be questioned in London
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors in London over rape allegations, his Swedish lawyer…
Kane, Costa, Hazard nominated for PFA player award
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane was among six players nominated on Thursday for England’s Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League Player…
France to introduce goal-line technology next season
Goal-line technology will be introduced in the French top flight from next season, the league’s president Frederic Thiriez announced on…
Guinness Nigeria’s MD Promoted President, Diageo Africa
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, has announced a change in the leadership of the company. Mr. John…
We won’t be in opposition for more than 4 years – PDP
The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it could not afford to be in…
PICTURES: Buhari reunites with Pastor Bakare
Pastor Tunde Bakare, general overseer of Latter Rain church meets president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna.
Xenophobia: Rep calls for evacuation of Nigerians from S.Africa
Rep. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, has called for the evacuation of Nigerians within 24…
Zuma appeals for end to xenophobic attacks
South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday appealed for the end of attacks on immigrants as a wave of violence…
Federer, Wawrinka crash out of Monte Carlo Masters
Roger Federer joined holder Stan Wawrinka as an upset victim at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday as the 2014…
UK to stay in Red until 2020 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund forecast Thursday that Britain’s public deficit would remain in the red until at least 2020, contradicting…
Buhari, wife change Twitter accounts
Nigeria’s president-elect and his wife have changed their Twitter addresses. President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari is switching his Twitter account from…
Air traffic controllers’ strike grounds all Nigerian domestic flights
A strike by air traffic controllers grounded all domestic flights in Nigeria on Thursday leaving passengers stranded at terminals across…
NFF May Dump Amokachi, Plans New Assistant Coach For Keshi
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has concluded plans to do away with the service of…
Lagos Sues 686 Companies Over N11.1b Tax Evasion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has sued 686 companies for evading tax to the tune of N11.1 billion. The…
Man Beats Wife To Death
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID have arrested a 57-year-old man for allegedly beating his 40-year-old…
10 Gov Candidates Pledge To Support Ambode
The Coalition of 10 Gubernatorial Candidates that dropped their individual aspirations to support Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress,…
Buhari To Clean Up Corrupt NNPC
Oil firms keen to know how Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari plans to tax them could be waiting a long time…
Ambode Receives Certificate Of Return
Jamiu Yisa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwumi Abode…
Young researchers design tool that helps the blind to see
A young team of Ligurian researchers, almost all of them under 25, have designed one of many new generation devices…
Police arrest 15 over election violence in Kogi
The Police Command in Kogi on Thursday said it arrested 15 persons for various offences during the April 11 Governorship…
Senator defends Jonathan rejection of constitution amendment
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Sen. Ita Enang, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to assent to…
NCF to construct N200m cricket pitches in Abuja
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) said on Thursday that it would construct two international standard cricket pitches at the Abuja…
Orekoya Kids: Fleeing Nanny Arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe with agency report The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye,…
NGO empowers 154 commercial sex workers in Gombe
The Civil Society for HIV/Aids in Nigeria, an NGO, has expressed its resolve to empower 154 commercial sex workers in…
Indian village gets ‘world’s cheapest bottled water’
Charity workers have teamed with an impoverished village in eastern India to develop what they say is the world’s cheapest…