Year: 2015
Lagos records 260 fire disasters in December, as fire guts Galaxy
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 260 fire disasters have been recorded in Lagos this month alone, says the Director, Lagos State…
Lagos budget for passage 31 December
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State will soon have the opportunity to hit 2016 running in his effort…
Gov Ayade, Amaechi, Ita-Giwa plant trees in Calabar
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa and other dignitaries on Tuesday…
Switzerland grants 700 foreigners special ‘stripper visas’
More than 700 foreign strippers received a special Swiss work permit in 2015, the last issued in a controversial programme…
Turkish football federation ‘fined for sacking gay referee’
A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to pay thousands of dollars in compensation after it…
Digitisation: Kano Govt. to spend N300m on radio station
The Kano State Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammed Garba, has said that more than N300 million has been set aside…
Makarfi LG: APC Chairman condemns Sen Sani’s suspension
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Makarfi Local Government Area, Malam Tukur Abba, has condemned the alleged…
Okorocha presents N102.2bn budget to assembly
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Tuesday presented the 2016 appropriation of N102.2 billion to the state assembly for scrutiny.…
Wike’s close political allies dump PDP for APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some of the trusted political allies of the Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state are pitching their…
Sen. Sani will continue to criticise El-Rufai – Aide
Malam Suleiman Ahmed, the Special Assistant to Sen. Shehu Sani (APC- Kaduna), on Politics and Ideology, says nothing will deter…
Media Chat: Buhari to speak on lingering fuel scarcity, 2016 budget, others
President Muhammadu Buhari will host his first Presidential Media Chat tomorrow, Wednesday, December 30, 2015, a statement by his media…
Kogi embattled Speaker, Lawal, sues for peace
Embattled Speaker of Kogi House of Assembly, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal, on Tuesday appealed to members to sheath their swords and…
Key PDP chieftains defecting to APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some of the trusted political allies of the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, have started pitching…
Gombe govt spends N79bn on roads in 4 yrs – Governor
The Gombe State Government has spent N79 billion on road construction in the last four years, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo has…
Kaduna APC crisis deepens
Femi Adi/Kaduna Barely twenty four hours after the All Progressives Congress, APC, suspended Senator Shehu Sani, the crises rocking the…
Jigawa emirate disburses N2m alms to 1,763 persons
The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has given alms (Zakkat) of grains worth N2.5 million to 1,763 less privileged persons…
Gov. Dankwambo presents N76. 5bn budget for 2016
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N76.5 billion at the state House of…
Labour Party kicks against Kwara Govt’s plan to access N20bn loan
The Kwara chapter of Labour Party (LP) has criticised Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed administration’s plan to access fresh N20 billion bond…
Ogun assembly passes N200bn appropriation bill
The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill of N200.2 billion into law. The bill, passed…
Sye Bank thrills Ikorodu customers with cash rewards
Customers and traders in Sabo Market, Ikorodu, Lagos, western Nigeria, were super excited to witness another stimulating draw in the…
Don’t celebrate Boko Haram attacks, Lai Mohammed tells media
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday urged the media not to glamorise attacks of the…
Obanikoro replies Saharareporters with litigation threats
Funsho Arogundade Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro, Nigeria’s immediate former minister of state, Defence, is angry and has threatened to sue Saharareporters…
Ambode’s media aide, Aruna loses father
Mr. Habib Aruna, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has lost his father, Alhaji Adamson…
Diaspora Bill needs to be passed for millions of Nigerians overseas
Nigeria’s population is in the region of 177 million in 2015. This estimated number excludes 10 to 14 million Nigerians…
Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari
Dear President Buhari We are in dangerous times, and your actions, or inactions, will count for a lot. The truth…
Gunmen kill 2, kidnap council official, son at beauty pageant
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A female member of Caretaker Committee of Degema Local Council, Mrs Palsy Elekima, and her son have…
60-year-old man arrested for defiling girl, 12
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Adewale Enoch, 60, has been arrested by the police from Abigi Division, in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area…
Osinbajo arrives Burkina Faso for inauguration of new president
President Muhammadu Buhari will be represented today by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the inauguration of a new…
10 Habits Of People Who’ve Lived To Be 100
Want to live forever? Even if you’re not going for immortality, it’s a safe assumption that you want to be…
31 elite athletes from 8 nations for Access Bank Lagos City Marathon
Organisers say no fewer than 31 elite runners from eight countries have signed on for the Access Bank Lagos City…