Year: 2015
We Crossbreed Grasscutters For High Performance
By Prince Arinze Onebunne It’s nice to be here again. How is life and business? Fine I guess you’d say.…
PhD holders are in need of employment – NUC
The National Universities Commission (NUC) will establish a portal for Ph.D holders in order to facilitate their engagement in the…
INEC to test-run card readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday test-run its voter card reader technology at Igbo-Ukwu ward 1 in…
Lifestyle, Metro, News, Politics
Which Is Worse: Postponement Of The Election Or Fuel Scarcity?
On Saturday, 7 February, Nigerians woke up to the shocking news about the postponment of the general elections, initially scheduled…
Woman bailed in dramatic S.African baby-snatching case
A woman charged with stealing a newborn baby from its sleeping mother 17 years ago was granted bail by a…
Indian city under curfew after mob lynches rape suspect
Authorities in a northeastern Indian city said Friday they had imposed a round-the-clock curfew, a day after a rape suspect…
Judge backs coroner, tells TB Joshua to appear before inquest
A coroner investigating the collapse of a church building in Lagos in which 116 people died was within his rights…
2015 elections will define Nigeria’s future, says Dakuku
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, said on Thursday that the forthcoming…
MERS kills 10 more in Saudi, health campaign broadened
The MERS virus has killed 10 more people in Saudi Arabia over the past week, pushing the death toll above…
We almost issued Obasanjo APC membership card – Oyegun
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman has revealed that Nigeria’s main opposition party deliberated upon issuing…
Nigeria is poorly managed, says Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the country is not properly managed, noting that,…
Jonathan pays tribute to late Emir of Gusau
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday described the late Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Muhammad Kabir Dan Baba, as just, fair-minded, pious,…
Public intelligence report helping military conquer Boko Haram
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, on Thursday said the intelligence reports by the public so…
Troops now in full control of Mafa in Borno – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that Nigerian troops were now in full control of Mafa, Borno, after clearing terrorists…
Kano Pillars match called off after bus attack
An opening day fixture of the new Nigeria Premier League season involving champions Kano Pillars has been postponed after armed…
Albino killers sentenced to death in Tanzania
A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for the murder of an albino woman who was killed…
S. Korea shocked and shamed by attack on US ambassador
South Korea has reacted with shock and a little shame to a violent knife attack on the US ambassador that…
Touchdown: Buhari’s back in Nigeria
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, presidential candidate arrived Nigeria in the morning of March 6 following…
Entertainment, Lifestyle, News
Get Ready, Trendy For Spring 2015
Spring 2015 is here and there’s no better way to enjoy it than to be trendy and ready. Fashion One,…
Nigerian, 21, makes N20m in love scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a suspected fraudster, Obiechina Chikeluba for allegedly swindling Kieran Oakes, a…
Agbaje bags Igbo title, “Ezi Nwanne Ndigbo 1”
The Ndigbo Socio Cultural Organisation in Lagos State on Thursday urged the Igbo-speaking people in the state to stay back…
PSG firing on four fronts as battle at Stamford Bridge looms
Paris Saint-Germain have the perfect opportunity to go top of Ligue 1 on Saturday, when they host lowly Lens ahead…
PDP will win general elections – Babangida
Gov. Aliyu Babangida of Niger said on Thursday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win the general elections in…
Liberia’s last Ebola patient discharged
Liberia discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient on Thursday, as it reported for the first time in nine months it…
Bauchi govt. owes retirees N11bn gratuity – HOS
Abdon Gin An, the Head of Service (HOS), Bauchi State, on Thursday said that the government owed its retirees a…
Bad Economy: 50% Of Construction Workers Sacked – Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola says because of the bad economy in the country, 50 per cent of…
FG in meeting with parents of Chibok girls
The Federal Government on Thursday held closed door discussions with relations and relatives of abducted Chibok girls, briefing them about…
Nigeria gains N777bn from agric interventions
The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, said Nigeria gained N777 billion as income from various intervention programmes in the agricultural…
Boko Haram storms Gwoza, kills residents
Boko Haram militants have been amassing in the northeast Nigeria town of Gwoza, believed to be the group’s headquarters, killing…
Vote for bright future, Ambode urges Lagos residents
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday appealed to residents to…