Year: 2015
We are handicapped to import petrol – Major Marketers
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says its members are handicapped to import refined petro products following the…
PDP only party that can bring peace, leadership – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday stated that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the only party that can provide…
UN, AU to deploy 8,700 troops to fight Boko Haram
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, has announced plans by the UN and the…
L’Oreal uses iversity MOOC ‘Public Speaking’ to train employees
On 2 March, 160 employees from L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics company, voluntarily completed the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)…
Delhi rapist blames victim for being out at night
One of the men convicted of the gang-rape and murder of an Indian student that shocked the world has said…
Pakistan suspends health officials for wasting $3.7m vaccines
Pakistani authorities have suspended two health officials after $3.7 million worth of vaccines donated by UNICEF to protect children from…
Don’t pay additional charges for visas, Italian envoy tells Nigerians
The new Italian Consul-General in Nigeria, Mr Andrea Pompermaier, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to desist from paying additional visa application…
Fuel Scarcity: Nigeria at the mercy of imports, says Buhari
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, presidential candidate has lamented the fuel scarcity that has hit the country, noting…
Boko Haram beheads two spies in IS style
The Mail Online has published a new video by Boko Haram purporting to show the executions of two alleged spies.…
Dakuku dares gunmen, campaigns in Tombia, Bakana
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state led by the governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside…
$12bn gas fund loot, fraud responsible for fuel scarcity – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the real causes of the debilitating fuel scarcity across the country is the…
Petrol scarcity: NNPC set to import 1billion litres in March
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday began fresh measures to halt what it described as…
Ignore self-serving endorsements of Jonathan in South-West – Chief Ayo Fasanmi
Chief Ayo Fasanmi, an elder statesman and First Republic Senator has urged South-Westerners to ignore the self-serving endorsements of President…
Tinubu set to sue AIT for N20bn over documentary peddling lies
All Progressives Congress National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to sue the management of the Daar Communications Limited,…
Dangote crash on Forbes richest ranking, loses $10.3billion
Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, fell sharply in ranking in the new Forbes world’s richest list. Dangote’s bulging networth…
Benin Royal Family Blasts Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The younger brother of the Oba of Benin and the Enogie of Obazuwa, Prince Edun Akenzua, has lampooned…
Court rejects suit seeking to stop use of card readers
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja A federal court in Abuja on Monday refused an application brought before it by four of Nigeria’s…
Disaster displaces 8,000 in South-West
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said 8,000 people were displaced in seven major disasters in Lagos, Ogun…
Troops dominating Boko Haram in Yobe – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters on Monday in Abuja said troops were dominating operations in Kukawa, Geri, Gujba in Yobe to rid…
Jonathan gives 164 NYSC members automatic employment, scholarship
The Federal Government, on Monday, granted automatic employment and Post-Graduate Scholarship to 164 ex- National Youth Service Corps members, who…
FG has created 1.4 million jobs in 3 years, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Federal Government has created 1.4 million jobs in the past three years in a bid to address unemployment in…
Nigeria Navy hands over 11 suspected oil thieves to EFCC
Navy Captain Noel Madugu, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Brass, says the Nigerian Navy has handed over 11 suspected oil…
Rise above ethnic politics, Amaechi urges traditional rulers
Rivers governor, Chibuike Amaechi, on Monday urged traditional rulers, electorate to rise above ethnic politics in casting their votes in…
GOtv to stage W/African featherweight, national heavyweight title fights
Boxing fans in Nigeria and across Africa will be treated to six top class boxing bouts at the second edition…
Niger residents drown in bid to escape Boko Haram attacks
Boko Haram gunmen attacked an island on the Niger side of Lake Chad, with locals reporting heavy casualties among those…
USAID to spend N475bn in Nigeria in four years
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Monday that it would invest N475 billion in the execution…
Namibia president wins Mo Ibrahim $5m leadership prize
Namibia’s outgoing president was on Monday named winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for “good governance” in Africa, the world’s…
I didn’t share of Presidency N7bn largesse, Edo CAN Chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Peter Imasuen, has denied sharing in the N7 billion largesse…
Indian who kidnapped self bags 1 year imprisonment
A Senior magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced one Mishal Vishwanath, an Indian, to one year…
Women Protest Against Landgrabbers In Ikorodu
Damilare Okunola Some female indigenes of Ilu Oloye in Ogun State in their 60s have stripped in protest over the…