Year: 2015
FG’s N2.4bn water project in Edo fraudulent – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has challenged the Federal Government to publicly show the people of Edo…
Email scam makes $214 mn in 14 months – FBI
An email scam which targets businesses with bogus invoices has netted more than $214 million from victims in 45 countries…
Dakuku, Wike, Princewill sign peace pact in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The three leading governorship candidates in Rivers state today signed a peace pact under the eagle eyes…
Yemen in turmoil as president resigns
Yemeni leader Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi offered to resign on Thursday amid a standoff with a powerful Shiite militia in control…
Nigerian elections should be postponed, says Dasuki
Nigeria’s national security adviser said on Thursday that next month’s presidential and parliamentary elections should be postponed because not all…
LASAA To Sue PDP Over Illegal Outdoor Adverts
Kazeem Ugbodaga The management of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, has concluded plans to sue the Peoples…
I’ll restructure the army, police, says Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to restructure the Nigeria Army and…
2015 Election: Gov. Aliyu accuses APC of preparing for violence
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger has accused the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to cause…
Indian PM begs citizens to stop killing unborn girl child
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi implored his country to stop killing unborn girls on Thursday, warning that its growing gender…
Kinshasa authorities restore Internet, block mobile phones
Authorities restored Internet access in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, but kept mobile phones blocked…
Saudi to again postpone flogging of blogger – Amnesty
Rights group Amnesty International said Thursday that Saudi Arabia would postpone the flogging of blogger Raef Badawi, whose case has…
Rihanna wins battle with Topshop over use of her image
Pop singer Rihanna on Thursday won her legal battle with British high street giant Topshop after it sold a T-shirt…
AFCON 2015: Zambia, Tunisia In Do-Or-Die Battle
Zambia face Tunisia today at Ebebiyin in a match that could decide their destiny at the 2015 Africa Cup in…
Fashola Signs Law To Merge All Land Registration Laws
Coming on the heels of an Executive Order reducing cost of land transaction in Lagos, the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde…
Lagos Monarch Pleads For APC Assembly Candidate
A Lagos-based traditional ruler, His Royal Majesty Oba Akinyemi Alabiru of Ikaare Kingdom in Amuwo-Odofin, has appealed to the leaders…
Lagos Residents Ask Electricity Company To Withdraw Supply
Cyriacus Izuekwe The residents of Agbedo Oke-Odo and Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, in Alimosho, Lagos State, western…
INEC Requires 750,000 Ad-Hoc Staff For Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would require no fewer than 750,000 ad hoc staff to conduct the…
1.8m PVCs Not Collected In Lagos —REC
Jamiu Yisa The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr Akin Orebiyi, has stated that 1.8 million…
NCC Shuts Down Buhari’s Campaign Fund Raising Platform
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has shut down the 35350 SMS platform for raising fund for the General…
African Nations Plan Multi-National Force Against Boko Haram
African nations threatened by Nigeria’s Boko Haram will seek U.N. Security Council authorisation for a multinational force to take on…
Defection: 435 PDP Members Join APC
At least 435 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday…
Presidency: Will The Ijaw Ever Support Ndigbo?
By Jerome Igwebuike In a famous article deservedly syndicated in the Nigerian newspapers as well as social media entitled “Ndigbo…
Fayose, PDP And The Height Of Insensitivity
By Lateef Raji Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the current Governor of Ekiti State and his ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, recently…
Lagos, A Different Turf For Mbu
The anger that trailed the redeployment of Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to Lagos,…
UNN Graduates 15,94 Students
A total of 15,904 students will receive various degree certificates during the 44th convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria,…
NSCDC seals 10 petrol stations in Ondo State
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, says it has sealed 10 filling stations for failing…
FEDPOADO Campus Shut
Damilare Okunola The Academic Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has asked its students to vacate their hostels…
UNILAG, UNIBEN, BABCOCK Set For OAU’s National Law Students Debate
Damilare Okunola Prima Strata, the oldest organisation in the Faculty of Law, at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun…
Don’t Push US To The Wall, ASUU Warns FG
Damilare Okunola The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has asked the Federal Government to remember the agreement it had…
Bayern will dominate Germany for years – Voeller
Bayer Leverkusen’s Rudi Voeller says Bayern Munich are unstoppable on their march to a third straight Bundesliga title and expects…