Year: 2015
Nine killed in Nnewi gas plant blast – Spokesman
Nine people were killed and three others remain in critical condition after a huge Christmas Eve blast at an industrial…
Martins wants a shot at Rio Olympics
Taiwo Adelu Seattle Sounder’s striker, Nigerian Obafemi Martins says he is available for the country at Rio 2016 Olympic Games…
Sunny Ade, Awillo, Wizkid, others for Glo-CAF Awards Gala
As the countdown to 2015 Glo – CAF Awards begins, top artistes from different parts of Africa have been lined…
EFCC, DSS to prosecute pipeline vandals
The Managing Director, Petroleum Products and Marketing Company (PPMC), Mrs Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, says the Federal Government will involve some security…
Hoodlums mar turnout at National Theatre
Some food vendors at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos state, on Sunday alleged that activities of hoodlums have marred turnout…
Fire razes Ilorin market
A midnight inferno on Sunday consumed goods worth millions of naira at Baboko market in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. The…
Mark to youths: Embrace sports, entertainment
Former Senate President David Mark, has urged youths in the country to take to sports and the entertainment industry as…
Man electrocuted trying to steal electric cable
An unidentified middle age man was electrocuted at the early hours of Sunday while trying to steal electric cable at…
Lagos killer policeman nicknamed terrorist —community
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Sergeant Stephen James, the officer of the Nigeria Police Force who killed three residents and…
‘Appeal Court ruling on Akwa Ibom gift to election violence victims’
This year, the hopes of Akwa Ibom indigenes were dashed twice, first during the presidential election then during the governorship…
Leave me to enjoy my life, Atiku tells mischief makers
Former vice president of Nigeria and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has told political mischief makers to…
K1, Pasuma to lead top headliners at Olamide Live Concert
Funsho Arogundade Sunday 27 December, the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, set to rumble as…
Association lauds CBN new guidelines on loans for SMEs
Eke Ubiji, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), has lauded the proposal of CBN to…
January 9: Southern Ijaw youths declare support for Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some youths of Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State have declared total support and re-affirmed their resolve…
Boki LG constructs 26km road at N42m
The Boki Local Government Council of Cross River has embarked on the construction of a 26 kilometer earth road linking…
Warri traders want adequate security for Igbudu Market
Traders in Igbudu Market, Warri, have appealed to the Delta Government to provide adequate security in the market to save…
NCAA wants domestic airlines to liquidate outstanding debts
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has appealed to domestic airlines to liquidate all outstanding debts to the authority and…
Diversion of petroleum products attracts N150 fine per litre in Kano
Marketers caught diverting petroleum products in Kano State will henceforth pay a fine of N150 per litre of the diverted…
OPC is not diabolical, says Gani Adams
The National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams, on Sunday advised religion leaders to preach tolerance to…
South South citizens part of Biafra, says MASSOB
Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Solomon Chukwu, may have stirred a…
Benin Prime Minister in copter crash, escapes unhurt
Benin’s Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou walked away unharmed after the helicopter he was travelling in crash-landed in the north of…
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills at least 14 in Xmas Day attack
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on…
GOtv Boxing Night: Edo Boy wins Light Welterweight title, N1.5m
Stanley “Edo Boy” Eribo, on Saturday, became the national light welterweight boxing champion when he defeated Sunday “Capo” Olalekan by…
Fire guts Rivers State Multi-Billion Naira Banana Farm
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mysterious fire suspected to have been ignited by arsonists have gutted the Rivers State Government multi-billion Naira…
MASSOB says South South people part of Biafra
Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Solomon Chukwu, may have stirred a…
What The Witches Said By Reuben Abati
“How was Christmas?” “It’s come and gone. Life goes on. We thank God for the gift of life.” “Life will…
Southampton hand Arsenal Boxing Day knockout
Arsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as they were thrashed by Southampton at St Mary’s.…
Ban Shiites, traumatised community tells FG
The residents of Gyallesu in Zaria, Kaduna State, have called on human rights groups to look into the pains caused…
Boxing Day tragedy: Cop kills 3, himself at viewing centre
Tragedy occurred on Boxing Day in Lagos State, western Nigeria, when a policeman killed three football fans after which he…