Year: 2015
U.S. envoy urges unfettered access to information to grow Nigeria’s democracy
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle on Monday called for open and unfettered access to information to promote…
Ugwuanyi promises to provide facilities for accreditation of College of Education
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has promised to provide necessary facilities for the accreditation of Enugu State Colleges of…
Gbajabiamila’s loyalists boycott inauguration of House of Reps committees
Some loyalists of the Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday boycotted the inauguration of Standing Committees…
Kosovo fails in UNESCO membership bid
Kosovo on Monday failed to secure enough support to join UN culture agency UNESCO, in a victory for Serbia. A…
Be committed to Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign, Dogara tells Reps
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged members of the house’s standing committees to be committed…
Rivers Assembly confirms 22 LG caretaker chairmen-nominees
The Rivers State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed the 22 nominees as Chairmen of Caretaker Committees of the…
Protest as Lagos Speaker names committee chairmen
Eromosele Ebhomele There were protests on Monday afternoon at the Lagos State House of Assembly as a ranking member of…
Former Senate leader, Ndoma-Egba, seeks APC platform to further political career
Former Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba visited the State Secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Calabar on Monday for consultation…
Buhari confirms Lamorde’s sack, appoints Magu as acting EFCC chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu as the acting Chairman of the Economic and…
State of emergency declared at Lake Chad amid rising militant attacks
Chad’s government on Monday declared state of emergency in the Lake Chad region on the ground that the area has…
Man arrested for defrauding dead friend
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 46-year old man, Dayo Akala has been arrested and charged before Isolo magistrate’s court for allegedly defrauding…
Buhari sacks EFCC boss, Lamorde
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari…
Hilarious: Fayose caught buying goat meat
Hilarious: Fayose caught buying goat meat Governor Ayodele Fayose was on Monday at the Awedele Market, Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti…
Wife seeks divorce of 20-year-old marriage over alleged desertion
A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Rasheed Taiwo, on Monday asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her…
$5.2bn fine: MTN picks Nhleko to negotiate with Nigeria
South Africa’s MTN Group has asked its former head to take temporary charge of Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms company after…
Stanbic IBTC 2015 loan growth forecast down 7%
Stanbic IBTC has cut its 2015 forecast for loan growth to three per cent from 10 per cent, citing the…
Treasury Single Account: CBN fines Skye Bank N4bn
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed a fine of N4 billion on Skye Bank Plc for failing to…
Boko Haram suicide bombers attack Cameroon mosque
Two female suicide bombers suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram militant group blew themselves on Monday near a mosque…
Synagogue engineers to face the law – Court
…Indicted Persons To Face Trial Immediately, Says LASG Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday…
Draft Copyright Bill ready for scrutiny, inputs – NCC boss
The Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Afam Ezekude, says the Draft Copyright Bill aimed at ensuring better protection of intellectual…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo outlines problem of South Eastern states
Members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Niger have identified lack of unity as a major impediment to socio-political development of most…
Ex-LG chairman to sue 32 Imams over N114 embezzlement allegaton
A former chairman of Isa Local Government in Sokoto State, Alhaji Umar Wali, on Monday said he would sue 32…
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Action Governor: Ambode arrests one-way bus driver
In a typical case of “if you want the job done, do it yourself”, Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode personally…
Ambode pledges support to bone marrow transplant centre
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday pledged the support of the state government to see to the completion of…
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Ambode congratulates triumphant Golden Eaglets
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday congratulated the Golden Eaglets for their feat at the just concluded…
Electoral offenders must be punished, says Buhari
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that adequate punishments must be meted out for all forms of electoral…
CCT adjourns Orubebe’s bribery trial till Nov 26
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja orubebe The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Elder Godsday Orubebe, a former minister of…
Commissioner seeks data bank for churches, mosques
The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef has called for the establishment of religious volunteer scheme and…
Suswam loses bid to stop probe
A former governor of Benue, Mr Gabriel Suswam, on Monday lost his bid to stop the probe instituted against him…
LASG begins verification of driver’s license
Lagos State Government is set to commence the verification of licenses of all drivers and motorists in the state through…