Year: 2015
Bank customers in Lagos continue to register for BVN
Five days after the expiration of the deadline for the registration of Bank Verification Number (BVN), banks in Lagos are…
Coca Cola partners ANSS to encourage healthy lifestyle
By Daniels Ekugo In a bid to continue promoting a culture of wellness among its consumers, Coca-Cola Nigeria sponsored the…
BUHARI, BRING BACK OUR ROADS!
Tayo Ogunbiyi Of late, passing through the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has become a very excruciating experience. For those who work in…
Kia Motors donates Made-in-Nigeria Rio to Lagos State
By Daniels Ekugo Kia Motors Nigeria has donated a Made in Nigeria Kia Rio car to the Lagos State Government…
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U-17: Nigeria, Mexico renew World Cup rivalry
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria and Mexico are familiar foes with three games between them at the U-17 World Cup. Both will…
Steph Curry inspires Warriors to fifth straight win
It was a lot closer than the last one, but a win is a win. The Warriors won their fifth-straight…
Nigerian goes by the name, Glen Amond, scams British divorcée
A British divorcée in her sixties has revealed how she was duped by a Nigerian online con artist who targeted…
Nigerian stars head to Las Vegas for Heineken Spyfie from space
Funsho Arogundade Some of Nigeria’s finest celebrities, Richard Mofe-Damijo, BasketMouth, Uti Nwachukwu and Kemi Adetiba will join international top shots…
We’re aiming to finish among best 4 – Nasarawa United
Kabiru Dogo, Coach of Nasarawa United Football Club, says the team can still finish among the best four clubs in…
CAF pardons member-associations suspended over U-17, U-20 competitions
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has granted pardon to its member-associations it suspended in recent…
Abia indigenes in South Africa congratulate Gov. Ikpeazu on tribunal victory
Abia indigenes resident in South Africa on Wednesday congratulated Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on his victory at the Governorship Election Petitions…
How Babangida helped my family back to England – Lucy Onabanjo
Mrs Lucy Onabanjo, the wife of late Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo, former governor of Ogun State in Nigeria’s Second Republic…
Dangote, Sisi only Africans on World’s Most Powerful People’s list
If the reputation of Aliko Dangote as one of the world’s ‘movers and shakers’ was ever in doubt, a new…
FCT residents urge Buhari to fix bad roads, deteriorating infrastructure
Residents and motorists in the FCT on Wednesday expressed concern over the deterioration of infrastructure in the territory and has…
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INTERVIEW: Lucy Onabanjo, 90, on voting for Buhari despite jailing her husband
Mrs Lucy Onabanjo, the wife of late Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo, former governor of Ogun State in Nigeria’s Second Republic, clocked 90…
Ambode gets thumbs up from Lagosians
Some Nigerians on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Government led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Nigeria Police for the…
Dickson disagrees with PDP, says Buhari is a honest man
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has disagreed with his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over recent…
Struggling Chelsea beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1
Some respite came the way of Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, after a fine free kick by Brazilian midfielder gave the…
QPR sacks Chris Ramsey
Championship side, Queens Park Rangers head coach Chris Ramsey has been sacked. The 53-year-old, who was appointed as permanent Rangers…
‘It’s not over’, says Mertesacker as Bayern thrash Arsenal 5-1
Arsenal captain and defender Per Mertesacker has said it is not over for the London club despite losing 5-1 to…
Court orders FRC to cease action against Stanbic IBTC
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) from…
Store up water to avoid hardship, FCT tells Kubwa residents
The FCT Administration has called on residents of Kubwa to store water to avoid hardship as the Water Board is…
UNICEF to enroll one million Nigerian girls in school
The UNICEF has set a target of attracting additional one million girls to school in five northern states under the…
FG approves payment of N413bn subsidy claim to oil marketers
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the immediate payment of N413 billion to oil marketers as outstanding payment for subsidy…
Oshiomhole orders probe of Igbinedion over $31m theft
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Respite appears to be far from the former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion over alleged corruption…
Arik Air rewards passengers with surprise gifts
Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, is rewarding passengers with surprise gifts mid-flight in what the company calls…
PDP, APC senators clash over N5,000 allowance for unemployed youths
The Senate on Wednesday rejected motion for the payment of N5,000 monthly allowance to unemployed youths in the country. The…
Rivers Govt. has completed 70km of roads — Gov. Wike
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike said on Wednesday that the state government had completed 70 kilometres of roads in its urban…
Saraki calls for citizens’ participation in legislative matters
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday pleaded with the country’s citizens to contribute to the current Legislative…