Year: 2015
NAFDAC to set up mobile labs to check contaminated agricultural products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Monday that it would establish mobile laboratories…
Police foil attempt to steal child in Abia
Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two…
VIDEO: Boko Haram militants chop off the hands of thieves
[wpvideo CrVu5rii] A new video Boko Haram released by Boko Haram on social media shows some members of the Islamic…
Customs approves appointment of 6 DCGs, 8 ACGs in acting capacity
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved the appointment of six acting Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight…
INEC clears 42 candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has cleared 42 candidates for the forthcoming governorship polls in Kogi and…
Ambode appoints Fashola, two others as PS
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the appointment of Mr. Taofik Adeyemi Fashola, Mr. Tunde Tairu Ogunleye…
Aston Villa unveils Remi Garde as Sherwood’s replacement
Aston Villa Football Club has unveiled Frenchman, Remi Garde as replacement for Tim Sherwood, an official statement on the club’s…
Delta Justice Commissioner frowns at illegal detention of suspects
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Peter Mrakpor, has assured Deltans that the Ministry is…
TUC wants investigation of N2.7b jumbo pay for NERC board
Eromosele Ebhomele The Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria on Monday called on the two anti-graft agencies in the country,…
BVN: CBN extends enrollment for Diaspora bank customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the timeline for Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora to enroll for…
KDSG to privatise abattoirs, send 7 butchers to Saudi Arabia on study tour
The Kaduna State Government on Monday said it was preparing the state abattoirs for privatisation and would send seven butchers…
LAHA urges Ambode to repair Lekki-Epe Expressway
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to direct relevant agencies to…
Malpractice: DPR seals 6 filling stations in Minna
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday sealed six petrol filling stations owned by some independent marketers in Minna,…
Telecoms: IT expert says rain does not affect quality of service
An Information Technology (IT) expert, Mr Lanre Ajayi, on Monday asserted that rainy weather does not affect the Quality of…
Police confirm 5 deaths in secret cult clashes in Ebonyi
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the death of about five persons during clashes among two rival secret…
Foreign portfolio investors’ withdraw N40.07bn from stock market in Sept.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), said that foreign investors withdrew the sum of N40.07 billion from the equities market in…
Naira slides further at parallel market
The Naira on Monday further slided at the parallel market as it exchanged for N227 to the dollar, as against…
Police confirm militants’ attack in A/Ibom
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom on Monday confirmed the attack by militants at T-junction in Itu Local Government Area…
GLO-CAF Award: Enyeama, Musa out, Toure, Ayew make 10-man list
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Monday made public a 10-man short-list for the African Player of the Year Award with…
Anxiety as Lagos Assembly reels out 32 committees
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 There was palpable anxiety at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over which lawmaker would…
Naira slides further at parallel market
The Naira on Monday further slided at the parallel market as it exchanged for N227 to the dollar, as against…
Syndicate defrauds FG N1.2bn, Youth Corper gets N23m
The trial of Ibrahim Ahmed Mazangari, Muhammed Sani Sulaiman, Hajia Fatima Mazangari and Saleh Yerima Tsojon, who allegedly ran a…
Lagos seals 33 illegal pharmacies, patent stores
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut no fewer…
Goje forged Assembly’s Resolution to collect N5bn loan – Witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, Shehu Mohammed…
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PICTURES: Jonathan visits Buhari in Aso Villa, his former abode
Goodluck Jonathan visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Villa on Monday, 2 November. The immediate past president of Nigeria, who…
Ambode, a worker, not a talker
By Ikechukwu Orji I first met Akinwunmi Ambode at the Onikan Stadium when he declared his candidacy for the office…
Ambode sacks Arebamen, appoints ex-AIG new LASTMA CEO
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked Young Arebamen as the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the Lagos…
NBC supports women with trade asset financing
In furtherance of its commitment to women empowerment in its value chain, the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has identified…
Quacks destroying your profession, Obasa tells journalists
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday challenged media professionals to come…