Year: 2015
Man jailed 10 years with hard labour for stealing 5-year-old baby
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 42-year-old man, Obasuyi Williams, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail with hard labour, by an…
Ambode charges newly constituted boards, commissions on performance
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday charged the newly constituted Chairmen, Executive Secretaries and Members of…
Adepoju, Nwosu, others hail Golden Eaglets 3-0 win against Brazil
Some football stakeholders on Monday commended the Golden Eaglets on their 3-0 victory against Brazil in the ongoing 2015 FIFA…
Man arrested for mounting illegal toll gate for extortion
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested a man who allegedly erected a toll gate and was using it to extort…
ITF set registration deadlines for Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis
Taiwo Adelu Players willing to play in Futures 3 of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship have been told…
GT Bank to continue BVN registration after deadline
Taiwo Adelu There are strong indications that depositors in Nigerian banks will still have the opportunity of having access to…
Bomb found at airport disrupts flights
The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at Dusseldorf Airport led to the cancellation of seven flights on…
Trial of Gaddafi son adjourned till December
The son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a Tripoli court to face charges of murdering a football…
BVN deadline: Banks witness rush
The Biometric Verification Number (BVN) dominated the banking industry last week as customers again went into a last minute rush…
MTN’s woes worsen as South Africa’s bourse suspends trading in its shares
The South African bourse has suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN on Monday, a senior official said.…
34 ships expected with foods, petroleum products
Thirty-four ships laden with foods, petroleum products and other goods are expected in Lagos ports from Nov. 2 to Nov.…
NCC to issue new spectrum licences in 2016
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday said that it would issue new telecom spectrum licences in 2016, to create…
Synagogue Collapse: Court adjourns ruling to Nov. 9
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Nov. 9 to rule on a suit by an engineer of…
Calabar fans hail Eaglets’ performance
Football Fans in Calabar on Monday commended Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets for the Sunday night’s 3-0 thrashing of Brazil in the…
Jobless man impersonates MOPOL to fleece motorists
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old jobless man who has been parading himself as a mobile policeman (MOPOL) has been arrested by…
Nigeria’s Osimhen set to break goal record in U-17 World Cup
Taiwo Adelu With eight goals in his kitty, Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen is on the verge of breaking the goal record…
A Desperate Cry To Buhari
Nigerians who travel on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are desperately crying to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Federal Roads Maintenance…
U-17 World Cup, learning process for my boys, says Brazil coach
Taiwo Adelu Coach of Brazil U-17 side, Carlos Amadeu has described his players’ outing in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World…
Buhari, governors, others offer special prayers for late Emir of Borgu
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in New Bussa, Niger state, joined hundreds of sympathisers to offer special prayers for the…
Pa Fasoranti resigns from Afenifere, says it has lost focus
Funsho Arogundade Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said that the body has lost…
Buhari will never lie to Nigerians – Presidency
The Presidency has categorically that President Muhammadu Buhari will always say the truth to Nigerians while dismissing the insinuation by…
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U-17 WC: Nigerians hail ruthless Eaglets after Brazil’s victory
Taiwo Adelu It has been praises galore for Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets after they defeated Brazil in the quarter final of…
Nigeria defeats Brazil 3-0
Holders Nigeria cruised into the FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday after stunning Brazil with three goals within five…
Kogi Govt, APC trade words over bailout delay
The APC on Sunday alleged that the Kogi State Government had yet to apply for the bailout funds provided by…
Amaechi’s clearance by Senate not an endorsement of corruption — Sani
Sen. Shehu Sani (APC – Kaduna Central), on Sunday said that Senate’s clearance of former Rivers Goivernor, Rotimi Amaechi as…
Demand for plastic chairs increases in Calabar
As the annual Calabar Carnival approaches, the demand for plastic chairs and tables has increased in the Cross River capital,…
19-year-old undergraduate wins MBGA 2015 pageant
Miss Debbie Douglas, 19-year-old Political Science student of Nasarawa State University, has won the 2015 edition of the Most Beautiful…
Ambode appoints new Head of Service
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday approved the appointment of Mrs. Olabowale Toluwalope Ademola as the 19th Head…
Taskforce arrests 279 miscreants, impounds 57 motorcycles
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 279 miscreants and impounded…
Nigeria: Despite $5.2bn fine, MTN is number one telco
On internet subscribers base, MTN is number one telecommunication outfit in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed despite…