Year: 2015
US responsible for my travails, says Blatter
Suspended Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) President, Sepp Blatter, has accused the US of being responsible for his current…
BVN: CBN warns against disclosure of account details
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday urged bank customers to be wary of individuals alerting them on the…
Rivers gov. poll: APC candidate loses appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday expunged a petition filed against some security agents by Mr Dakuku…
Senator Pwajok’s death, a great loss – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari is saddened over the death of the immediate past senator representing Plateau North senatorial district and Peoples…
North Korea ruling party plans first congress since 1980
Ruling Korean Workers Party in North Korea on Friday announced that it would hold its congress in May, 2016, 36…
Biafra, Oodua and the seventh lesson By Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas, (even trilemmas, quadrilemmas or more)…
19 bodies recovered, 138 migrants rescued off island of Kalymnos
Greece on Friday rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of…
GOtv Boxing Night: Ottoh Joseph Receives N1m Cheque
Ottoh “Joe Boy” Joseph, winner of the best boxer at the fourth edition of the GOtv Night, has received a…
NAWOJ tasks governors on 35 per cent affirmative action
The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has charged state governors to meet up with 35 per cent affirmative action…
Civil War Landmine: FG to settle N100bn damages suit out of court
The Federal Government has agreed to settle out of court, a case filed against her, alleging breach of fundamental rights…
Subscribers, stakeholders slam NCC over N1.04trn fine on MTN
Stakeholders in the telecommunications industry on Friday decried the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications…
Katsina State lost 8 pilgrims in 2015 Hajj
The Executive Director, Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ahmad Hassan, said the state lost eight pilgrims during the 2015…
14 ships arrive Lagos with petroleum products, other goods
Fourteen ships laden with petroleum products and other goods arrived in the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said…
WHO allays fears over cancer causing meat report
Butcher shops like this one in Godewaersvelde, France, need not fret overmuch: the World Health Organization stressed October 29, 2015…
Saraki fights back, heads to Supreme Court
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that he will head to the Supreme Court in search of justice after…
False Asset Declaration: Saraki’s trial to continue November 5 – CCT
The Code of Conduct Tribunal will continue the prosecution of Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki on November 5 after an…
Boko Haram has crippled leather business in Borno
Some stakeholders in Borno have said that the Boko Haram insurgency has virtually crippled the hides and skin business in…
APAPA – A NATIONAL MIRROR IS BROKEN
By JOE IGBOKWE When His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode appointed me the Chairman Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority, I was…
N150m: Aisha Buhari commends Ambode’s donation to IDPs
Wife of Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos for donating N150 million to Internally…
Magbon community cries out to Ambode over bad road
The people of Magbon Community in Olorunda LCDA, near Badagry, have cried out to the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi…
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U-17 World Cup: Amuneke vows to beat Brazil again
Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke, has boasted that his team has what it takes to…
Man attacks friend in hotel room, flees with N800k
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ajao Estate have arrested an Aba businessman, Onungwa Loveday, 31, who allegedly attempted to kill…
Appeal Court gives CCT go ahead to try Saraki for corruption
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Justice Moore Agumanen, reading a majority verdict of the Court of Appeal this morning upheld the trial of…
South Africa’s MTN talking to Nigeria over $5.2bn fine
Reuters – South Africa’s MTN Group is in talks with Nigerian authorities after the West African country imposed a $5.2…
Anambra calm after relocation of 47 Boko Haram suspects
Ekwulobia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra is peaceful and calm after the relocation of 47 Boko Haram…
EPL Round-Up: Man City, Arsenal eye top spot
Manuel Pellegrini vows Manchester City will aim for another goal glut as the most prolific side in the Premier League…
Remy backs Mourinho to fire Chelsea again
Loic Remy insists beleaguered Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho remains the right man to halt the spluttering champions’ slide down the…
Wild elephant kills two Thais in rubber plantation
Bangkok (AFP) – A wild elephant killed two Thai men in separate pre-dawn attacks on Friday as they worked at…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers — natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee…