Year: 2015
Lamorde sues Punch newspaper for N1billion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde has sued The Punch Newspaper to the tune…
Petrol scarcity resurfaces in Awka
Scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), has resurfaced in Awka as its price has gone up to between N110 and…
Alariya Oodua publisher, Lanre Dodo Balogun dies
KAYODE APONMADE Lanre Dodo Balogun, the publisher and Editor-in–Chief of Alariya Oodua, a Yoruba language weekly entertainment magazine, is dead.…
Tribunals’ verdicts against Wike, 20 Rivers lawmakers won’t stand — OCJ Okocha
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Onueze C. Okocha,…
Our policies will hurt some businesses— Buhari tells Indian bizmen
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in New Delhi that despite the fall in oil prices, his Administration remains fully committed…
Lagos lawmakers demand stakeholders’ meeting over insecurity
Eromosele Ebhomele Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have advised the state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to…
Senate concludes screening of ministerial nominees
Nigerian Senate has concluded the screening of ministerial nominees following Wednesday’s screening of Dr Okechukwu Enyinna Enelamah(Abia), Anwuka Anthony (Imo),…
Omatseye slams N1b suit on The Sun newspapers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman of The Nation Newspapers Editorial Board, Sam Omatseye, has slammed a N1 billion suit on The Sun…
Nigerian troops rescue 338 people held by Boko Haram
Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group’s Sambisa forest…
ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
BILKIS BAKARE Despite national and international outcry against gender-based violence, the crime still continues and is even attaining a worrisome…
4 land in prison over alleged attempt to defraud Dangote Group
Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned four suspected fraudsters before a Lagos magistrates’…
Fuel scarcity hits Rivers again
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than a week after members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, called…
Telephoning with Skype soon to require only invitation, no user account
The internet telephone and messaging service Skype has so far been limited to those with active Skype user accounts, a…
14 ships laden with petrol arrive Lagos ports
Thirteen ships laden with petrol and one others carrying containers have arrived at Lagos ports, waiting to berth at the…
Buratai decorates 2,903 gallant soldiers with medals in Mubi
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has decorated 2,903 gallant soldiers currently fighting the Boko Haram terrorists with…
Troops raid kidnappers’ den, recover arms, dislodge suspected oil thieves
Operation Pulo Shield (OPPS), the joint military outfit deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, on Wednesday said…
FIFA accepts seven presidential candidates
FIFA has accepted seven presidential candidates to stand to replace incumbent Joseph Blatter at an extraordinary congress in 2016, excluding…
Boxing revival: GOtv receives accolades from stakeholders
Stakeholders and fans of boxing in the country have lauded GOtv, headline sponsors of GOtv Boxing Night, for the successful…
5 suspected cult leaders remanded
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested five persons suspected to be leaders…
FC IfeanyiUbah, El-Kanemi Warriors to clash 4 Nov.
The League Management Company (LMC) has fixed Nov. 4 as new date for the replay of a postponed 2014/2015 Nigeria…
Group plans national sports summit
Spring Vision Koncept Limited, a private group, on Tuesday said it would hold a “National Sports Summit’’ in Abuja in…
NFF has abandoned my team, Siasia cries out
Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has raised the alarm over Nigeria Football Federation, NFF’s…
S’Court Verdict: PDP wants members to be calm, law abiding
The Rivers chapter of the People`s Democratic Party on Tuesday urged its members to be calm and law abiding, despite…
NSE loses N88bn due to poor Q3 results
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday dropped further by N88 billion due to poor third…
Aisha Buhari to Nurses: Educate mothers on consumption of healthy foods
The wife of Nigeria’s president, Aisha Buhari, has urged nurses to educate mothers on the need to consume healthy foods…
Okowa sets up committee to review multi-billion naira tourism park
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Ifeayin Okowa of Delta State has set up a seven-man committee to review the execution of the…
Nigerian Breweries Plc launches first ever locally brewed Apple Cider, Strongbow
Funsho Arogundade Strongbow Apple Ciders, the world’s biggest and most popular cider brand is set to enter the Nigerian market…
N1trn: Reps to probe Lamorde, EFCC
Nigeria’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives on Tuesday asked its committee on Financial Crimes to probe the alleged non-remittance…
Dakuku condemns Wike, PDP’s attack on judiciary
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State in the April election has…
NAF destroys Boko Haram dumps in Sambisa forest
In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram’s ssets, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jets have successfully…