Year: 2016
NSCDC in Nasarawa receives 405 cases in 8 months
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State on Monday said it received 405 cases from January…
Kwara inaugurates committee for Community Health Insurance Scheme
The Kwara Government on Monday inaugurated a joint health monitoring team to oversee the activities of the Community Health Insurance…
“Change Begins With Me” not a stolen idea- Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has demanded a retraction of libelous publications by the Daily Independent…
CAN President calls for a new Nigeria
Rev. Samson Ayokunle, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on Christians to put hands on deck to rebuild…
Jubilation as 3SC beat Wikki Tourists to escape relegation
It was jubilation time for supporters of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Sunday after the club defeated…
Arnold Palmer, ‘The King’ of golf, dies at 87
Before accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, Arnold Palmer shared a few laughs with President George W. Bush…
Man with cocaine in anus arrested at Lagos airport
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency recently arrested a 46-year-old man who allegedly inserted wraps of narcotics into…
Domestic staff rapes boss’ three daughters
Ndubuisi Utom, a middle-aged man in Amaechara Agbo village, Afikpo in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was…
SARS officer arrested for killing undergraduate
The Lagos State police command has arrested an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, who allegedly shot and killed Joseph…
Thugs invade monarch’s house, kill son
Yusuf Muhammed Armed thugs have invaded the house of Oba Musliu Olipede Olojoruwa, the Olorile of Itori Oke Egba Land…
$7 billion illegal loan: I have no apology for Soludo-Falana
Kazeem Ugbodaga Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) says he has no apology to tender to former Governor of the…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s letter seeking Oyegun’s immediate resignation
Read the full statement issued by the Tinubu media office on Sunday. OYEGUN’S ONDO FRAUD: THE VIOLATION OF DEMOCRACY IN…
Resign now, Tinubu tells Odigie-Oyegun
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asked the National Chairman of the party,…
Nollywood actors Kenneth Okonkwo, Tonto Dike receive Peace Achievers Awards
Veteran Nollywood actors Kenneth Okonkwo and Tonto Dike have been honoured with the “Peace Achievers Awards” by the Peace Ambassador…
Pictures: Buhari returns to Abuja from New York
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived State House Abuja after participating in the 71 session of the United Nations General Assembly…
Assets Sale: PENGASSAN threatens strike
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to go on strike if the Federal…
CPC vows to sanction supermarket selling fake, expired goods
The Ondo State Consumer Protection Council (CPC) says it is ready to sanction any supermarket that sells expired drugs and…
NAN Director, Multi-Media dies at 54
Malam Sani Adamu, the Managing Editor/Director, Multi Media Services of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has died in Abuja…
Ambassador-designates get posting by December —Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Sunday gave assurances that the Ambassador-Designates would be posted out by…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills 4 soldiers, loses 22 members
The Nigerian Army said it repelled terrorists attack at Logomani on Dikwa-Gambarou road in Borno on Sunday, killing 22 of…
Awolowo’s 50-year old letter to Gen Ironsi seeking freedom
Here is Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s letter from prison to Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, pressing for his release and that of…
Nigerian Army reacts to Shekau’s new video, says he’s mad
The Nigerian military has reacted to the new video footage released by the Boko Haram on Sunday where Abubakar Shekau,…
APC wants assault on members probed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has called on security agencies to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of assault…
No economic recession will stop God from working for his people – Cleric
The Cleric in charge of All Saints Methodist Church Mararaba, Rev. Caleb Ekele on Sunday said the economic recession in…
7 armed robbery suspects in police net
The Nigeria Police, Kaduna State Command, has arrested seven armed robbery suspects who invaded Godogodo in Kafanchan Local Government Area…
Price of cooking gas drops in Asaba
The price of cooking gas has dropped in Asaba, a market survey has shown. The survey showed that the cost…
NCC receives 6,163 complaints from telecoms subscribers in Q2
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it received 6,163 complaints from telecommunications subscribers in the second quarter of 2016. Mr…
Sympathisers rescue baby from attack by suspected mad mother
Sympathisers on Sunday rescued a baby of about nine months old from his suspected mad mother as she beat him…
Fuel tanker falls on car, kills one in Lagos
A petrol tanker with Registration No. AGL 664 XG, on Sunday morning fell on a moving car in Lagos and…
My life, family in danger, says Ex-Rivers Assembly Leader
Dr Chidi Lloyd, a former Rivers House of Assembly member, has called on security agencies to protect his life and…