Year: 2016
Oil prices rise, Dollar yield grows
The U.S. dollar held near 14-year peaks on Wednesday as global yield spreads moved inexorably in its favour, while a…
Videos: The making of Miss Nigeria
The 40th edition of the Miss Nigeria pageant was held at the Eko Hotel Convention & Suites, Lagos on Monday…
Changing face of dollar will end recession – Gwadabe
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), on Wednesday said that changing the face…
Nigerians can live in peace if there is justice—Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar, said the various ethnics and interest groups in the country can co-exist peacefully…
2017 budget: N7.30trn proposal achievable with public works
A don, Prof. Sarah Anyanwu, says the Federal Government’s N7.30 trillion budget proposal for 2017 is achievable with a lot…
Fresh oil spill hits Ibeno communities in Akwa Ibom
Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American giant oil facility- ExxonMobil has hit more than 10 communities situated on…
British military trains more NAF regimental personnel
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its collaboration with the British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) has produced another batch…
Falana begs Buhari to pardon soldiers jailed for mutiny
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana SAN, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to pardon 70 convicted…
We’re responsible for Berlin lorry attack-IS
The Islamic State Extremist Group, via its Aamaq Agency outlet, has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Berlin Christmas…
2016: Lagos trains 15,000 workers with N1 billion
The Lagos State Government has expended N1 billion in training over 15,000 public servants this year. Commissioner for Establishments, Training…
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At last, Lagos rolls out Lake Rice Wednesday at N12,000 per bag
The long awaited Lake Rice of the Lagos State Government will be rolled out on Wednesday in the three senatorial…
Pressure mounts on Buhari to probe Bola Ige’s murder afresh
Fifteen years after the murder of the nation’s former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, activists, social…
Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks, bangers, others
Police in Jigawa State have placed a total ban on the use of fireworks, bangers and other explosives during the…
Heartbeat, the musical hits a graceful home run
Produced in conjunction with theatre veterans Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva, Tosin Otudeko’s Heartbeat; The Musical, presents a patchwork of…
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Breaking: EFCC drags Etete, Adoke to court over Malabu $1.1b oil deal
The anti-graft EFCC has filed fraud charges against Nigeria’s former Attorney-General, Mohammed Adoke; a former petroleum minister, Dan Etete; and…
Court arraigns woman for beating up man
A middle-aged woman, Kemi Saheed, has appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up a man within the…
Court jails student 2 years for cultism
A high court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced one Adekunle Iyanu to two years’ imprisonment for belonging to the…
Teen suffocates to death after being banned for menstruating
A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal’s western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was…
The Bidoung Challenge
Cameroonians got their chance of introducing into the syllabus of Comedy and Other Comic Forms (a subject I taught in…
Estate agent bolts with accommodation seeker’s N550, 000
A 42-year-old man, Emmanuel Jagede, who allegedly defrauded an accommodation seeker of N550, 000, was on Tuesday released on a…
5 employees docked for stealing N660, 000 Orijin drinks
Five men, who allegedly stole 10 cartons of Origin, a Nigerian alcoholic beverage, worth N660, 000, were on Tuesday brought…
Strike: Arik Air passengers stranded nationwide
Aviation unions on Tuesday shut down the operations of Arik Air, leaving hundreds of the airline’s passengers stranded across the…
Court issues bench warrant against Osun monarch
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has issued a bench warrant against the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi following…
Plateau Govt resuscitates 3 water treatment plants
Mr David Wuyep, the Plateau Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy, says his ministry has resuscitated three water treatment plants…
Man nabbed for alleged N50,00 fraud
A suspect, Ibiabinisi Ayodele,44, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court, Lagos for allegedly obtaining N50,000 under false…
NYSC deploys more corps members in rural schools
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said on Tuesday that the scheme was assisting government in reviving the education sector…
Pageantry originated from the bible -Beauty Queen
Miss Ayanfe Falana, the “Most Beautiful Girl, Eko 2016’’ on Tuesday said that the role of a beauty queen was…
Imo police nab most wanted criminal- CP
Following the recent declaration of “Operation Nkpochapu Phase two” by the Imo state police command, over 25 criminals terrorising the…
Labour shuts down Arik Airlines operations
The United Labour Congress (ULC) and the Nigeria Pilots and Engineers union on Tuesday shut the offices of Arik Airlines,…