Year: 2016
Last batch of Oyo pilgrims to arrive Sept. 30
The Chairman, Oyo State Muslim Welfare Board, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold, has said that the last batch of pilgrims from the…
Police arraign 57-year-old man for assault in Osun
A 57-year-old man, Matthew Isawumi, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault. The prosecutor, Idoko James,…
Nigerians commend Paralympians, urge corporate support
Nigerians, especially athletics buffs on Tuesday continued to commend the performance of the special athletes who participated in the just-concluded…
NCS seizes rice worth 597.7bn
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized rice worth N597.7 billion brought into the country through the borders between…
No vaccine for Lassa fever prevention yet- NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that there is no vaccine that is clinically proven to be effective…
ABU professor develops new malaria vaccine
Prof. Nasiru Shua’ibu of Biochemical Parasitology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent…
Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit
The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday.…
Court slams banker N350,000 bail for crushing man to death
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday slammed a N350,000 bail on a banker, Lekan Idris, for allegedly crushing a car…
Okowa mourns Delta NLC, NULGE Chairman
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Union…
Man drinks poison, jumps into Lagos river
Residents of Salvation Avenue in the Ajegunle, Ikorodu area of Lagos State have found the corpse of a man by…
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Bloomberg paints a dark picture of Nigeria’s recession
On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the Niger river, the Ajaokuta steel plant…
Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19…
George H W Bush is voting for Hillary Clinton
Former President George H W Bush is reportedly voting for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a Facebook post from…
Google Pixel smartphones to launch on October 4
Google late Monday sent out invitations to an October 4 event, hinting that the Internet titan will show off a…
Breaking: UN suspends aid operations in Syria
The United Nations has suspended aid operations in Syria after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in rural Aleppo…
BOI earmarks N10bn for FG’s Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme
The Bank of Industry said on Tuesday it had set aside N10 billion this year for the Youth Entrepreneurship Support…
2016 Hajj: Jigawa loses 2 pilgrims
The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of two pilgrims from the state in Saudi Arabia during…
Hijab: Obey court order, Muslims warn Lagos schools
Following the resumption of Lagos schools on Monday, the Lagos State Area Unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria…
Patience Jonathan orders EFCC to defreeze her accounts
First Law Associates, the solicitor to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC),…
EFCC confiscates 3 mansions from ex-governor Shema
Three mansions belonging to the detained ex-governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema have been seized by the Economic and Financial…
APC ready for Edo guber polls- Oshiomhole
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready for the Sept. 28 gubernatorial…
Buhari urges warring South Sudan leaders to honour peace agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York called on warring leaders in South Sudan to honour the terms of…
Terrorists ambush troops, kill 6 civilians, injure 3 soldiers – Army
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that six civilians died Monday in Borno in an attack by remnants of the Boko…
Breaking: New York bombing suspect charged with attempted murder
New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged with five counts of “attempted murder of…
Buhari assures investors of security of lives, investments and property
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York assured existing and potential investors in Nigeria of adequate protection of their…
FCTA summons emergency security meeting on begging, hawking
The FCT Administration has restated that begging, street hawking, cattle grazing and commercial motorcycle (Okada) remain banned in the Federal…
Osinbajo calls for community policing to tackle security challenges
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that community policing had become necessary to tackle internal security challenges facing the…
Navy averts hijack of tanker, destroys more illegal refineries
The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it had averted hijack an attack on `Hanze Kochi’, a marine tanker, and…
Police intensify search for kidnapped landlords
The Police in Lagos, Ogun and Zone-2 Command have intensified search for four landlords abducted by unknown gunmen in Isheri,…
Samsung to announce new launch date for Galaxy Note7
Samsung Electronics West Africa Limited (SEWA) has announced the postponement of the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note7 in Nigeria. This…