Year: 2016
Trader docked for N117,000 fraud
A trader, Yusuf Yinusa, who allegedly obtained N117,000 from two women on the pretext of supplying them some food items,…
Typhoon threatens southern Japanese Islands
Weather authorities said on Tuesday that Typhoon Malou was approaching Islands in Japan’s South and that it had already brought…
Sokoto spends N428m on International Islamic Conference Centre
The Sokoto State Government has spent about N627 million on constructing International Islamic Conference Centre and various Jumma’at mosques across…
Customs impound N250.4m contraband goods
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, intercepted contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of…
Pastor in Kirikiri Prison for duping 499 women of N3.59 million
Yusuf Muhammed A 46-year old Pastor, Archie Good Morrow has been sent to Kirikiri Prison in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for…
FG to launch “Change Begins with Me” campaign
In a bid to entrench the values of accountability, integrity and inculcate positive attitudinal change in Nigerians, the Federal Government…
Breaking: Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Delta
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped a catholic priest in Warri, Delta State. The abducted priest, Reverend Father Paul…
Clerics reveals why married men have sex with maids
Bishop Charles Ighile, the General Superintendent of The Holy Spirit Mission Church (The Happy Family Chapel) and his wife, Rev.…
Cross River set to float airline
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade on Monday said that the state government is to float an airline, to be…
16 kidnap suspects nabbed in Abia
The Abia State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 16 suspected kidnappers and some suspected armed robbers alleged…
Militant group tells residents to vacate homes
Militants belonging to a group known as the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) on Monday, warned those around major…
Man bags life imprisonment for killing teenager
Two men convicted of kidnapping and murdering a teenager in Saxony last year were on Monday, sentenced by a court…
Wanted Nigerian journalist, Salkida arrested at Abuja Airport
Security operatives believed to be members of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, arrested Ahmed Salkida, the Nigerian…
Venus crashes out of US Open
Home hopes of an all-Williams US Open semi-final clash were dashed as Czech Karolina Pliskova knocked out Venus in a…
Fire kills 23 prisoners in Ethiopia
At least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held,…
Obama cancels meeting with Philippines’ president after insult
President Barack Obama canceled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte described Obama…
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Photo: Obasanjo looking kinky with Rita Dominic
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo certainly looks kinky in this picture he took with ace Nollywood Actress, Rita Dominic posted…
Prof. Okpewho, Nigerian Literary Icon, dies at 74
Prof. Isidore Okpewho, award-winning novelist and one of Nigeria’s foremost literary icons, is dead. Okpehwo died on Sunday Sept. 4…
4 soldiers dead in Bayelsa boat accident
Four soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Delta Safe, ODS, who are currently carrying out an operation…
Fuel price hike will increase hardship on Nigerians – Senate
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, says that increasing fuel pump price beyond 145 Naira…
Adegoke Adelabu’s home now a tourist site
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan The Oke-Oluokun, Ibadan, home of late Chief Adegoke Adelabu is to be officially enlisted as one of the…
INEC: We’re ready to conduct Edo polls
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its readiness to conduct the gubernatorial election in Edo state,…
Edo gets new Commissioner of Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The immediate past Commissioner for Police in Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, has assured the people of the…
7th anniversary of Gani: Activists plan political movement
Some Activists on Monday said they had resolved to mobilise the people to begin a political movement that would take…
Naira gains marginally at the interbank market
The Naira on Monday appreciated marginally at the interbank market, gaining N0.57 against the dollar. The Nigerian currency closed at…
Police nab 16 kidnap suspects in Abia
The Police Command in Abia said it had arrested 16 suspected kidnappers and some suspected armed robbery alleged to have…
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No plan to increase prices of petroleum products – Minister, NNPC
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Monday refuted media reports of possible increase in the prices…
Governor Dickson behind my ordeal, says Sylva loyalist
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A detained loyalist of former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, Mr. Jonah Okah, has accused Governor…
Buhari leads Osinbajo, APC governors to Edo grand rally
Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the party members to…