Year: 2016
Human rights lawyer murdered in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The human rights community in Rivers State was thrown into mourning on Monday with the news of…
CSOs protest in Lagos over budget padding
A coalition of over 30 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, on Monday took to the streets of Lagos to protest against…
Ize-Iyamu can’t be trusted with govt treasury-Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged the people of the State to vote for Mr. Godwin Obaseki of…
IPOB raises alarm over Nnamdi Kanu’s life in Kuje prison
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm over Nnamdi Kanu’s life in Kuje Prison. The IPOB in…
3 men bolt with N6.5m container in Lagos
Three men, who allegedly stole a container laden with goods worth N6.5 million, were in Lagos on Monday charged before…
Kaduna govt proposes life imprisonment for rapists
The Kaduna State Government has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State…
Men docked for threatening to kidnap 4 children
Two men were arraigned in Lagos on Monday for sending threat messages to a mother alleging that they would kidnap…
Zaria clash: Court declines to grant El-Zakzaky freedom
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by…
2, 000 women die annually in Sokoto over pregnancy
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says no fewer than 2, 000 women lose their lives annually in the state…
We are responsible for wedding blast – ISIS
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 15…
Ambode appoints new LIRS chairman
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday nominated Mr. Ayodele Hamzat Subair for confirmation by the State House of…
Attempted jail break in Kuje Prison
Kuje Maximum Prison, Abuja, is in the news again. There was confusion at the prison on Monday as officials of…
Jimoh Ibrahim emerges Ondo PDP’s factional candidate
Industrialist Jimoh Ibrahim has emerged the governorship candidate of the Sen. Ali Modu-Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in…
Kwara set to implement contributory pension scheme
The Kwara Government on Monday expressed its readiness to start implementing contributory pension scheme in the state. Dr Femi Akorede,…
LCCI boss tasks CBN on policies, announcements
Mr Muda Yusuf, the Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has advised the CBN to be careful of…
Guinness Nigeria provides water for Bauchi community
In a bid to deepen health and sanitation practices, Guinness Nigeria Plc and WaterAid Nigeria have partnered to construct two…
Ohaneze in search of credible Igbo political leaders
Chief Celestine Okeke, the National Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, has said that Igbos were in dire need of credible…
C & S pastor canvasses for national unity
Pastor Ademola Popoola of C & S Movement Church English Chapel, Ilorin, on Monday, stressed the importance of unity for…
Kwara APGA charges electorate to demand good governance
Mr. Sule Ajayi, the National Vice Chairman, North Central chapter of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on the…
Ondo: Court stops Modu Sheriff from conducting PDP primaries
A high court in Ondo State has barred factional leader of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and…
Attacks on rural farmers threat to food security – CAN Chairman
The Northern Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has decried persistent attacks on rural farmers. Its Chairman, Rev. Yakubu…
Lawmaker donates relief materials to Sokoto flood victims
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Isa Kalanjeni, on Monday donated assorted relief materials worth N5 million to…
3,390 Kebbi pilgrims transported to Saudi Arabia- Official
Alhaji Bala Sakaba, the Kebbi Chairman of Pilgrims Welfare Agency, said on Monday that a total of 3,390 pilgrims from…
Cleric wants sellers of fake alcohol prosecuted
A cleric, Pastor Adam Kolawole of the Church of Christ Assembly, Ilorin, on Monday called for the prosecution of anybody…
2 trapped as 6-storey building collapses in Abuja
A six-storey hotel building under development collapsed on Monday morning on 444 Crescent, Citec Villas, Gwarinpa, Abuja. The incident happened…
Talk for the Best
John Adebisi Gone are the days when you couldn’t talk the talk. Now you’re talking everywhere you go. Inspired to…
Nigeria: Battling corruption to a standstill
Godwin Onyeacholem Over the years, it has been identified in countless studies that one of the core reasons Nigeria has…
60 killed in Yemen suicide attack
At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen…
The professor as a herbalist
A High Chief of Idaseland in Owo Kingdom, Professor Nelson Olabanji Fashina of the Department of English, University of Ibadan,…