Year: 2016
Rescuing the girls of Chibok
With the video released last Sunday purportedly by Boko Haram, showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok, who are…
The Godless Cathedrals of Nigeria
Ademola Araoye In the end, through the eons the timelessness, limitlessness and endlessness of God reflect the distillation of an…
FG urged to monitor funds released for capital projects
Dr Titus Okunronmu, a former Director, Budgetary Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised the Federal Government to monitor…
Saraki hires nurse, maid for Rashidi Yekini’s mother
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has hired a maid and a nurse to take care of the late Rasheed Yekini’s…
Osun declares Monday public holiday to mark ‘Isese Day’
The Osun Government has declared Monday, Aug. 22 a public holiday to mark the annual Isese Day (Traditional Worshipers’ Day).…
Rio Olympics: Nigeria women’s relay team finishes last
Team Nigeria relay team, led by Blessing Okagbare, on Saturday finished last in the women’s 4x100m relay at the ongoing…
Usain Bolt ends Olympic career by thanking fans
Usain St Leo Bolt ended his Olympic career with another gold in the 4×100 metre relay race, anchoring his Jamaican…
Man butchers girlfriend, sister for refusing to abort pregnancy
A man by the name Stephen Shut Jang in Sabon Gari, Tudun Wada, Jos, Plateau State, has been arrested for…
Buhari supporters beg ‘BringBackOurGirls’ group to shelve march
A group, Buhari Media Support Group, (BMSG), has appealed to the “BringBackOurGirls” to shelve its proposed demonstration to the Presidential…
Debt Recovery: Airline operators warn NAMA
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has cautioned service providers, especially the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), to tread cautiously…
Emefiele emerges President of African Central Banks
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has been elected as the President of the…
Naira suffers further loss against dollar
The Naira on Friday suffered further loss against the dollar at the parallel market as it lost one point to…
ASUP withdraws strike notice as FG opens negotiation
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on has withdrawn its notice directing members to begin a nationwide strike on…
FG committed to rehabilitation of North-East – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the Federal Government’s commitment toward sustainable reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery of the North-East region.…
Speaker Dogara, minister, others plot against Bauchi governor
Some top politicians from Bauchi state on Friday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, alleged wrongdoings,…
Navy foils attempt to kidnap 13 foreign nationals
The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempt by suspected sea pirates to hijack and abduct 13 foreign nationals on board…
Oil marketers seek police support
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) led by the BOT chairman, Alhaji Aminu Abdulkadir has called on the…
Yellow Fever kills 400 in Angola, DRC, WHO to vaccinate 14 million
Yellow Fever has killed 400 people in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, as the World Health Organisation,…
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11 military officials die in bus crash
The South African National Defence Force says 11 of its personnel died in a bus crash on Friday. “A total…
Calabar Light Rail ready for use
The multi-billion Naira Calabar Light rail project, the first in Nigeria, would soon be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The…
Davido in N7 million scam
Entertainment artiste and Aiye crooner David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has been involved in a clash with the organisers…
Abused 4-year-old child tells police her name is ‘Idiot’
The little girl was abused so badly she had a black eye, dried blood in the corner of her mouth…
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman resigns
The Republican Candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman, Paul Manafort has resigned on Friday, days after he was effectively demoted…
Tax evasion: LIRS begins sealing of firms
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Friday appealed to operators of firms to perform their civic responsibility by…
Businessman remanded for N3.8m fraud
A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday remanded a businessman, Abba Abubakar, in prison custody for alleged…
Buhari holds secret talks with Speaker Dogara, Pastor Tunde Bakare
For the second time within a month, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed-door meeting with the Speaker of…
Photographers celebrate 4th World Photography Day
Photographers from all parts of Lagos State on Friday joined their counterparts the world over to celebrate the 4th World…
Kaduna govt. releases 15 prison inmates
The Kaduna State Committee on Prisons Decongestion on Friday said it had set free 15 inmates from the Kaduna Central…
PDP Convention: Rivers govt to sue police, DSS
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has disclosed that the state government will sue the police and…