Year: 2016
Ikeja Electric debunks report on Bariga fire incident
The Management of Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc on Friday debunked a media report that an electricity spark from its wires…
El-Rufai inaugurates Inter-Faith Peace Centre in Kaduna
An International Centre for Inter-Faith Peace and Harmony has opened in Kaduna, where more than 20,000 people have died in…
Budget Padding: A new way to steal ?
Tony Ogunlowo As the budget padding controversy rages on members of the public wonder what’s next. When it comes to…
Police Recruitment: 110,469 applicants shortlisted
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469 applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for…
Aregbesola’s hidden treasure in Osun State
Abiodun KOMOLAFE, “I hope that my achievements in life shall be these – that I will have fought for what…
3 pipeline vandals arrested in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested three suspected pipeline vandals in Eket Local Government Area of the state. The…
Osogbo set for Osun festival grand finale
Osogbo, the Osun capital is agog for the grand finale of the annual Osun Osogbo festival. NAN correspondent monitoring events…
Nigerian teenager macheted to death in London
Parents of Andre Aderemi, a Nigerian teenager who was brutally macheted 20 times after being pursued by three others carrying…
2 feared dead in Jigawa rainstorm
Two children were feared dead in a building collapse, a sequel to torrential rain in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of…
Man docked for defiling a 14-year-old
A 24-year-old man, Anyanwu Martins, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl, was on Friday arraigned before an Apapa Senior Magistrates’…
Medical doctor dies of Lassa fever in NAUTH
A medical doctor has died of Lassa fever at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, the management has…
Osun Polytechnic student docked for Facebook fraud
A 21-year-old student of Osun State Polytechnic, Adaramaja Olawale, was on Friday docked for alleged Facebook fraud. Olawale, who resides…
NURTW boss warns Lagosians against patronising ‘kabukabu’
Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the Chairman, NURTW in Lagos State, has warned residents to desist from patronising non-registered commercial bus and…
My husband gives me N10 upkeep allowance, wife tells court
An Ojaoba Panel of Sharia Court of Arbitration in Ibadan on Friday heard that Abdulrasheed Yusuf, gives his wife, Sidikat,…
AEDC dragged to court over transformer explosion
The FCT High Court has been urged to order the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc to pay adequate compensation…
Man remanded for stealing electronics
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Friday ordered the remand of an unemployed man, Tajudeen Ganiyu, who allegedly stole…
Kano Electricity officer electrocuted to death
An official of Kano Electricity Distribution Company [KERDCO], Usaini Usman, has been electrocuted while disconnecting an electricity cable in Kano.…
Ghana says dispute with Ivory Coast affects oil development
Ghana’s President, John Mahama, says a maritime boundary dispute with Ivory Coast had affected the development of the new TEN…
Lawyer seeks special salary structure for teachers
Mr Jimoh Abdulrasaq, Ilorin based legal practitioner, has called on the Federal Government to place teachers in public schools on…
1,600 cases of pipeline vandalism recorded since January – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, says Nigeria recorded 1,600 cases of pipeline vandalism since January.…
US Secretary of State visits Nigeria over Boko Haram
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is expected in Nigeria on Aug. 23 to discuss U.S. cooperation with Nigeria…
PDP lacks moral basis to comment on economy – APC
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which brought Nigeria to its present situation after 16 years of locust, lacks the moral…
I’m the greatest – Usain Bolt
The unbeatable Usain Bolt once again proved utterly incomparable on the Olympic track on Thursday, powering his way to a…
Paying tribute to O. J. Abuah
Reuben Abati Life is all about memories. It is the only thing we are left with when flesh and spirit…
Access Bank: Combining fun and learning for children
True to nature, children are indeed curious beings. In their world, words such as What, Why, Where, When, How never…
Transfers: Arsene Wenger to sign Jose Gimenez for £56m
Arsenal have started talks with Atletico Madrid over the signing of 21-year-old Uruguay centre-back Jose Gimenez. (Daily Mail) However, Arsenal…
Terrorism: Twitter suspends 235,000 accounts
Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts that promoted terrorism over the last six months, as part of a continuing effort to keep…
Rio Olympics: US swimmers indicted for lying
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have recommended that U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen face charges of false…
Clinton’s foundation to reject donations if elected
Hillary Clinton’s family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring…
They want to pull me down, Jonathan cries out
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday cried out over plans by some misguided people to pull him down at all…