Year: 2016
5 dead as flood sacks thousands from homes in Louisiana
Swollen rivers in Louisiana are expected to keep rising Monday as deadly floodwaters have displaced tens of thousands of people…
2016 Hajj: 3,500 depart from Sokoto
Alhaji Abubakar Kaoje, the Sokoto Zonal Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), said on Monday that a…
KWASU VC backs scrapping of diploma programmes in varsities
The Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah has supported the recent announcement by the Federal Government, stopping universities…
Kebbi gov. urges communities to vacate flood-prone areas
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has advised farmers and residents in flood-prone areas to vacate their communities due to the…
Lukas Podolski retires from international football
Germany striker Lukas Podolski has announced his retirement from international football. The Polish-born 31-year-old helped his country win the 2014…
Edo governorship candidate to introduce E-Governance
Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Sept. 10 governorship elections in Edo, says he will…
Nigeria Customs generate N385.7bn in 6 months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N385.7 billion revenue from January to June this year. This was against…
NDLEA appeals to religious bodies to fight drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday, appealed to religious institutions to mobilise their members and resources to…
Japan to sponsor 29 Nigerians for Masters degree
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) says it is sponsoring 29 Nigerians to Japan for their Master’s degree under the…
Boko Haram: Security agencies tasked on Chibok girls video
The Girl-Child Right Awareness Initiative in Africa, an NGO, has called on security agencies to act swiftly on the latest…
Lagos charges councils to embrace cashless revenue collection
The Lagos State Government has charged the Sole Administrators of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas,…
Sheriff has come to destroy PDP– Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister has reacted to a comment credited to the factional national chairman of the People’s Democratic…
EFCC to quiz Jibrin over alleged N418m contracts fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to quiz a former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr.…
Father identifies daughter among kidnapped Chibok girls
The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote area of Chibok more than two years ago…
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Bolt still the world’s fastest man, wins Rio Olympics 100m gold
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt on Sunday became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by edging out American Justin…
Rio 2016: Rose beats Stenson in golf gold final
Great Britain’s Justin Rose became golf’s first Olympic champion since 1904 by beating Henrik Stenson to gold in a thrilling…
Rio Olympics: Murray wins tennis gold
Britain’s Andy Murray became the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles by beating Argentina’s Juan Martin del…
Ganduje constructs N36b waste management plant in Kano
Kano state government is to construct a waste recycling company, to be named Shara Dukiya Nigeria Ltd., at the cost…
Rio Olympics: Bolt wins 100m gold
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt on Sunday became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by edging out American Justin…
Hajj 2016: NAHCON transports 20,000 pilgrims in a week
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says no fewer than 20,000 pilgrims have been transported to Saudi Arabia for…
LASG shuts down ‘ponmo’ processing section of Oko-Oba abattoir
The Lagos State Government on Sunday shut down and dislodged the cow skin (popularly known as ponmo) processing section of…
Bill Gates Foundation donates $1m to Boko Haram victims
The Borno Government said it received a cash donation of one million U.S. dollars from the Bill Gates Foundation for…
Rio 2016: Thompson wins female 100m gold
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson won the women’s 100m at the Rio Olympics as two-time champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to settle for…
We’re doing everything possible to secure release of Chibok girls-FG
The Federal Government says it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an…
Breaking: Ghastly motor accident claims 5 lives in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga A ghastly motor accident on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has claimed five lives, the Lagos…
Chibok parents seek urgent US, UK help to rescue schoolgirls
Parents of the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok have called on the United States, United Kingdom, France and other countries to…
Boko Haram: Army’s statement on wanted persons
The world is quite aware of the abduction of several persons; women, children and men, including the female students of…
Poll: Zambian president in slim lead over main rival
Zambian President Edgar Lungu maintained a slim lead over his main rival on Sunday with nearly half of votes counted…
Video of Chibok schoolgirls: Army declares 3 wanted
Following the release of a fresh video by the Boko Haram insurgents showing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, the Nigerian Army…
The criminality of budget padding
Femi Falana Last week, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrogantly maintained that he would not…