Year: 2016
Lagos charges traditional rulers to fight cultism, hoodlums
The Lagos State Government has charged traditional rulers in the state to fight the menace of cultism and hoodlums in…
FIRS battles Acorn Petroleum company over unpaid taxes
Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has filed a counter claim before a Federal High Court in Lagos,…
Model calls Messi a super flop in bed
Undoubtedly, Lionel Messi is the best footballer on the planet but he has astonishingly been alleged to be rubbish in…
There is hunger in the land, Father Mbaka tells Buhari
Popular Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu State, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has decried the suffering…
Seizure of Fayose’s assets ok- Court
According to Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja held yesterday, the temporary order of attachment granted in…
Mikel Obi causes confusion with new name
In attempting to clarify his actual name, the Chelsea veteran has just made everyone very, very confused. According to UK…
OPC ready to fight militants in Ogun
About 5,000 members of the Reformed Oodua People’s Congress stormed the Imushin community, Ogijo area of Ogun State, to confront…
Padded Budget, Padded Change by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve…
Buhari appoints new Permanent Secretary, redeploys 8 others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Ambassador Olusola Enikanolaiye as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil…
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Pictures: Buhari meets President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic who came on an official visit to the…
Beware of unregistered money transfer operators – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to beware of the activities…
Sheriff overrules suspension of party members in Abia
The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday overturned the suspension of party members in Abia. This…
Budget Padding: APC summons Dogara, Jubrin
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a panel to broker peace between feuding legislators in the ongoing budget…
Recession: Buhari’s economic team meets financial experts
The Economic Management Team met with top economists and financial experts in Abuja on Tuesday in continuation of its consultations…
Kidnappers of 2 nurses demand N17m ransom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Abductors of two nurses at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), have demanded the payment of N17…
Doctors forget towel inside patient after surgery
For allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after surgical operation, two doctors working with a private hospital in Lagos…
Abudu community declares support for Obaseki
The people of Abudu in Orhiomwon Local Government Area have declared their total support for the candidacy of Mr. Godwin…
How Kogi govt. allegedly mismanaged N30 billion bailout fund
An Abuja-based Civil Society Organisation, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), has called on the relevant anti-corruption agencies in the country,…
PDP NWC overrules suspension of Abia party stalwarts
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overruled the suspension of three stalwart of the…
Police parade Abuja notorious fraudsters
The police on Tuesday paraded a three-man gang of notorious fraudsters specializing in defrauding highly placed personalities in Abuja through…
Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency-Obama
President Barack Obama offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Donald Trump to date Tuesday, declaring the Republican nominee entirely…
Julius Berger completes milling of 3km on ‘long bridge’
The Federal Ministry of Works said on Tuesday that three kilometres of asphalt had been removed from the ‘Long Bridge’…
Buhari nominates Chairman, Commissioners for NCC
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm nominees into positions of Chairman, Executive Commissioner, and Non-Executive Commissioners of…
NDLEA nabs man, seizes hard drug worth N1.78bn
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra says it has arrested a 31-year-old man, Vincent Chidiebere, for allegedly…
Katsina distributes 720 goats to women
The Katsina State Government has distributed 720 high breed of goats worth N104 million for distribution to women under its…
Budget Padding: NANS tells Dogara to step aside
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS (Joint Campus Committee), Ogun State has called on the Speaker of…
Dangote refinery’ll resolve fuel supply challenge in W/Africa-Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the Dangote Refinery being developed at the Lekki Free…
Shop-breakers docked in Lagos
Two men, Isiaka Ibrahim and Ismaili Abdullahi – who allegedly broke into some shops at night and stole items worth…
Operation ‘Tsare Teku’ reduced piracy, hostage taking- Navy
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said that Operation ‘Tsare Teku’ had reduced piracy and hostage taking in the country’s waterways…
CDAs hail military operations at Arepo, Ogijo in Ogun
Community Development Associations (CDA) in communities recently ravaged by pipeline vandals between Ikorodu in Lagos State and Sagamu in Ogun…