Year: 2016
Edo race between a talking drum and a working brain
Ernest Omoarelojie Nigerians are stressed almost beyond measure. Some are so affected by the effects that rational reasoning seems to…
Dogara gives Jibrin 7-day ultimatum to retract libelous allegations *Or face legal action
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has given a seven-day ultimatum to Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin to tender…
Lagos PDP backs Bode George for National Chairman
The Lagos State Executives of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday declared its support for the former Deputy National…
John Momoh elected BON Chairman
The Chairman of Channels Media Group, Mr. John Momoh (OON) has been elected as the Chairman of the Broadcasting Organisations…
NOUN to offer scholarships to 100 IDPs
Prof. Abdalla Adamu, the Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has said that the university is working towards offering…
Suspected killer of former Nigerian envoy arrested
The FCT Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of Sunday Yusuf, a former Nigerian Ambassador…
Sokoto govt. gets N4bn loan for farmers
Alhaji Nagwari Tambuwal, Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said the State Government had accessed N4billion loan for…
Teenager sentenced to community service for stealing
A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 19-year-old man, Mohammed Sani, to community service for stealing…
NOUN law graduates await Law School admission
The Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN) chapter, says there are three sets of law…
South African guards beat Nigerian bizman to death
The Nigeria Union, South Africa, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of a Nigerian businessman in Limpopo Province of South Africa…
Top Vatican investigated for child sex abuse
Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric and a key figure in the Vatican under Pope Francis, is being…
Group to picket LASIEC over councils’ sole administrators
The National Coalition for Good Governance (NACOGG) has called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to ensure the immediate removal of sole…
UNICEF certifies 276 Nigerian communities open defecation-free
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said 276 communities across the country have been certified open defecation-free.…
Ekiti govt. directs builders to obtain plans
The Ekiti State Government on Wednesday directed potential landlords to obtain approved plans before building houses or risk demolition. The…
SSS arrests 10 kidnap suspects
The Kogi State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) said on Wednesday that it had arrested 10 suspected kidnappers…
Cleric decries electoral violence, kidnapping, robbery in Rivers
Rev. Minaibim Harry, Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Rivers in the 2015 elections, has decried the spate of…
Pope Francis says world is at war
Pope Francis says the world is at war, but is stressing that it’s not a war of religions. Francis spoke…
Man in court for biting off driver’s ear
A 35-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, was on Wednesday docked before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Kano for allegedly biting off…
Lagos students warned to shun indiscipline
The Lagos State Government says it will reintroduce “Black Books” in primary, junior and senior secondary schools in the state…
Lagos, Niger Begin Talk On Agric. Partnership
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday kick-started discussions on partnership for the development of agricultural commodity value chain with Niger…
ntel announces TY Danjuma as new Chairman
NatCom Development & Investment Limited “NatCom” (trading as ntel) has announced a key addition to its board and the emergence…
Police officer had sex on duty 100 times
A Wisconsin police officer resigned after an internal investigation found he had sex nearly 100 times on duty. Hudson Police…
39 dead after heavy downpour
No fewer than 39 people were killed in Nepal in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rain, authorities said on…
Petrol station attendant bolts with employer’s N450,000
A female petrol station attendant, Monsurat Oyebanji, who allegedly stole her employer’s N491,915, is facing trial at an Ikorodu Magistrates’…
Bauchi govt. establishments’ electricity disconnected over N1.6bn debt
The Bauchi Business Unit Manager of Jos Electricity Distribution Company says it disconnected Bauchi State Government establishments over N1.6 billion…
6 arraigned for burglary in Ogun
The police in Ogun on Wednesday arraigned six men in an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court for burglary. The accused were…
Ikpea asks for support for cerebral palsy sportsmen
Sam Ikpea, National Adviser, Cerebral Palsy Football Association (CPFA), has tasked soccer enthusiasts across the nation to identify with the…
No alternative to Buhari-led administration – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is on the…
Hindu radicals beat Muslim women over beef rumour
A report said that suspected Hindu radicals in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh assaulted two Muslim women on suspicion…
El-Rufai raises committee on Army/Shiites clash
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has set up a nine-man committee to produce a white paper on the report…