Year: 2016
Sanders’ supporters resist Clinton as Democratic convention begins
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday urged his supporters to back former rival Hillary Clinton’s White House bid, but drew…
Democratic convention mired in controversy
Tensions are running high as Democratic convention in Philadelphia gets under way with Bernie Sanders supporters disrupting activities with protest…
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Breaking: Man stabs 19 people to death
At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the…
US trains 100 Nigerians on cybercrime law
The U.S. on Monday in Abuja commenced the training of 100 Nigerian public officials on the implementation of Nigeria’s cybercrime…
7 dead as students’ bus collide with 2 vehicles
A ghastly automobile accident along Bauchi to Darazo road, involving a bus conveying students of Federal Government Girls College, Bauchi,…
Naira stable against dollar as CBN meets over economy
The Naira on Monday remained stable at the parallel market. The Nigerian currency maintained N378 to the dollar at the…
How Dogara, Lasun others stole millions from House budget – Jibrin
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmimin Jibrin, Monday continued his series of revelations on…
Closed Door Meeting: What I discussed with Buhari – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday opened up on his discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari early today during a closed…
2 die as tanker explosion rocks Apapa-Oshodi expressway
Two people have been confirmed dead as a tanker conveying petroleum product exploded on Monday at Cele area on Apapa-Oshodi…
Cult groups sign peace pact in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some leaders of cult groups and their members in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State…
Polio: Jigawa to immunise 1.7m children
The Jigawa Government on Monday said it targeted to immunise 1.7 million children in ongoing Outbreak Response Vaccination (ORV) against…
Housewife to die for murder
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 28-year old housewife, Mrs. Mary Attah, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Delta State…
Banker docked over alleged N4.1m fraud
A former employee of FirstBank of Nigeria, Timothy Adewale, who allegedly defrauded the bank to the tune of N4.1 million…
NAFDAC seizes unwholesome, unregistered drugs in Enugu
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Enugu says it has confiscated unwholesome and unregistered sedative…
No more Boko Haram camps in North-East- Army
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, on Monday in Lagos said there were no longer camps of…
Traditional wears should be school uniforms on Fridays- Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the education sector on Monday urged school proprietors and administrators to introduce traditional wears as school uniforms on…
2 Bank officials get N10m-bail after stealing employer’s N30m
Two bank officials, Tiaminu Lukeman ,48, and Shogaolu Sherif,30, who allegedly stole N30 million from their employer, were on Monday…
Buhari holds secret meeting with Obasanjo
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the State House, Abuja.…
Buhari meets FIFA President, Obasanjo behind closed doors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met separately with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind…
Illegal parking: Lagos justifies Taskforce’s removal of vehicles number plate
The Lagos State Government on Monday justified the new enforcement method of its Special Offences Taskforce which favoured the removal…
Edo gets new Speaker
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has stepped down. She was replaced by the…
Learn to accept defeat, Saraki to football administrators
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has urged football administrators to learn to accept defeat in the interest of the…
Traditional Leader urges FG to complete Jare Dam
Alhaji Abdullahi Lawal, a Traditional Leader of Grain Dealers in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State, on Monday, appealed to…
Unilorin wins Nigerian varsities debating championship
The University of Ilorin(Unilorin) has won this year’s All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), beating 19 other universities that participated in…
Traffic Laws: Lagos Govt clarifies enforcement method
The Lagos State Government on Monday has defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the…
Catfish farmers urged to export produce
An Aquaculture Consultant, Mr Tajudeen Morakinyo, on Monday, advised catfish farmers to key into the international demand for the commodity,…
Man publicly executed in Iran for killing 4-year-old
A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday,…
Obasanjo, Tinubu, others blame visa regime for poor African trade
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the visa regime operating across Africa was one of the greatest impediments to the…
Edo pensioners protest non-payment of gratuities, pension arrears
Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo capital, to…
Man docked for breaking into pastor’s apartment
A 25-year-old man, Ofuajo Eseogbene, was on Monday brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged burglary.…