Year: 2016
Police confirms NNPC gas pipeline explosion in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday confirmed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Gas pipeline explosion in Obotim Nsit…
Football, News, Sports, World News
Cagliari to go for Adebayor
Cagliari is making surprise approaches for Togo international striker Emmanuel Adebayor. Sky Sport Italia reported that the newly-promoted Sardinians are…
Nigerian nabbed in India for selling AIDS curing seeds
A Nigerian national, Uzoma Eleazar, has been arrested for attempting to sell seeds for the cure of AIDS in an…
FRSC creates data bank for road traffic accident
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the need to have a unified road accident data in the country informed…
New Kano CP pledges improved security around Falgore forest
The newly-appointed Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Rabiu Yusuf, has promised to enhance security in areas around the notorious…
Fire guts old Sokoto market
A fire outbreak on Sunday night destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira at the old market in Sokoto.…
T.B Joshua reveals secret of his powers
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua has revealed that the secret behind his powers is…
Pay €120m if you want Pogba, Juventus tells Man Utd
Manchester United have submitted an increased bid of £92m (€110m) plus a further €10m in add-ons to sign Paul Pogba…
Kim Kardashian’s boy utters first word ‘dada’
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were overjoyed to welcome their second child together, Saint, back in December and now Kim…
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Breaking: 17 shot at Florida night club
At least two people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after a shooting outside a Florida nightclub…
Pictures: 2016 City People entertainment awards
The 7th edition of the City People Entertainment Awards was held on Sunday in Lagos. The event is held annually…
Why Babangida overthrew my govt. 31 years ago-Buhari
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he was removed from office 31 years ago because he was planning to…
Sports minister summons AFN scribe over ticket scandal
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has summoned the Secretary, Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Olumide Bamiduro, to explain…
Pirates kill NSCDC personnel in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that pirates ambushed and killed one of its officers in…
Jibrin: How Dogara, his cabal hijacked 2016 budget screening
Former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has reiterated that allegations of budget padding leveled by him…
Nigerian club sides pay referees to win matches – FC Zamfara coach
The Coach of FC Zamfara of Gusau, Alhassan Muhammed, has alleged that club sides in the country do give referees…
Hassan-Kukah to reveal memoirs of Oputa Panel on Tuesday
Bishop Mathew Hassan-Kukah will on Tuesday, July 26, in Ibadan give a critical accounts of the findings from the Nigeria’s…
Electricity coy recruits 1,000 staff for improved service
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has employed 1,000 new staff members to be deployed to its regional offices in…
RRS nabs 2 robbers, recovers gun, loots
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two armed robbers in two…
Why I chained my 9-year old son – Cele Pastor
The father of the nine-year old boy found chained in a room in a Celestial Church of Christ in Ota,…
I’ll pass evidence of Ize-Iyamu’s fraud to EFCC — Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole says he has begun compiling vouchers and other evidence of the fraud perpetrated by the past PDP…
INEC declares Imo North rerun election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the result of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election inconclusive. The poll…
Nigeria: Cost of Corruption
Adeniyi Bamgboye It is no longer news that corruption has increased astronomically in recent years in Nigeria. A skeletal scan…
Lagos targets N1 trillion budget size by 2018
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced its readiness to massively reduce dependence on federal allocation and increase…
Breaking: Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Michael Sonariwo, is dead
The Akarigbo and paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo, is dead. The Ogun first class monarch died Saturday…
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Breaking: FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives Nigeria
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, accompanied by Secretary General Fatma Samoura, on Sunday arrived in Abuja on a two-day visit. The…
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U.S. sends 555-member team, including 292 women, to Rio Olympics
A record contingent of 292 women will be part of a powerful 555-member U.S. team at next month’s Olympic Games…
Borno orders workers to return to liberated areas
The Borno State Government has directed all civil servants in the 10 local government areas of the state liberated by…
Oyo immigration rescues 131 children from traffickers
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Oyo State Command has rescued no fewer than 131 children from child traffickers in…
Ambode commissions N1.876 billion new Alade Market
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode at the weekend commissioned the N1.876 billion new Alade Market built by…