Year: 2016
Osinbajo defends views on restructuring
For those criticizing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his views on the restructuring of the country, his Senior Special Assistant(Media…
Osinbajo seeks deeper debate on restructuring
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is calling for a deeper understanding of the current restructuring debate in the country, and supports…
Kidnapped Lagos Account Director, son rescued
Kazeem Ugbodaga The kidnapped Director of Account working with the Lagos State Government, Thomas Otuyemi and his son have been…
Dino Melaye: Saharareporters lied against me
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West has denied a story about what he said at the executive session of…
Breaking: Buhari appoints BBOG founder, Ms. Hadiza new managing director, NPA
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Group as Managing…
NPS redeploys senior officers
The Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has approved the redeployment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).…
PDP national secretariat remains shut
The National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to be reopened, 52 days after it was shut,…
Police recover N60m stolen by bullion van driver
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command says it has recovered the N60m stolen from a bullion van last Friday.…
Breaking News: Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton at a campaign event Tuesday morning. The two appeared together at a campaign rally in…
EFCC woos NBA, vows to go after money launderers
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has called on legal practitioners to join hands with…
Army financially, logistically prepared against Boko Haram, others
The Nigerian Army says it is financially and logistically prepared in its operations against insurgency, cattle rustling, kidnapping and the…
Lagos votes N20b to revamp health, education
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said his administration has concluded plans to revamp the health sector by…
Fayose declares 3-day prayers for repose of dead students
Gov. Ayo Fayose has declared three-day statewide prayers for the repose of the souls of students of Ekiti State University…
Lagos uncovers 459 staff operating multiple salary accounts
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has uncovered 459 civil servants illegally operating multiple salary accounts. This is contained in…
Pictures: Buhari receives outgoing US ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 12 July, received the outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle at the State…
Oyo court imposes N250,000 fine on NUT over assault on bailiff
The National Industrial Court in Ibadan on Tuesday imposed a N250, 000 fine on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT),…
Updated: Death toll hits 20 in Italy train crash
The death toll from a train crash in southern Italy has risen to 20, a regional official told reporters on…
Pastor, accomplice jailed 14 years for forex scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga and Atin Victor Generous…
TUC threatens mass action in Oyo
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Oyo State has decried the living condition of workers in the state, vowing to…
Pictures: Buhari receives outgoing Canadian ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 12 July received the outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria at the State House Abuja.…
Suspected kidnappers of Sierra Leonean envoy arrested
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday arrested 11 suspected kidnappers of the Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria,…
Okebukola criticises FG’s new criteria for admission into varsities
Prof. Peter Okebukola, a former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), has criticised the recently announced method of admitting students…
Nigerian facial surgeon discovers possible cure for malaria
The adult human facial sebum (oil) contains potent mosquito repellent properties, says a Nigerian facial surgeon, Dr. Bayo Aluko-Olokun. Aluko-Olokun,…
No Nigerian involved in South Africa’s human parts incident- Union
Mr Collins Mgbo, the Secretary, Nigeria Union, Limpopo Province chapter in South Africa, said on Tuesday that no Nigerian was…
Fans hail Tiwa Savage for bagging award
Fans of popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to pour encomiums on the…
250 displaced by Fulani/Gbagyi clash in Niger
No fewer than 250 people have been displaced due to a clash between Fulani herdsmen and Gwagyi farmers in Niger…
10 dead, dozens injured in Italy train crash
No fewer than 10 people died while dozens are injured after two passenger trains collided in the middle of an…
Mother tried for killing four of her children
The parents of eight babies found dead in a house in southern Germany went on trial in Coburg on Tuesday…
Government advised to promote girl-child education policies
Mrs. Olayinka Ojomo, the Executive Director, Girl-child Right Awareness Initiative in Africa, has advised governments at all levels to evolve…
Ginger association wants plants to process produce for export- Official
Dr Florence Edwards, the President of Ginger Growers and Marketers Association, has said that the greatest challenge facing the association…