Year: 2016
BREAKING: Three hospitalised as fire guts Asaba market
A sprawling building harbouring foodstuff shops within Cable Point Quarters, popularly called “Cable Point Market” in Asaba, Delta State, was…
Unilorin VC elected into IAU
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has been elected into the 22-member Administrative Board of the…
Teenager lands in remand home for defiling minor
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 16-year-old secondary school student be remanded in a Lagos remand…
Rivers re-run: Dickson seeks probe of election violence
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday called on the Presidency to investigate reported electoral violence and punish perpetrators to…
246 Lagosians murdered, 542 vehicles stolen, 486 robbers arrested in Lagos
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni on Tuesday revealed that 246 people were murdered, 542 vehicles stolen and 486…
Port Harcourt Disco shuts power for 3 days
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) will cut electricity supply to Port Harcourt for seven hours daily between Dec.…
Max Air to resume schedule flights Dec. 30
The Management of Max Air says arrangement has been concluded to resume its schedule flights operation from Kano to Jeddah…
Man bags 13 months imprisonment for burglary
A 40-year-old man, Ikechukwu Muojekwu, was on Tuesday sentenced to 13 months imprisonment in Ilesa prison by an Osogbo Chief…
Presidential Delegation visits Madagali Bomb Blast victims
A Presidential delegation led by the Special Adviser on Policy Development and Strategy, Alhaji Ibrahim Bapetel, visits Michika, Adamawa to…
LG sinks 37 boreholes in 20 communities
Kanam Local Government of Plateau has sunk 37 boreholes in 20 communities within the locality in the last one year.…
Pensioners protest non payment of N8.1bn pension arrears
The Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Asaba, requesting…
Foodstuff prices reduce by 55 per cent
Ahead of Christmas celebration, prices of tomatoes and pepper have reduced by 55 per cent in most Lagos markets. At…
Nigeria ready for AGOA — NEPC
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Tuesday said that most Nigerian exporters were fully ready to export to the…
NIS elevates 21 officers in Bayelsa
A total of 21 officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Bayelsa Command, have been promoted to their next rank…
4 presidents persuade Gambia’s Jammeh to step down
An African Union (AU) delegation was on its way to Gambia Tuesday, to persuade outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to accept…
13 killed in Katsina ghastly motor accident
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 13 persons in a ghastly motor accident on Malumfashi-Dabai…
Magistrates demand special pay package
Mr Saidu Umar, the National President, Magistrates Association of Nigeria, says the association is seeking for legislation to create separate…
600 civilians killed in Aleppo during November
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports on Tuesday said that about 600 civilians have been killed during the intensified…
Jakarta’s Christian governor arraigned over blasphemy case
The Christian Governor of the Indonesian capital went on trial on Tuesday to face charges of blasphemy over remarks perceived…
Zimbabwe holds first public interviews for Chief Justice
Zimbabwe held its first ever public interviews for the vacant post of Chief Justice on Tuesday. The public interviews was…
Pakistan national airline chairman resigns following crash
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chairman Azam Saigol, has resigned in the wake of a crash last week that killed all…
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Breaking: Justice Ademola, wife arraigned for corruption
Alleged corrupt judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola and his wife, Olubowale, were on Tuesday arraigned before the Federal High Court Abuja…
Nigerians react to MMM’s 1 month ban on withdrawals
Following the shocking news that the popular money-doubling Ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox, MMM has left its Nigerian participants accounts…
Yuletide: Traders lament low patronage in Lagos
Traders in Lagos have been lamenting over the drastic low patronage of items and products at their stores even as…
Emir calls for farmers, herdsmen peaceful co-existence
The Emir of Hadejia in Jigawa, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar, has called on farmers and herdsmen to co-exist peacefully in order…
Panic as MMM Ponzi scheme crashes, accounts frozen
Popular money-doubling scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), has placed one month ban on all withdrawals starting from Dec. 13. A…
More world leaders congratulate Donald Trump
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence have received more congratulatory wishes from world leaders, Trump’s Transition Team…
Donald Trump set to announce Secretary of State
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday evening that he would formally announce his nominee for Secretary of State on…
UN pays tribute to Ban Ki-moon’s service to humanity
The UN General Assembly on Monday paid a glowing tribute to outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his service to humanity…
VP Osinbajo pays 2-day official visit to Algeria
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be in Algeria, the North African country, on a two-day official visit from Tuesday Dec.…