Year: 2016
Arms Deal: Badeh wanted me to claim his property – Witness
The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, continued on Tuesday before…
Obama warns against international Brexit ‘hysteria’
President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned against international “hysteria” following last week’s vote for Britain to leave the European Union.…
UN releases N3.7billion to IDPs
The United Nations Humanitarian Chief, Mr Stephen O’Brien has released about N3.7billion ($13million) as life-saving support to the 250,000 Internally…
Synagogue: Court orders showing of collapsed building footage
The trial of the two engineers charged with killing 116 persons in the collapsed seven-storey guest house of Synagogue Church…
Lagos residents lament increasing price of Kerosene
Some residents in Lagos have decried the increasing price of kerosene, which sold for as much as N240 per litre…
Boy docked for defiling 6-year-old neighbour
A teenager, 13, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling the six-year-old daughter of…
N4.9bn: Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman sent to prison
Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court Lagos has sentenced former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Esther…
Woman seeks divorce as husband denies son’s paternity
A trader, Mrs Olaide Ojikutu, on Tuesday, urged an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her five-year marriage because…
SON shuts companies marketing fake tyres
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed premises of some tyre marketing companies in Awka and Onitsha in Anambra…
Court refuses bail application for murder suspects
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday in Kano, refused a bail application by the counsel to five suspected persons…
US official cautions against militancy in Niger-Delta
The outgoing Deputy Consul-General of the United States in Lagos, Mrs Dehab Ghebreab, on Tuesday, advised Niger-Delta youths to desist…
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu files Notice of Appeal
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia files Notice of Appeal challenging his sack by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.…
Dasuki authorised $40m payment to Jonathan’s cousin’s company – witness
A prosecution witness, Ibrahim Mahir, has testified that retired Col. Sambo Dasuki authorised the payment of 40 million dollars in…
Teenager docked for snatching handbag under Lagos bridge
A teenage boy, Lateef Nurudeen, was on Tuesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly snatching a woman’s handbag containing N30,000 and…
Bauchi gov. appoints 15 new Perm. Secretaries
Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has appointed 15 new permanent secretaries (PS) as part of his administration`s ongoing civil…
Dickson, Bayelsa doctors meet to avert strike
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has met with officials of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in the state to avert…
Man docked for assaulting his father-in-law
A 33-year-old man, Adeogun Ayodeji, who allegedly assaulted his father-in-law, was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.…
EFFC arraigns Fani-Kayode, ex-finance minister for alleged money laundering
EFFC arraigns Mr. Fani-Kayode, 3 others for allegedly laundering N4.9bn. A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was on Tuesday…
Man arraigned for raping his 3 daughters
For allegedly raping his three daughters, a 48-year-old man, Micheal Ogbar, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.…
Anambra govt. to launch health insurance scheme
Dr. Joe Akabuike, the Commissioner for Health, says Anambra State Government will commence the Universal Health Insurance Scheme in July.…
Mavin Records signs new management deal
Mavin Records boss, Don Jazzy has signed a new management deal with a Lagos-based creative talent firm, ‘The Temple Management…
FIRS seals 3 eateries in Owerri
The enforcement team of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed offices of three tax-defaulting business outlets in Imo.…
Supreme Court imperils Texas abortion law
The Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century Monday, striking down Texas’ widely replicated rules…
Gareth Southgate favourite to replace Hodgson as England manager
Gareth Southgate has been named as the bookies’ favourite to be the next England manager. Roy Hodgson quit as boss…
Saraki says he’s ready to go to jail
Following his cases in several courts, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has insisted that he would rather go to jail…
There is a grand plan to pull down Rivers State, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that there is a grand conspiracy to pull down…
Tax Evasion: FIRS seals Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) resumed its enforcement exercise on Monday by shutting down tax-defaulting companies in Lagos and…
Court strikes out Ecobank’s petition to wind up Honeywell
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice Jude K. Dagat on Monday struck out the…
Arsenal bid for Brazil sensation ‘Gabigol’
Arsenal are interested in signing Brazil starlet, Gabriel Barbosa, according to reports in Brazil. The Gunners desperately want to bring…
I’m loyal to PDP, Modu Sheriff, says suspended guber aspirant
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, a Peoples Democratic Party Governorship (PDP) governorship aspirant, for the September 10 Edo State gubernatorial…