Year: 2016
NPFL issues live broadcast rights to Brila, Beat FM
Sports Radio Brila FM and Megalectrics Limited became the first radio stations to be issued Radio broadcast rights of the…
Bianca Ojukwu’s mother passes on
The death of Mrs Caroline Chinweolu Onoh (Mmili-Aku; Nee Eke), the wife of former governor of old Anambra State, late…
Update: UK voters opt for independence from EU
United Kingdom voters have dumped the country’s membership of the European Union. With all the votes yet to be counted…
Britons vote to leave EU in early results
Early results from Britain’s bitterly contested referendum showed a lead on Friday for supporters of leaving the European Union, contradicting…
Autonomy for LGs: I’m helpless, Obasanjo tells NULGE
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented his inability to assist in restoring the autonomy of local governments in…
Judge’s ill-health stalls Rickey Tarfa’s trial
The trial of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, was on Thursday stalled due to ill health of the…
Pictures: Buhari hosts Judiciary to breaking of fast (Ramadan)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 23 June hosted members of the Judiciary to breaking of the Ramadan fast at the…
Police launch operation to rescue 5 kidnapped workers
The Cross River Police Command said on Thursday that it had launched an operation to rescue five construction workers kidnapped…
Passenger trains collide, 100 injured
Nearly 100 people were injured Thursday when two passenger trains collided head-on in the South African city of Durban, the…
Shell pipeline in Imo blown up
The police have confirmed an attack on a facility belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Awarra, Ohaji/Egbema Local…
New IGP orders officers to declare assets
All officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Inspector-General of Police, will henceforth declare their assets,…
Easy oil money to blame for our woes – Osinbajo
Having an easy source of revenues denied Nigeria the opportunity to engage in the critical thinking and prioritization that usually…
EFCC closes case against ex-Gov Akwe Doma
The trial of a former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma, and two others, continued on Thursday with the…
Abandoned brick factory claims lives of 4 children
No fewer than four children and some domestic animals have reportedly lost their lives in an abandoned Federal Government bricks…
Impostor jailed 7 years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday secured the conviction of Gabriel Charles in a case of impersonation…
EFCC warns fraudsters dropping Magu’s name
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned fraudsters to stop dropping the name of its chairman, Ibrahim Magu,…
Why I didn’t sack Arase when I assume office-Buhari
Kazeem Ugbodaga President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he did not sack ex-Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, when…
Whiteman set to release hit single
Upcoming hip-hop music artiste, Omotayo Adebayo, a.k.a. Whiteman, has finally completed work on his single entitled, Erubami which will feature…
Cleric suspended for taking selfies with ‘Kim Kardashian’
A high-profile Pakistani cleric who posed for selfies with a controversial model famed for her suggestive photos has been suspended…
Cook in court for allegedly poisoning food
A cook, Anthony Adomaya, who allegedly poisoned the food of his employer’s guest, on Thursday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’…
Customer imprisoned for stealing bar owner’s handbag
A Kado Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a customer of a palm wine bar to seven…
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Keshi’s funeral details announced
The dates for the funeral rites of the late Super Eagles’ captain and coach, Stephen Keshi, have been fixed for…
YBNL Princess releases first video- “Jabole” [Video]
YBNL’s first female act Temmie Ovwasa has officially unveiled the visuals of her first official single- ‘Jabole’ The YBNL Princess…
1,201 police officers promoted in Jigawa
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Jigawa, Mr. Mohammed Mustapha, on Thursday, said 1,201 officers and men of the command…
Lagos public schools to wear new look next session – Deputy Governor
The Lagos State Government says renovation and reconstruction will commence in the state’s public schools when the students go on…
Man arraigned for raping 6-year-old
The Kaduna State Government, on Thursday, arraigned one Haruna Tukur, 24, in court for allegedly raping a- six-year-old girl in…
Ben Murray-Bruce reacts to AMCON takeover
Common Sense Advocate and Chairman, Silverbird Group, Sen Ben Murray-Bruce has reacted to the takeover of three assets of the…
Britons vote on EU membership
Report from London said voting began at 41,000 polling stations across Britain early Thursday in a referendum on whether or…
3 killed, 14 injured in ghastly accident
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three people have died and 14 others injured in a ghastly motor accident around Berger area of Lagos,…
2 remanded in prison for car theft
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Thursday remanded two men, Kelechi Aniakor, 30, and Adewale Raji, 26, in Ilesa…