Year: 2016
Edo APC Primary: Aspirants protest Oshiomhole’s unrestricted movement
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Several governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) participating in the ongoing governorship primary election have expressed…
Nigerian students in diaspora returning home over forex crisis
Mr Julius Ayuk-Tabe, Assistant Vice-President, Digital Services, African American University (AUN), Yola has said that Nigerian students studying abroad are…
Pipeline Vandalism: Three fishermen in trouble
The Joint Task Force (JTF), code name: ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ has arrested three suspects, including two teenagers and an elderly…
43 Islamist militants sentenced to death in Somalia
A Somalia Court on Saturday sentenced 43 Islamist militants to death in the north-eastern city of Garowe in Puntland region…
Egypt’s former president sentenced to 40 years in jail
Egypt’s deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges of leaking secret…
Sex Scandal: Mine is mistaken identity – Rep
Mr Samuel Ikon, one of the three House of Representatives members accused of sexual indiscretion in the U.S., has dismissed…
Bank customers to submit bids ahead of naira float
Commercial banks have asked customers to submit bids ahead of the start of new interbank foreign exchange trading on Monday.…
Ogun Correspondents Chapel holds annual Ramadan lecture
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The annual Ramadan lecture of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council…
Borno probes diversion of rice meant for Boko Haram victims
The Borno Government has directed security agencies to investigate alleged diversion of large quantities of rice meant for feeding Internally…
Nigerian Army, British Military in joint contemporary training
The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that the essence of joint military training with British Military Advisory Training Team was…
PDP’s festering sore
The Peoples Democratic Party’s self-inflicted problem is festering. Ali Modu Sheriff, removed as chairman at PDP’s Port-Harcourt convention, is not…
Nigerian businessman dupes Chinese companies of N49.6m
Paul Iyoghojie A Nigerian businessman who duped Chinese companies of N49.6m has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for…
Army urges for calm as it begins shooting exercise in Badagry
The 243 Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Friday says it will hold a field training which will involve shooting…
APC delegates accredited for Edo governorship primaries
Accreditation of All Progressives Party(APC) delegates for the primaries to select the governorship candidate of the party ahead of the…
ECOWAS community court of justice elects new president
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Saturday in Abuja elected Justice Jérôme Traoré from Burkina Faso as its new President.…
In Pictures: Chinese woman turns car boot into ‘barbecue pot’
A Chinese woman in the East China city of Jinan has turned the boot of a car into a ‘carbecue’,…
“People are now scared of keeping monies in banks”- EFCC boss
Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday revealed that due to the ongoing anti-corruption…
Charly Boy’s daughter graduates from Arts Institute Of Atlanta
Nigerian punk master, singer, television presenter and top social commentator, Charly Boy a.k.a Area Fada who is one media personality…
An Open letter to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on future of Yorubaland
By Adebayo Adeyinka My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state…
N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-Banker admits Dariye operated account illegally
A former staff of the defunct All States Trust Bank, Adonye Roberts, on June 17, 2016 told a Federal Capital…
Final year IMT student jailed 2 years for fraud
Justice M.N Yinusa of the Federal High court, Enugu has sentenced Frank Joseph and his accomplice, Muonwuba Valentine, a final…
Minister condoles with NUJ over journalist’s death
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the…
House of Reps probes 3 members over sex scandal
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is set to probe three members alleged to have committed sexual misconduct in the United States.…
Niger warns: Boko Haram now has an army
Niger’s defence minister, Hassoumi Messaoudou, told Radio France International on Friday that regional leaders needed to “rethink Boko Haram” and…
Ajimobi finally constitutes cabinet one year after
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN More than a year after he was sworn in for a second term, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo…
Court of Appeal dismisses SEC appeal against Ndidi Onyiuke
The Court of Appeal Court in Lagos, on Friday dismissed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), appeal challenging a lower…
NECO offers last chance to pupils writing Unity Colleges exam
Barely few hours to the second test of the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), qualified candidates still have an opportunity…
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Bread price to go up again, say Masterbakers
Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said there would be a hike…
Ikorodu Utd FC players escape death
Lagos-based Ikorodu United FC players and officials were on Friday involved in an auto accident while travelling to Makurdi for…
1,200 policemen for Edo APC primary election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Command has announced the deployment of no fewer than 1,200 policemen to provide security for…