Year: 2016
Rev Ayokunle emerges new CAN President
The President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Rev. Supo Ayokunle, has emerged the new President of the Christian Association…
Boko Haram strikes near Chibok, kidnaps 3 women
In a move to demonstrate that they are still a potent force, Boko Haram jihadists have attacked a village near…
Brazil Sacks Dunga over COPA America disaster
Dunga has been sacked as head of the Brazilian national football team after a disastrous showing at the Copa America…
NAN pledges support for EFCC
The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed the readiness of the agency to further support…
Dariye’s Trial: Defence makes u-turn, shelves no-case submission
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on Tuesday before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a…
APC blasts PDP, you are suffering from past sins
The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abuja has described as baseless and laughable allegations of a faction…
Court jails two oil thieves six years
Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Paul Etim and…
Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness
The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.) by the…
Ambode, Ovia, Alakija, others team up to battle cancer
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede; Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia and…
Blood Donor Day: Lagos hospitals need 70,000 unit of blood annually
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the World Blood Donor Day, the Lagos State Government has revealed that both public…
Encomiums as Osofisan turns 70
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan has been described as an ambassador of peace and reconciliation in Nigeria, Africa and…
Fight against corruption needs collaborative effort- EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said a collaborative effort was needed to fight corruption in the country…
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AIT sacks workers over 16 months salary arrears
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of the African Independent Television (AIT) Tuesday sacked all the workers at its Benin City station,…
FG to develop tomato policy– Minister
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, is to develop a tomato policy to address the…
Ex-Gov Nyame deposited N180m to buy house in Abuja – Witness
An operative of EFCC, DSP Ibrahim Galadima, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Gudu, that ex-Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame,…
Reps urge NFF to pay Shuaibu, Keshi entitlements
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to immediately pay entitlements due to late former…
Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2bn
Computer software giant, Microsoft Corporation, said it would acquire business-oriented social networking service, LinkedIn Corporation, for 26.2 billion dollars. It…
El- Zakzaky: Court adjourns hearing till July 13
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned hearing till July 13 in a case of enforcement of fundamental…
Fashola urges DISCOs to patronise local meter manufacturers
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, advised Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to patronise local meter…
Nigeria’s Inflation hits 15.6 % in May – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday, said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 15.6 percent in May…
Lawmaker admonishes FG to apply wisdom in dealing with Niger Delta crisis
Rep. Leo Ogor, the Minority Leader, House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to listen to the grievances of…
FG committed to the eradication of child labour – Perm. Sec.
The Federal Government said on Tuesday in Abuja that it was committed to the eradication of all forms of child…
Security man nabbed in Lagos for impersonating Adeboye
A security man with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Awobola Babatunde, who allegedly opened a bank account in the…
Lagos phone thief bags 18 months imprisonment
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old unemployed man, Chika Naso, to 18 months imprisonment for…
2,300 children die of malnutrition annually in Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday said 2,300 children below the age of five die of malnutrition annually in…
Lassa Fever claims 149 lives in Nigeria
Kazeem Ugbodaga The deadly Lassa Fever has claimed about 149 lives in Nigeria in the last nine months, the…
Football, News, Sports, World News
France deports 29 Russian fans over Euro 2016 violence
French police have begun the deportation of 29 Russians following violent clashes with England supporters in the early days of…
Actor, Kalu Ikeagwu releases his pre-wedding photos
British-Nigerian actor and writer, Kalu Ikeagwu is set to wed his longtime girlfriend, Ijeoma Eze. The Nollywood star and his…
Yemi Osinbajo’s first daughter graduates from college
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo’s first daughter just graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, the USA where she obtained…