Year: 2016
Why I did not pay teachers at Tai Solarin College of Education-Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has disclosed his reason for withholding the salary and emolument of the…
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International Friendly: Super Eagles arrive Luxembourg
The Super Eagles on Sunday arrived in Luxembourg City ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly against the country’s senior national male…
Gov Ambode launches N500m disability fund
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday set up the state’s Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWD) Fund with N500…
Kebbi to revive Argungu fishing festival
Kebbi State government on Sunday promised to revive the popular Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival, last held seven years…
Military warns residents not to panic over firing of arms
The Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, Bauchi, says it has completed arrangements to host Combat Arms Training scheduled to hold from…
Military nabs 10 fake pensioners
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) said 10 fake military pensioners had been arrested during the recently conducted verification exercise for…
Democracy Day: Amosun restates commitment to transform Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has reiterated his commitment to transform the state in all aspects. The…
Army arrests suspected members of Niger Delta Avengers
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 10 suspected members of the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which had…
Soldiers avert another attack on oil pipelines in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Army says its troops on Sunday averted attacks on oil pipelines located at Gulobokri and Eweleso communities in…
4th African Fashion Show opens in Geneva
No fewer than six African designers have converged on Geneva to showcase the continent’s fashion style in colour display of…
Soldiers open fire on bus conveying policemen, one killed
Soldiers deployed to a checkpoint along Bauchi to Jos road have shot in error, a bus conveying policemen travelling from…
Explosion rocks Biu, 4 killed
The Nigerian Army on Sunday confirmed the killing of four persons after a tricycle stepped on an explosive in Biu,…
Governor Tambuwal gives N99m to families of dead pilgrims
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday disbursed N99 million to the families of the 114 pilgrims from the…
Economic Downturn: Lagos is marching on-Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday said that Lagos was marching on with progress, confidence and a clear…
Sokoto pilgrims get N159m refund
The Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency (PWA) says it will soon commence the refund of N159 million to pilgrims who…
Vice President Osinbajo off to Papua New Guinea
President Muhammadu Buhari will be represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the 8th Summit of Heads of States…
Ex-militants, govt agree to end pipeline vandalism
The Federal Government and ex-militants have resolved to end the ongoing pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. Retired…
LUTH doctor, Adekoya-Cole killed in Ijebu-Ode
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon, working with Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Dr Thomas Adekoya-Cole was killed this morning in his…
INEC declares Nasarawa/Toto federal constituency by-election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared that the just concluded Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency by-election inconclusive due to…
Civil defence uncovers Boko Haram’s bomb-making factories
The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday discovered two bomb-making factories in…
Asisat Oshoala displays amazing football skill
Watch the incredible football skill displayed by Arsenal Ladies striker, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala. Reminds one of Austin Okocha’s fantastic footballing,…
Buhari: Year of triumph, pains, consolidation, achievement
Here is the full text of the broadcast made by President Muhammadu Buhari made today to commemorate the first anniversary…
List of looters to be published by Lai Mohammed’s ministry, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari in his commemorative first anniversary broadcast did not reveal the list of Nigeria’s treasury looters as promised…
The Best of Buhari will come in the next year: Babafemi Ojudu
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu Today, May 29, 2016 marks President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office. It has indeed been…
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Real Madrid win Champions League
Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the 11th time after defeating Atletico Madrid in a dramatic penalty shootout…
Olota of Ota, Oba Moshood Oyede, is dead
A first class traditional ruler in Ogun State, the Olota of Ota, Moshood Oyede, is dead, reports Premium Times. The…
Lagos residents observe monthly sanitation exercise
ln spite of non-restriction of vehicular and human movements, residents across Lagos State on Saturday observed the usual monthly sanitation…
Tinubu, Fashola inaugurate multi-billion naira projects in Zamfara
The Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr Babatunde Fashola, and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Nasarawa By-Election: Police confirm snatching of ballot boxes
Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lawal Shehu on Saturday confirmed that hoodlums snatched five ballot boxes in the on-going…
Bayelsa Govt condemns attack on Shell, Agip trunk lines
The Bayelsa State Government on Saturday condemned the attack on two crude trunk lines, operated by Aiteo and Agip, by…