Year: 2016
Business, Headlines, Metro, News
Militants bomb Agip crude pipeline in Bayelsa
In the latest attack on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, Niger Delta militants have bombed a crude oil pipeline Bayelsa state operated…
Gov declares war on kidnapping, gives police vehicles
Kogi Government said it had donated 12 vehicles to security agencies in the State to assist them in curbing kidnapping,…
Oba Olobayo of Kabba is dead
The Obaro of Kabba in Kogi State, Oba Michael Olobayo has died, aged 71 years. Announcing the demise of the…
Spineless kidnappers abandon 2 reverend sisters, run away
Details of the rescue of the two reverend sisters and their driver who were abducted on May 15 by kidnappers…
Economic Recession: Go back to Awo’s policies-Osinbajo’s In-Law
A septuagenarian, Elder Taiwo Shoyode has advised the Federal Government to adopt the socio-economic policies that boosted the economy of…
Oyo traders not interested in NLC strike
Chief Juliana Raimi, the Chairperson, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, says the group…
Kidnapped judge, retired judicial worker regain freedom
Mr Timothy Salihu, Area Court Judge and Alhaji Aliyu Okeme, retired Chief Inspector of Area Courts in Kogi, kidnapped on…
Physical exercise promotes long life-Physiologist
An exercise physiologist, Mr Ademola Ajayi, on Sunday said regular physical exercise has been proven to increase longevity and improve…
Oyo govt threatens workers with ‘no work, no pay’
The Oyo State Government has urged its workers to back out of the strike called by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC…
Lagos to build DNA forensic lab in 15 months
The Lagos State Government on Sunday expressed its readiness to build a DNA Forensic Laboratory within 15 months. The state…
Fayose warns herdsmen in Ekiti
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Sunday urged the people of Oke-Ako to remain calm as security agents try…
Students list conditions to support fuel price hike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), says it will only accept the recent increase in fuel price if palliatives…
Police begin aerial surveillance of Enugu
To boost security in Enugu State, the police on Sunday began aerial surveillance of the entire state. The spokesman of…
Why we shunned strike-TUC President
Mr Bobboi Kaigama, the President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), on Sunday said the union shunned the ongoing…
Governor spits fire against ‘ghost workers’
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has expressed anger at the ‘ghost workers’ syndrome in the civil service and vowed…
UAE orders woman deported for checking hubby’s phone
A woman was fined and ordered to be deported from the United Arab Emirates for breaching her husband’s privacy by…
Okonjo-Iweala in new trouble over missing trillions
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Federal Government have been ordered by a Federal High Court to “provide information…
Buhari, Nigeria and the Niger Delta Avengers
By Reuben Abati Niger Delta Avengers is the name of a new group of militants in the Niger Delta who…
Football, News, Sports, World News
Breaking: Manchester United to appoint Jose Mourinho
Manchester United will appoint Jose Mourinho as their new manager, BBC Sport reports. It is believed a deal with the…
Manchester United win FA Cup
Jesse Lingard’s extra-time thunderbolt earned Manchester United a record-equalling 12th FA Cup as Louis van Gaal’s side came from behind…
Fire destroys ICT equipment worth millions
Valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Crisis as PDP Faction sacks Sheriff, others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party plunged into deeper crisis on Saturday after the Port Harcourt group defied the…
4 FUTA students die in road accident
Four students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, died in a road accident on the Akure-Ilesha expressway in Ifedore…
Kidnappers demand N50m for release of APC chieftains
Abductors of the Chairman of the APC in Kwara, Ishola Balogun-Fulani and Secretary, Chief Bode Adekanye, have demanded for N50…
Hajj pilgrims to go for mandatory medical test
The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has directed all intending pilgrims to 2016 Hajj to Saudi Arabia to go for…
Gunmen kidnap traditional ruler
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Elete town in Kogi, Chief Aminu Aku. Report has it that Aku…
Ogun Muslims to cough out N1.18m for hajj
The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has called on intending pilgrims to augment their 2016 interim Hajj fare from the…
Bayelsa youths recover drowned soldier, rifle
Youths from Kalaba Community, Bayelsa, have recovered the remains and arms of a soldier drowned while on escort duty at…
PDP suspends convention over court cases
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the suspension of its National…
Smoke reported on EgyptAir flight prior to crash
Smoke was detected on the doomed EgyptAir plane shortly before it crashed over the Mediterranean Sea, the French air accident…