Year: 2016
New Petrol Price: Nigerians seek salary increase
Following the increase in the price of the premium motor spirit (PMS) from N86.50 to N145 a litre, many Nigerians…
Picture: LADOL boss at London anti-corruption summit
In recognition of Nigerian company LADOL’s commitment to Integrity in Business ethos, the Managing Director of LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi…
Wike, PDP plan protest to discredit Tai LGA polls result – Senator Abe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Media Committee of Senator Magnus Abe Campaign Organization claims it has uncovered another plot by the…
Sachet water seller arraigned for criminal conspiracy
The Police on Monday arraigned a sachet water hawker, Abushieye Sunday, in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court in Aso…
Plateau United sacks coach Baraje, appoints Wickadason
The management of Plateau United FC of Jos on Monday sacked the club’s technical adviser, Zakary Baraje, and appointed a…
Unilorin expels 108 fresh students over fake results
The University of Ilorin says no fewer than 108 fresh students of the institution were expelled for gaining admission through…
5 journalists jailed for blackmail in China
A court in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday, handed five journalists of a newspaper and its website, prison terms…
Tanzania sacks 10,000 ‘ghost workers’
Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll after a nationwide audit found their fraud…
One killed, over 300 houses destroyed by rainstorm in Cross River
Heavy rainstorm has killed a 19-year-old girl and destroyed no fewer than 300 houses in Bansan and Irruan communities in…
Group trains students on mechanized cassava plantation
An international agriculture organization, Harvestplus Nigeria, on Monday, said it has trained Students of Federal College of Agriculture (FECA), Akure,…
FIFA President , Gianni Infantino to visit Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday announced that President of Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will…
Euro 2016: Marcus Rashford makes England provisional squad
England manager Roy Hodgson has named Manchester United’s 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford in an initial 26-man squad for Euro 2016.…
Scarcity of Dollar delays fuel importation
Another fuel crisis looks set to rock the country as some vessels are stuck off Nigeria, unable to unload their…
Aregbesola probed for alleged LG funds diversion by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have started investigation into the allegation of diversion of local government funds…
Egbin committed to workers welfare – Adesina
Nigeria’s largest power generation firm, Egbin Power Plc says it’s staff rank among the best in the power sector in…
Two MASSOB members killed in Onitsha
Yesterday, two members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, were reportedly killed by…
Kola Aluko sells Los Angeles mansion for $21.5m, loses $3m
Kola Aluko, controversial Nigeria’s oil tycoon has sold his Bel-Air, Los Angeles mansion, as Nigerian and European authorities investigate him…
Kano civil society group encourages industrial action
Kano Civil Society Forum yesterday pitched its tent with labour on the nation-wide industrial action plan by Nigerian Labour Congress…
Transfers: PSG to sign Lukaku, Anthony Martial
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, 23, is a target for French champions Paris St-Germain and the Toffees want to sign West…
We’ve recovered more than $3.1 billion looted funds-Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has confirmed that his commission has recovered…
Strike: FG meets NLC, TUC for talks
The Muhammadu Buhari administration is leaving no stone unturned in its determination persuade Nigerians to accept the new N145 per…
Umuahia township stadium in bad shape
A cross-section of football fans in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, have expressed concern about the deplorable condition of the…
Civil society groups ask labour to shelve strike
A coalition of civil society organisations has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC)…
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FIFA president to visit Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday announced that President of Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will…
1 million Nigerians to receive N5,000 monthly
To assuage the anger of Nigerians over the increase in the price of premium motor spirit to N145 a litre,…
Ramadan: Don’t increase cost of goods-Clerics
Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, has urged marketers not to…
VC urges ASUU to return to negotiation table
Prof. Mohammed Akaro-Mainoma, the Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…
Abba Moro seeks unity in PDP
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Benue State, Comrade Abba Moro, has made a passionate appeal to the…
Police boss warns rumour mongers
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, has warned people spreading rumour of impending attack of some…
Nationwide Strike: Lawmaker calls for dialogue
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, on Sunday urged the organised labour to dialogue with the Federal Government rather than…