Year: 2016
72-year old woman delivers baby boy
A report on Friday in New Delhi said a 72 year old Indian woman has given birth to her first…
Debola Lagos unveiled as Globacom brand ambassador
Media personality and co-founder of Red Media Africa, Adebola Williams fondly called, Debola Lagos, has joined the list of brand…
Femi Otedola’s girl, DJ Cuppy pretty in new photos
Nigerian music producer and the daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, DJ Cuppy who just wrapped up her Master’s Degree…
Air pollution kills over 3m people annually – WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday raised the alarm over the rise of urban air pollution which is increasing at…
Watford sacks manager Quique Sanchez Flores
Watford have announced manager Quique Sanchez Flores will leave the Premier League club at the end of the season. A…
Fuel Hike: Buhari’s regime suffering Nigerians – Ewenla
Yusuf Muhammed The CEO of Adedas Company Global Services Limited has condemned the hike in fuel price by the Federal…
N153m Debt: Court urged to wind-up Japaul Energy company
Akin Kuponiyi In a bid to recover a debt of N153million, a limited liability company AYM SHAFA Limited has filed…
President Buhari, Cameron and Corruption
By Reuben Abati: “We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic to leave PSG
Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to leave the French champions this summer. The 34-year-old’s contract expires at the…
Niger Delta avengers unmasked
Commander Bibi Oduku, the Commandant General, Riverine Security (Coast Guard of the Federation), has said the militants bombing oil installations…
Ajaokuta steel company will be revived-Gov Bello
The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has assured the management team of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited…
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FLASH: NFF bans Giwa, others factional leaders for 5 years
The Amaju Pinnick-led board of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has come out to show its supremacy in Nigerian football with…
Nigeria ranked 4th with TB cases
Nigeria is ranked fourth out of 24 countries with high burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in the world and the first…
CBN cautions bank customers against fake sms
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned bank customers against disclosing their Debit (ATM) Card details to fraudsters who…
Court adjourns case against property fraudsters
An FCT High Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has adjourned the case of Henry Ogbolue and Lawrence Pepple, aides…
Govt uncovers cemetery fraudsters in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi Government said it has uncovered a job scam in its Local Government Area (LGA) system, involving cemetery keepers.…
Flood kills 100 in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Government said on Thursday that flooding caused by heavy rains had killed no fewer than 100 people in the…
Tinubu backs Buhari over new petrol price
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has thrown his…
FIRS seals Jimoh Ibrahim’s NICON Luxury Hotel Over Unpaid Tax
It was a bad day for popular billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim on Thursday as an enforcement team of Federal Inland…
Cancel new petrol price now, Falana tells Buhari
Human and legal rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the new N145 per litre…
Budget breakdown in pictures
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma presenting the 2016 budget breakdown at the State House in…
Police parade 6 suspected homosexuals in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin: The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Zone, Benin, AIG Musa Daura, Thursday announced the arrest…
Tenant challenges civil defence commandant over rent
A tenant, Mr Victor Abubakar, has dragged the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State…
Sokoto repeals road traffic law
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a law to repeal the Sokoto State Road Traffic Law of 1996.…
Storm kills female Islamic student, injures 3
A 14-year old Islamic student, Zainab Awwal-Baldano was killed and three others injured by rainstorm at Bayan NITEL quarters in…
Buhari highlights new measures to fight corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on Thursday in London that in furtherance of his administration’s ongoing war against corruption, Nigeria will…
Hungry man steals 2 cartons of biscuits
A 29-year-old unemployed man, Bisoye Akinteju, was on Thursday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two…
Buhari calls for joint efforts to tackle corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari today in London has urged the international community to urgently create anti-corruption infrastructure and a strategic action…
FG identifies 34 priority actions
The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning says 34 measurable and veritable priority actions have been identified to achieve…
Container kills 1, injures 2 in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has advised haulage companies to put in place adequate safety measures during operational…