Year: 2016
Unknown gunmen attack Rivers judiciary complex, two dead
The Rivers State Judiciary complex, which houses the Rivers State High Court, has been closed down after gunmen invaded the…
Doctors begin 5-day strike tomorrow
National Association of Resident Doctors has declared five days of warning strike starting tomorrow, 11 May to protest what it…
“My husband forced me to make a covenant with him” wife laments in court
Susan Lijadu, a 44-year-old woman on Tuesday told a Lagos Island Customary Court that her husband, Folarin forced her to…
Plateau State gets N2.06bn as IGR
The Plateau Government on Tuesday said it generated N2.06 billion as revenue in the first quarter of the year. Mr…
Police arrest 4 over theft of mosquito nets
Bauchi Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested four suspects for being in possession of stolen treated mosquitoes nets.…
Police investigates killing of guards in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday said that it has commenced the investigation into the killing of two security…
Lagos Model Colleges: Admission test holds Saturday
The Screening test for admission of Primary Six pupils into the Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools…
Bayern Munich sign Dortmund’s Hummels and Benfica’s Renato Sanches
German champions Bayern Munich have signed Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels and Benfica midfielder Renato Sanches from the start of…
Court jails driver for theft
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 40-year-old driver, Mutiu Adekunle, in prison for pleading guilty to stealing employer’s…
Saraki’s 90 lawyers cause confusion in court
The trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki on a 16-count charge of false assets declaration resumed at the Code…
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Femi Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy graduates from New York Varsity
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, widely known as DJ Cuppy, today, May 10, 2016, took to her Instagram page to share the…
Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff faced with impeachment
Waldir Maranhao, the interim speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, on Tuesday has said that he has reversed a…
Lagos swimming in money
The Lagos State Government has recorded a total revenue of N101.69 billion in the first quarter of the 2016 budget…
Steph Curry scores 40 pts as Warriors beat Blazers
Stephen Curry nailed a 3-pointer in overtime and gestured to the crowd, exclaiming over and over: “I’m back! I’m back!”…
French President, Hollande arrives Nigeria Friday
President Francois Hollande of France will arrive Nigeria on Friday for a regional security summit scheduled for Abuja on Saturday,…
Peace Hyde stuns on the cover of Nu People Magazine
British-Ghanaian actress, multi award-winning TV personality, Forbes Africa Correspondent and founder of leading education foundation Aim Higher Africa, Peace Hyde,…
Find solutions to farmers/herdsmen crisis, Buhari tells governors
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged state governors to find lasting solutions to the persistent cases of farmers/herdsmen crisis in the…
Fake town planner nabbed in Lagos
Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development have apprehended a middle-aged man, Adeyemi Adebayo who…
70% of Katsina youths jobless – Gov Masari
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said 70 per cent of Katsina youths are jobless. He made the disclosure at…
Police to hold town hall meetings
As part of strategic initiative of the Nigeria Police Force, aimed at adopting Community Policing practices in addressing internal security…
Time to end Nigeria’s petrol subsidy regime
By Sunday Attah The discussion on the deregulation of the downstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum Industry has been on…
4 wise men, woman to restore peace to Edo APC
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has inaugurated a five-member fact-finding/reconciliation committee to look…
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Music legend, Tuface and wife visit Esama of Benin
Nigerian music legend, Tuface Idibia and his wife, Annie Idibia will today, May 10, 2016, be conferred with an honorary…
Government trains 800 repentant Boko Haram members
The office of the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Gabriel Olonishakin is currently training over 800 members of the…
Nigerian ISIS fighter, Ibrahim Uwais, killed in syrian airstrike
Ibrahim Uwais, the son of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, was killed yesterday near Aleppo, Syria as the…
For doing nothing, NIMASA paid N97m into my account – Wakili Daudu
A Bureau-de-Change operator, Wakili Daudu, on Monday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere how N97.1 million was paid…
Two MOPOL killed by armed robbers in Warri
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two mobile policemen were on Monday gunned down in the oil-rich city of Warri, Delta State by…
Chris Giwa faction resumes work at NFF today
The Chris Giwa-led faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says its board will now assume duties on Tuesday at…
Arsenal open talks with Leicester for Mahrez and Kante
Arsenal are in discussions to sign Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez, 25, who is valued at £40m, and midfielder N’Golo…
Gov. Bello signs N99.9b budget of change
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Monday signed the state’s 2016 appropriation bill of N99.9 billion into law. He…