Year: 2016
Yuletide: Lagos NURTW boss tasks drivers on safety
Mr. Tajudeen Agbede, Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Chapter, has advised members of the union…
Beyonce leads Grammy nominations as pop, R&B dominate
Beyonce got a leading nine Grammy nominations on Tuesday, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nods each.…
Kano to provide constant electricity to 100 companies
The Kano State Government says it has concluded plans to provide 100 companies out of the 600 in the state…
Buhari swears in new INEC commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in the newly-appointed Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The swearing-in was conducted…
Buratai launches policy handbooks for Army
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday, launched four handbooks on four policies for the Nigerian Army.…
“Plan for retirement”, Nasarawa CJ urges civil servants
Justice Suleiman Dikko, the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State has advised civil servants in the state to plan well for…
BREAKING: Court dismisses Buhari’s suit against AIT
Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out a defamation suit filed last year…
800 tourists stranded on Indian island
The Indian Navy on Wednesday launched operations to evacuate 800 tourists stranded on an island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar…
NSCDC arrests 3 illegal miners in Plateau
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau command, has apprehended three illegal miners in Mista Ali Village in…
Dr Junaidu’s allegation against Buhari condemned
The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as “uncharitable and baseless”, the allegation by a former House of Representatives…
Public toilets can create 11,000 jobs -Manager
Bio-Power Environmental Solutions Ltd, says the establishment of high-quality public toilets can generate revenue, create 11,000 jobs and promote a…
Elechi Amadi goes home in grand style
The news of the demise of the literary icon, Captain Elechi Amadi (retd.), who died on June 29 at the…
Ogun LCDAs to commence full operations next week
The Ogun Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Jide Ojuko, said on Wednesday that the 37 newly-created Local…
Sixty people missing after ship capsizes off Yemen
No fewer than 60 people were missing after a ship capsized in high seas off the coast of Yemen, a…
Group condemns Dr Junaidu’s allegation against President Buhari
The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as “uncharitable and baseless”, the allegation by a former House of Representatives…
Woman faces N131,000 fraud charge
A 23- year-old woman, Ayo Olaniyi, who allegedly obtained N131,000 from one Ayo Johnbull under false pretences, on Wednesday appeared…
800 tourists stranded on Indian island amid heavy rains
The Indian Navy on Wednesday launched operations to evacuate 800 tourists stranded on an island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar…
Adamawa pensioners appeal for review of monthly allowances
The Chairman, Adamawa branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Mr Samson Almuru, has appealed to the state government to…
Bolivia arrests airline boss over Chapecoense plane crash
The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week which killed 71…
CBN policy delays wheat farming in Kano – Farmers
Wheat Farmers in Kano State have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the delay in the take-off of…
South Sudan authorities deports AP journalist
South Sudan on Wednesday deported a journalist working for the international Associated Press news agency, and the reporter said it…
NUC approves Usmanu Danfodiyo University engineering programmes
National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has given approval to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to commence four core engineering…
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Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections
Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…
Quake in north Indonesia kills 52- official
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday said the death toll from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the northern province of Aceh has…
Tanzania, Dangote Cement haggle over price of gas
Tanzania is in talks with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement on supply of natural gas to a manufacturing plant for building material,…
Teenager jailed 7 years for planning terror attack
An Australian teenager on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years jail for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne on Mother’s…
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No mercy for Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia
A Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia, Precious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed. Nwoko, also known as…
Reps plan 3-day retreat on constitution amendment
The House of Representatives Special Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review planned to host a three-day retreat on the amendment…
Bayern end Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten run
A Robert Lewandowski free-kick sealed Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League with both…
INEC to deploy 10,294 staff for Saturday Rivers rerun election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the re-run National and State Assembly…