Year: 2016
Villa drag down Newcastle with them, Sunderland out of danger
It was a contrasting experience for relegation strugglers, Newcastle and Sunderland today. Both teams needed vital three points to escape…
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Saudi Arabia sacks oil minister
Saudi Arabia has sacked its oil minister Ali al-Naimi as part of a major cabinet reshuffle, state media reported. Naimi…
Teaching hospitals can no longer recruit own staff-Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has declared that henceforth recruitment of staff for teaching hospitals will be done…
FRSC redeploys officers
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of officers across board, as part of…
Fulani Herdsmen don’t carry arms- Cattle Breeders
The umbrella body for Fulani herdsmen in the country, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has declared that herdsmen do not…
Shocking: Abuja landmass huge grazing reserve for cattle in 1965
There were 485 grazing reserves in Nigeria in 1965, with 115 of them fully functional, while others were forest reserves.…
Calabar-Lagos rail line: Is it in the budget? Yakassai asks
Nigerians will like to know if the N80 billion Calabar–Lagos rail project is included in the 2016 budget recently signed…
East Africans show class, win Okpekpe race in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Okpekpe Athletes from East Africa have again shown their dominance of long distance race in the African continent, as…
NANS gives Niger governor 7-day ultimatum
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A showdown seems to be brewing in the North Central State of Niger State as the National…
Buhari goes to London Tuesday for world talks on corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari fresh from his travel to his home state of Katsina, will on Tuesday May 10, 2016 hit…
Bauchi police nab child female kidnapper
Bauchi Police Command said on Saturday that it has arrested a suspected female child kidnapper, while trying to escape with…
2 Al-Jazeera staff, 4 Islamists bag death sentence in Egypt
An Egyptian Court on Saturday sentenced to death six persons linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on charges of spying…
Judge orders Donald Trump to face trial for fraud
United States leading Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump is to face trial in November for defrauding students of Trump University.…
Fashola, save us on Lagos-Apapa expressway-Transporters
For the umpteenth time transporters operating along the two major seaports in Lagos have appealed to the federal government to…
Police set to arraign Kaduna kidnap gang
The Nigeria Police Force says it will soon arraign in court the six-man kidnapping gang arrested recently in Kaduna. A…
2016 Budget: Experts advise on implementation
Following the signing of the 2016 budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, some economic experts have advised…
Transfers: Barcelona, Chelsea battle to sign Ben Arfa
Former Newcastle forward Hatem Ben Arfa, 29, is wanted by Barcelona. (Talksport) Chelsea are also keen on Ben Arfa, who…
Hector Bellerin challenges Usain Bolt to 100m race
Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin has challenged ‘the fastest man on the planet’ Usain Bolt, to running race. The Spanish international, 21,…
Wike approves vocational training for 200 youths in Israel
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has approved the sponsorship of 200 less-privileged Rivers youths to Israel…
Obama trashes Trump: US presidency not a reality show
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged U.S. media to closely vet the New York billionaire developer’s past statements and stances…
Petrol: Why we sell above official price-marketers
Though the supply of petroleum products across the country has greatly improved after weeks of scarcity encountered by Nigerians, but…
Kogi state: Gov. Bello warns new council administrators
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed and inaugurated a five-member caretaker committees for each of the 21 local government…
Herdsmen menace: AI urges Buhari protect Nigerians prone to attacks
Amnesty International has called on the Buhari Government to take adequate steps towards the protection of lives and property in…
Sadiq Khan wins London mayoral poll by wide margin
Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor on Saturday, seeing off a Conservative challenger…
Sadiq Khan: Muslim, Pakistani parents, now London Mayor
London (AFP) – London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan has gone from a public housing estate in the British capital to…
Ekeng, Cameroon midfielder dies on Romania pitch
Cameroonian international Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch during a match with his Romanian club Dinamo Bucharest,…
Adamu sends condolences to Kano govt over death of students
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has consoled the government and people of Kano State over the death of…
New budget will reflate economy: Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the economy will be reflated with the 2016 budget. The…
There’s a spy damaging Bayern, says Guardiola
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says a dressing-room mole is “damaging” the 25-time German champions, after details of an alleged…
NYSC female member arrested with 9kg of hemp
The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a female Youth Corps member…