Year: 2016
Harmattan: Lagos charges residents to beware of naked fire
The Lagos State Government has urged Lagosians to handle naked fire in cigarettes, firewood, cooking stoves, among other sources with…
Pressure mounts on Police to fish out killers of LASTMA zonal commander
The Lagos State Police Command may have been subjected to intense pressure by the State Government to fish out the…
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Police foil attempt by Niger Delta militants to blow up Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge
One Abiodun Amos, suspected to be leading a group of militants planning to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos,…
Boko Haram not defeated, Shekau speaks out from hiding
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the murderous sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday released a new video to dispute claims that…
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Trending: Mathew Ashimolowo’s church loses $5m to Ponzi Scheme
Kingsway International Christian Centre, a 12,000-member mega church in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to…
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Federal Permanent Secretary disappears with 40 cars on retirement
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed how a Federal permanent secretary retired from office recently…
Yuletide: Gov Emmanuel donates food items to Eket
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has donated assorted food items to people of Eket to mark the Yuletide season.…
Love & Recession, stage play set for premiere
‘Love & Recession’, a stage play produced by ‘iOpenEye Limited’ in partnership with Etisalat Nigeria will on Thursday begin a…
Man says hawking Agbo Jedi exposed wife to immorality
Abiodun Olaifa of Aremo area, Ibadan, on Thursday told the Idi-Ogogo Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, that hawking of bitter liquor,…
NAFDAC destroys N100m fake regulated products
The National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control(NAFDAC) on Thursday in Sokoto destroyed fake, counterfeit, expired and unwholesome regulated products…
One killed, 3 injured as gunmen attack APC chieftain
The Police in Taraba has confirmed the death of one person in an attack on the convoy of Alhaji Adamu…
Bird flu: Kano state Govt kills 9,000 birds
The Kano State government said it has so far killed 9,000 birds since bird flu resurfaced in the state two…
Jigawa Assembly commended over Disability Bill passage
The Association of Persons Living with Disability in Jigawa, on Thursday, commended the State House of Assembly on the passage…
Zambia Air Force airlifting pesticides to pest affected provinces
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu ordered the air force on Thursday to join other government agencies in an emergency operation to…
Man docked for escaping from police custody
A 32-year-old unemployed man, Gbenga Ogunfemi, who allegedly escaped from police custody, was on Thursday in Lagos arraigned before Magistrate…
Police tells Enugu residents to be law abiding
The Enugu State Police Command has urged residents of the state to be law abiding while celebrating New Year in…
Police confirm 2 dead in Enugu market fracas
The police command in Enugu on Thursday confirmed two persons dead, following a fracas at the Gariki Market in Awkunanaw,…
Medview Airline delivers left over baggage to passengers
Medview Airline on Thursday, says it has made good its promise by delivering leftover baggage from London to the affected…
Sacked Ekiti LG Chairmen reject Fayose N35m offer
The 16 former Ekiti Local Government chairmen sacked by former Gov. Kayode Fayemi have rejected the N35 million offered by…
Bad weather stalls Buhari’s visit to Bauchi
Bad weather condition prevailing in some parts of the country has forced an indefinite postponement of the official visit of…
Actress Debbie Reynolds dies of stroke, a day after daughter
Debbie Reynolds, a leading lady in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, including “Singing’ in the Rain,”…
Ahmet Sik arrested in Turkey
Prominent Turkish author, journalist and government critic Ahmet Sik has been arrested in Istanbul, according to reports. “I have been…
Man in court for stealing
A 26-year-old man, Papa Saviour, who was allegedly captured by a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera stealing from two offices,…
32 injured in Philippine festival bomb blasts
Thirty-two people were wounded when two home-made bombs exploded during a boxing match in a Philippine town, an army spokesperson…
German woman shot dead by husband
A German woman of Pakistani origin was shot dead allegedly by her husband during a visit to Pakistan, police said…
40 new SUVs, other vehicles recovered from Perm Sec
The Federal Government says it has recovered 40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles from a former Permanent Secretary who…
Benue first lady donates foodstuff to 300 widows, youths
The Wife of the Benue Governor, Mrs. Eunice Ortom, has donated two cows and foodstuffs worth millions of naira to…
Ambode committed to make Badagry tourism hub
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday said that his administration would ensure that Badagry becomes the hub of…
50 dead, 10,000 homeless in Congo floods
At least 50 people have died in Western Congo after flooding caused by heavy rains on Thursday. More than 1,000…
Motorist convicted for assaulting FRSC official
A mobile court has sentenced a motorist, Mr Aurhur Nwankwo, to six months imprisonment for assaulting a road marshal in…