Year: 2016
Sokoto govt to enroll 1.2m pupils – Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the state government plans to enroll no fewer than 1.2 million pupils in…
EFCC investigating only NAMA in aviation sector
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday- said that only the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) was being…
Stray dog bites anti-robbery policeman in Yola
A stray dog on Saturday in Yola, went berserk, biting a policeman on duty. The incident occurred at the popular…
Biafra has come to stay, says Nnamdi Kanu from jail
The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that “Biafra has come to stay”…
Budget Defence: House decries uncompleted projects
The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has decried the high number of uncompleted projects in…
Gov. Ganduje signs Sports Commission Bill into law
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Friday signed the bill establishing the Kano State Sports Commission into law. The…
Chelsea could struggle to attract talent next season – Hiddink
Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink has warned that his successor may struggle to lure top talent to Stamford Bridge. (Guardian)…
Matic to Chelsea fans: We can still win something this season
Midfielder Nemanja Matic wants fans of Chelsea Football Club not to lose hope on the team as they can still…
Bizman loses N5m tax to fraudster
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 54-year old man has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo, Lagos State,…
Pastor, 50, rapes member, 18 in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, 50, has been arrested and detained at the…
11 FUNAAB students bag scholarships
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded…
Mixed feelings as Nigerians react to Murtala Muhammed’s passing
On February 13 1976, Nigeria’s then head of state, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was assassinated as military ruler barely a…
Matic to Chelsea fans: We can still win something this season
Midfielder Nemanja Matic wants fans of Chelsea Football Club not to lose hope on the team as they can still…
Gov. Ayade shuts out Oyegun, APC bigwigs from Calabar stadium
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has shut out big wigs of the All Progressives Party from the the…
Ponytail gives female suicide bomber away
A would-be suicide bomber who refused to detonate her explosives in northeast Nigeria was identified as she tried to flee…
Why Wike is rightfully elected governor of Rivers – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday gave reasons while Nyesom Wike was affirmed as the validly elected governor of Rivers. Justice…
Drop Calls: NCC to sanction telcoms operators defrauding Nigerians
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC), on Friday, said the Commission would sanction telecommunication operators who defrauded…
Nigerian Academy of Science to get research grant – Onu
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) on Friday said it would give the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS)…
Rivers: INEC presents Certificate of Return to APC assembly member
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Friday issued a Certificate of Return to Hon Victoria Wobo Nyeche…
Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue 3 victims
Police in Kogi on Friday shot and killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnap victims at a border area…
Cash crunch stalls recruitment into police – Arase
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, said police had not commenced recruitment due to lack of finance. Arase…
Police kill two suspects on bank robbery operation
Men of the Osun Police Command on Friday killed two suspected armed robbers in Ikirun area of the state, while…
Sanction governors who fail to conduct LG polls – Ndoma-Egba tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sanction state governors who failed to conduct local government elections at the appropriate…
Mother of 3 excretes 80 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly excreted 80 wraps of white powdery substances that tested…
Buhari lauds ECCAS’ support for war against insurgency
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will partner with the eleven-member Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) to rid…
King’s son loses N6.5m to contractor
Paul Iyoghojie An aluminium installation specialist, Bolakale Yekini, 47, has been arrested by the police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos…
Buhari eulogises Olubadan, as body is interred
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday called on Nigerians to emulate the exemplary lifestyle of Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I…
OEAS calls for creation of Biafra self defence units
The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) has called for the creation of self defense units for protesting Biafra agitators…
Young boxers gear up for GOtv Boxing NextGen Search
Ahead of the maiden GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, holding between 17 and 18 February, young boxers have been visiting the…
Money Laundering: Lamido’s trial gains momentum as EFCC tenders more documents
The trial of a former Jigawa governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others…