Year: 2016
Female banker, accomplice face trial for withdrawing N5.8m from Customer’s account
Paul Iyoghojie A female Business Manager with an old generation bank in Ikotun Egbe branch, Lagos, Oyetade Bukky, 38, has…
For the love of Nigerians, Saraki dumps senate work for PR
Seun Bisuga Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has added a new job function to his long Résumé. The number one…
Obasanjo lauds BAT Nigeria’s role in economic development
Funsho Arogundade Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has praised the private sector for their positive roles in economic development and jobs…
UI staff shut school over non-payment of allowance
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In what appears to be the first baptism of fire for the administration of the 12th Vice Chancellor…
MTN Nigeria picks Gemalto for GSMA Mobile Connect authentication service
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected to provide its LinqUs Mobile ID platform to MTN Nigeria.…
Military to shut markets aiding Boko Haram operations in Borno, Yobe
The Nigerian Army has announced plans to close designated markets in Yobe and Borno where traders have been found to…
Building An Entrepreneurial Economy
By Oluwagbenga Oyebanji Welfare state began in Germany in the 19th century, which is basis of most democracy in the…
Beko Ransome-Kuti: Requiem for a Humanist by Ebenezer Obadare
By Ebenezer Obadare Today marks the tenth anniversary of Dr. Bekololari Ransome-Kuti’s unexpected passing on February 10, 2006. Born in…
Transfers: I’ll be Man Utd next manager – Mourinho
Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, 53, has told friends he is confident he will be the next Manchester United manager,…
AIG tasks commissioners over kidnapping, robbery attacks, raping
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Musa Daura, has given the marching orders to Commissioners of Police…
Study unveils secret of good sex. It’s so simple!
Saying ‘I love you’ during sex is the thing that is most likely to make you and your partner feel…
British pilot jailed 19 years for smuggling cocaine
A British court on Tuesday jailed the pilot of a light-aircraft for 19 years after he was convicted of smuggling…
Kabila doles out SUVs to Victorious DR Congo players
Taiwo Adelu President Joseph Kabila of DR Congo has doled out SUVs to the victorious Leopards stars after their return…
Another Nigerian couple enslave nanny for 2 years
A Nigerian couple based in Houston-area, Texas accused of enslaving a Nigerian woman to care for their five children and…
FG admits errors in 2016 budget, perpetrators face punishment
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Tuesday said the errors in the 2016 Budget were due…
Buhari never said Nigerians are criminals – Presidency
The Presidency has reacted to the brouhaha that followed the interpretation of an interview that its number one citizen, President…
The 250 protesting soldiers were recalcitrant – Army
The Nigerian Army has described the 250 protesting dismissed soldiers as recalcitrant, noting that, “they are simply not interested in…
Why National Assembly refused to pass 2016 budget
Nigerian lawmakers announced on Tuesday that with the gross distortions and bogus allocations being discovered in many areas of the…
Nigerian Army arrest two soldiers working with Boko Haram
Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of two soldiers who are Explosive Ordinance Device personnel attached to 143 Battalion believed…
Nigerian army warns Boko Haram collaborators
The Nigerian Army has warned all collaborators and sympathizers of Boko Haram in the country, noting that, that would be…
Oil benchmark to stabilise by April – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said 38 dollars per barrel oil benchmark is feasible by April as projections suggest…
Nnamdi Kanu: FG seeks court protection for witnesses
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to allow the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,…
PICTURES: Ben Bruce switches to ‘Made In Aba’ products
Action speaks louder than words and that’s what Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East constituency is portraying by patronizing…
Assar, Quadri are top seeds at ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup
Africa’s best table tennis players, Egypt’s Omar Assar and Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri, are top seeds at this month’s ITTF Africa…
Senate pledges support for EFCC
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, has expressed the readiness of the…
Cart pusher steals 83 pairs of ladies’ shoes
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old cart pusher, Obinna Eze, who allegedly burgled a shop and stole 83 pairs…
Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…
Olunloyo, Awe, Oyebola want review of Ibadan traditional chieftaincy system
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Eminent Nigerians and scholars Tuesday called for an urgent review of the Ibadan chieftaincy tradition to encourage younger,…
Metuh, wife bought N500m property in Banana Island – Witness
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh…