Year: 2016
Fayose advises Buhari on 2016 Budget
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in the western part of Nigeria, on Tuesday asked President Mohammadu Buhari…
DSS in harvests of arrests, nabs ISIS recruiter, other suspects
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service said on Tuesday that it has arrested Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a…
N371m Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Saraki’s cousin, Moronfoye
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 re-arraigned the duo of immediate past Kwara State…
GOtv Boxing Night V: Capo eyes national title, N1.5m cash prize
Sunday “Capo” Olalekan, the dreadlocked, hard-punching Light Welterweight boxer, has declared that he will win the National Light Welterweight boxing…
Police arrest 4 suspects, recover 5 AK-47 rifles
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Rivers State Police Command Tuesday at about 5 am stormed the criminal hideout in…
250 dismissed soldiers beg Buhari for reinstatement
Femi Adi/Kaduna The 250 soldiers who were dismissed from Nigerian Army School of Infantry for lateness to training parade, have…
42 erring cops undergo reformation
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Yusuf Muhammed Forthy-two officers of the Nigeria Police Force who had committed various infractions in the course…
Bukola Saraki, What Was On Your Mind?
Peter Claver Oparah This certainly is not the best of times for Senate President, Bukola Saraki. From all seeming indices,…
Lagos Deputy Gov condoles with Mobolaji Johnson over wife’s death
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, has paid a condolence visit to the former Military Governor of Lagos…
Lagos warns applicants against fake recruitment agencies
Following the Resolution reached by the Lagos State House of Assembly on the illegal and dangerous activities of faceless recruitment…
Saraki should resign as the Senate President – CACOL
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has called for the resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki as he…
Minister hails Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hailed the role being played by the Presidential Advisory Committee…
Biafra: Kanu trial begins on dramatic note
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Trial of leader of Indigenious People of Biafra, IPOB, and two others charged with treasonable felony by the…
Gombe Cooperative boss docked for N75m loan fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 8 February, 2016 arraigned the General Manager, Gombe State Cooperative Savings and…
Beuraux de Change agent loses £20k to partners
Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested two businessmen, Musa Nura…
Gara-Gombe to NFF: Let Oliseh go now
Taiwo Adelu A seasoned football adminstrator, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has strongly advised Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to relieve Chief Coach…
Man loses N1.4m to pastor over land scam
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Emmanuel Okwedimbu has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding and threatening to…
One year after, multi-billion naira Lagos cardiac, renal facilities pack up
Eromosele Ebhomele Revelations have emerged that the mutli-billion naira Cardiac, Renal Centre within the premises of the Gbagada General Hospital…
Breach of contract, cheating: Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberisima fined N10m
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court slammed N10 million fine on Nollywood actress and…
Arrest Tompolo now, court orders security operatives
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday issued a fresh order for the arrest of Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a…
Electricity tariff hike: Fashola begs consumers
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday chaired the Second Monthly Meeting of the Power Sector…
Trade unions suspend 2-month old strike in Kwara
Industrial unions in Kwara on Monday in Ilorin suspended the two-month old strike embarked upon to press for payment of…
Germany’ll assist Nigeria fight terrorism-President Gauck
Kazeem Ugbodaga German President, Mr. Joachim Gauck visited Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday, pledging that Germany will…
Chikatara makes Best XI substitutes list, as Elia sweeps CHAN 2016 awards
DR Congo midfielder Mechack Elia was the big winner on Sunday in Kigali at the awards ceremony of the 2016…
Police arrest suspected members of hotel robbery gang
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested two suspected members of a robbery gang, who dispossess hotel guests of…
NASS plans new Petroleum Industry bill
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, says National Assembly (NASS) is working on its own version of Petroleum…
PDP shifts date for National Caucus meeting, others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has shifted the meetings of key statutory organs of the party…
Danish Olympic Committee picks Wozniacki as Rio 2016 flagbearer
The Danish Olympic Committee (DOC) has announced that tennis star Caroline Wozniacki will carry the country’s flag at the Rio…
CCT Trial: Senate decries call for Saraki’s resignation
The Senate on Monday said calls by some Nigerians on its President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to immediately resign over his…
NLC, TUC protest forces IBEDC workers out of office
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Oyo State members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NCL), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Monday took the…