Year: 2016
Injury knocks out Gareth Bale for 4 months
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale will have ankle surgery next Tuesday and is expected to be out for four months.…
Obaseki sacks Permanent Secretary
Edo State Government Thursday announced the sack of Major Lawrence Loye (Retd), from office as Permanent Secretary in the Public…
Rooney stars as Man Utd close in on knockout stages
Wayne Rooney became Manchester United’s record European goalscorer as they beat Feyenoord to keep their Europa League fate in their…
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Many killed as JTF raids militants’ camp in Delta
Many militants were reported killed when the Joint Task Force (JTF) code-named ”Operation Delta Safe” raided a suspected militants’ camp…
Senate passes Nigerian Peace Corps Bill
The Senate on Thursday passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill which seeks to empower, develop and provide gainful employment for…
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Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover remanded in Kirikiri prison for alleged theft
Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover and Lagos-based Nollywood film-maker, Seun Egbegbe, has been remanded in Kirikiri prison pending the fulfilment of the…
Shia pilgrims among 80 killed in IS attack in Iraq
At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road…
Lagos moves to quell LFZ dispute, sets up resettlement committee
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Thursday moved to resolve lingering dispute at the Lekki Free Zone, LFZ corridor…
Over-speeding kills 2 Lagos taskforce officers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Tragedy struck on Wednesday night as two officers of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences…
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Presidential plane crashes in Makurdi
One of the presidential planes handed over to the Nigeria Airforce by the Presidency, Augusta AW101, has crashed within the…
Abu-Ali’s death dominates Google trend
News about Nigeria’s gallant soldier, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu-Ali, who died fighting Boko Haram terrorists, was top on Google search…
Commuters urge FG to construct foot bridges on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
Some commuters plying the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Thursday renewed appeals to the Federal Government to construct pedestrian bridges at Iyana…
Gbadamosi is one of the founding fathers of modern Lagos – Ambode
…as Nike Akande, Olu Jacobs, others eulogize late industrialist Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday described the late…
Security beefed up for hitch free election in Ondo
Security has been beefed up in Ondo state ahead of the Nov. 26 governorship election. A visit to some areas…
Kwara shuts down 132 illegal schools
The Kwara State Government said on Thursday that it had closed 132 illegal private schools operating in the state. Hajia…
Amosun, Ajumobi, renew calls for Yoruba unity
Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajumobi (Oyo) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) on Thursday renewed calls for stronger ties among the…
I can’t do without “garri’’ and dried fish – Senator
Sen. Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West Senatorial District) on Thursday said that having soaked “garri’’ and dried fish as a meal…
FIFA Rankings: Nigeria moves up, now world 50th
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved 10 places up in the November FIFA World ranking to 50th. In the rankings on…
Mile 12 traders happy over cancellation of monthly sanitation exercise
Traders at Mile 12 produce market in Lagos on Thursday lauded the cancellation of monthly environmental sanitation exercise by the…
Ondo poll: Jegede’s PDP faction rushes campaign
Eyitayo Jegede Following Wednesday’s Appeal Court judgment, the Eyitayo Jegede’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is rushing gubernatorial…
Breaking: Jimoh Ibrahim loses at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday referred back to the Court of Appeal, Abuja, all pending cases relating to the dispute…
Supreme Court strikes out appeals against Jegede, Makarfi faction
The Supreme Court on Thursday further validated the candidacy of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede as the PDP flag bearer in Saturday’s…
Buhari welcomes Atiku Abubakar to 70s Club
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as he turns 70 on Nov. 25, the President’s Special…
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SERAP seeks probe of Obasanjo over $16b spent on electricity
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a letter to Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen Chief Justice of Nigeria…
MMM membership grows in spite of risk involved
Some Abuja residents on Thursday said that they have benefited immensely from the popular financial programme, MMM Nigeria Scheme, and…
Ondo 2016: PDP Sen. Omogunwa defects to APC
Chief Yele Omogunwa, the PDP Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State, on Thursday, confirmed his defection to…
NAICOM denies CEO’s arrest
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Thursday described as false, a report that its Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner for…
FG inaugurates Digital Literacy Council
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has inaugurated the first Digital Literacy Council to oversee digital literacy programme aimed…
Mixed feelings over cancellation of sanitation in Lagos
Some Lagos residents on Thursday expressed mixed feelings over the cancellation of the monthly sanitation exercise by the state government,…
Ondo: PDP needs more time to select, screen agents – Makarfi
The PDP has restated its call for the extension of the Ondo governorship election scheduled for Saturday, November 26, to…