Year: 2016
CHAN 2016: Nigeria vs Niger 4pm Monday, As Rwanda beat Ivory Coast
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria will take on their counterparts from Niger Republic in their first match of the ongoing Rwanda 2016…
Motorcycle rider accidentally killed by car door
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 53-year-old man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly killing a motorcycle rider…
Lassa Fever: 92 people under watch in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says 92 people who had contact with the Lassa fever patients are currently being…
Chinese scientists develop artificial liver
Chinese scientists have developed a new bio-artificial liver that can help liver failure patients survive long enough for an organ…
Sardauna was a disciplined, focused leader, says Lai Mohammed
Femi Adi/Kaduna Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on Saturday in Kaduna said the late Premier of the defunct Northern Region,…
$2.1b: Why Buhari must not probe army chiefs
Eromosele Ebhomele Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Saturday advised President Muhammadu Buhari against his order that 17 military officers…
Ifako United FC keeper stabbed to death
YUSUF MUHAMMED The goal keeper of Ifako United Football Club, 21-year-old Owawu Samuel, was Friday stabbed to death by two…
Céline Dion’s brother dies, days after husband’s death
Daniel Dion, the older brother of pop singer Céline Dion, died on Saturday, just two days after the death of…
Buhari goes to UAE for future energy summit, state visit
President Muhammadu Buhari will jet out of Nigeria on Sunday, to participate at this year’s edition of the World Future…
Lagos Police Command gets new PRO
YUSUF MUHAMMED Dolapo Opeyemi Badmus a Superintendent of Police (SP) has been appointed as the new Police Public Relations Officer…
FIFA poll: Hayatou delegates CAF power to subordinates
Taiwo Adelu In view of his duty as acting President of the world football governing body, FIFA, Dr. Issa Hayatou…
Nigeria Diaspora security experts applaud improved security infrastructure
Nigeria Diaspora security experts have applauded the improved security infrastructure in Nigeria. This was made known by the Chairman of…
9-year-old girl raped to death
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An atmosphere of gloom has enveloped Elele Community of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State after…
Trending: Should Michael Collins Ajereh shed Don Jazzy brand?
An article by Bayo Omisore, the former PR man for Don Jazzy’s Mo’hits, asking the Mavin boss to go for…
Transfer: Ranieri back to Chelsea, Shane Long to Liverpool
Chelsea are considering making a summer move to bring former manager and current Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri back to Stamford…
Senior military men and firms who ‘chopped’ Nigeria’s $2billion
Here is the statement issued by Nigeria’s presidency on Friday detailing yet another mind-boggling $2billion and N29 billion weapons procurement…
PICTURES: Free Ashraf Fayadh Readings in Lagos
On Thursday, 13 January 2016, Professor Wole Soyinka and other literary personalities held Free Ashraf Fayadh Readings at Freedom Park,…
The mother who was also my muse by Niyi Osundare
(A grateful son remembers…..) by Niyi Osundare A Looming Poetic Presence The Word Is an Egg, my 11th book of…
Ministries, agencies, military yet to pay N45b electricity bill
Funsho Balogun As at the end of 2015, government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs as well as military establishments were…
Ecobank begs court over contempt proceedings
West Africa’s leading bank, Ecobank, on Friday, 15 January failed in its bid to stop the contempt proceeding instituted against…
Lawmaker advises farmers, herdsmen to sheathe sword
Alhaji Mohammed Udege-Ukpoku (APC-Udege/Loko) Nasarawa state constituency, on Friday charged farmers and herdsmen in the area to sheathe their swords…
Buhari will not know peace, if Niger Delta knows no peace – Tompolo
Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo as said that Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari will not know peace if the Niger…
20 dead in Ouagadougou as Al-Qaeda affiliate claims attack
At least 20 people have been killed and another 15 wounded in an ongoing assault on a hotel in the…
Pro-Biafra Protest: Wike orders arrest of agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies in the state to alert and arrest Biafran agitators who…
Several dead in Ouagadougou attack – Restaurant employee
Attackers have killed “several people” at a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou opposite a four-star hotel where the assailants…
Tompolo distances self from bombing of pipelines
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has dissociated himself from the wanton attacks on oil installations in the Warri…
Vandalism: NSCDC boss commends Nigerian Navy
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) , Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has commended the Chief of Naval…
Tompolo dissociates self from bombing of pipelines
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tompolo has dissociated himself from the wanton attacks on oil installations in the Warri area of Delta…
NRC deploys 93 refurbished coaches to Lagos-Kano intercity passenger service
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said it had completed the refurbishment of three air-conditioned coaches, 90-seater standard class…
INEC urges eligible female voters in FCT to register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to eligible female voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to register…