Year: 2016
Germany: Protestant Church to vote on same-sex weddings
The second largest Protestant church in Germany is scheduled to vote Friday on whether or not to permit same-sex wedding…
Control influx of substandard IT products, NCS tells FG
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to help control the importation of substandard Information…
Olisa Metuh remanded in Kuje prison
A federal high court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has ordered that the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic…
PDP planning N50m smear campaign against me – Senator Abe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Rivers South East Senatorial District re-run election, Senator Magnus…
Ajimobi, Aregbesola pay tributes to late Akintola
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has described the late Premier of Western Region, Chief Ladoke Akintola, as a statesman,…
No date fixed for 19th National Sports Festival
No date has yet been fixed for the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) which Cross River will host in Calabar,…
Odion Ighalo bags Premier League player of the month award
Nigerian international and Watford striker Odion Ighalo has been named the Premier League’s player of the month for December and…
Dead Sierra Leone patient tests positive for Ebola
A body has tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone, a spokesman for the Health Ministry said, just hours after…
Supreme court upholds the election of Ortom
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State[/captionr Nigeria’s supreme court on Friday upheld the election of Samuel Ortom as…
VIDEO: TB Joshua’s meeting with ‘Lucifer’ hits over 500k views
A YouTube clip showing controversial Nigerian pastor, Prophet T.B. Joshua’s dramatic encounter with ‘Lucifer’ has gone viral, amassing over 500,000…
Bayelsa Polls: Injured monarch to be flown abroad
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The traditional ruler of Peremabiri community, Chief Progress Never Die, who was shot at close range by…
Roma appoints Spalletti as Garcia’s successor
Roma have appointed former coach Luciano Spalletti as successor to Rudi Garcia, who was sacked on Wednesday. Spalletti, 56, coached…
How Nzeogwu’s 1966 coup changed Nigeria forever
The 1966 Nigerian coup d’état began on January 15, 1966 when mutinous Nigerian soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu assassinated 11…
Edo 2016: I cannot remain neutral on my successor, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has declared that he will not remain neutral on who becomes the…
Anti-Corruption War: EFCC seeks Nigerian Army support
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has called on the Nigerian Army to partner with it in the difficult…
Ambode appoints Egberongbe as special adviser to Lagos Speaker
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has approved the appointment of Mufutau Egberongbe, a former lawmaker in the…
Saraki accuses Presidency of switching 2016 budget
The farce over the missing 2016 budget continued on Thursday as Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said that there are…
EFCC files seven-count charge against Metuh
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Metuh is set to arraign Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of Peoples…
Zakzaky is alive, recuperating from bullet wounds in Abuja – IMN
Leader of Muslim Shi’ites in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, are alive and are recuperating from gunshot wounds…
Two plead guilty to N210m ATM fraud
Stanley Odjighere and Igho Timothy Okpekereke, who in 2014 defrauded a new generation bank of N210million, have pleaded guilty to…
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Same sex marriages split Anglican Church, US branch suspended
Gays and lesbians of the world have finally torn the Anglican Church asunder. The church on Thursday said it had…
Exxon Mobil engineer remanded in prison for rape
Henry Ojelu A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos Thursday ordered an engineer with EXXon Mobil, James Ikenna Onuoha,…
I stole to cater for my pregnant wife – convict
A 27-year-old man, Deshida Joseph convicted on Thursday for house breaking and theft, begged a Gudu Upper Area Court for…
Hijab: Group cautions against religious crisis
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWGN) has cautioned Nigerians against engaging in acts that can cause religious crisis…
Buhari to Northern leaders: Emulate Sardauna’s incorruptible virtues
Femi Adi/Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari has asked leaders from the North and other parts of the country to emulate the…
Emir Sanusi warns against repeat of 1966 coup
Femi Adi/Kaduna Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II on Thursday said there could be a repeat of the 1966…
Controversies precede exit of Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely two weeks after being sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Daisy…
Lassa fever kills doctor in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Panic gripped doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients of the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, old GRA, Port…
Sultan slams Northern leaders hiding under Sardauna’s shadow
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar on Thursday in Kaduna slammed northern leaders, saying they must stop…