Year: 2016
Dasukigate: ‘Who got what’ from $2.1bn arms deal
Since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) began investigating how the former National Security Adviser (NSA) to former president…
Metuh admits receiving N400m from office of NSA
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has admitted to receiving money from the office of…
Why Jafaru Isa was released by EFCC
Brigadier General Lawal Jafaru Isa, a former military administrator of Kaduna State was released by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission…
PICTURES: 60 countries participate in ‘No Pants Subway Ride’ day
Its weird right? But hundreds of cheeky travellers across the globe rode trains, tubes and subways today with no trousers…
Semenitari: N82m was not spent on dinner alone
Former Rivers State information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has challenged the Rivers State Government led by Governor Nyesom Wike to…
APC not fighting corruption, only after PDP leaders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has decried the continued detention of its spokesman, Olisah Metuh by the Economic and Financial…
Welfare of military personnel should be given top priority – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the welfare of families of slain military personnel and…
Semenitari explains why N82m was spent on dinner, blasts Rivers Govt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Rivers State information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has declared that for months, officials of the current…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP jubilates, says it’s a painful victory
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the people of Bayelsa State for their support for its…
Good start for Nigerian players at AJC qualifiers
Nigerian players on Sunday had an impressive start at the ongoing qualifiers in Abuja for the 2016 African Junior Tennis…
Buhari urges unity among Nigerians, hails armed forces
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called on Nigerians to build on things that unite rather than divide the country in…
$14bn: CBN assures Dangote Group of FOREX support
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it would assist the Dangote Group to access foreign exchange to…
Gov Dickson wins second term
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has clinched a second term in office, winning the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw Local…
Pope Francis releases book, urges compassion
Pope Francis has explained the need for leaders to be compassionate shepherds to a “wounded humanity”, rather than be lofty…
#BayelsaDecides: Perpetrators of violence must be held accountable – Saraki
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, has stated that perpetrators of violence during the supplementary election in Bayelsa state must be…
Bayelsa election: Dickson clinches Southern Ijaw, second term
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has clinched a second term in office, winning the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw Local…
Lagos Deputy Gov welcomes teachers, students back to schools
As public schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2015/2016 academic session Monday, January 11, 2016,…
Chelsea too strong for Scunthorpe
Chelsea moved into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a professional victory over League One side Scunthorpe United.…
Oshodi demolition not targeted at Igbo traders – APC Chieftain
Kazeem Ugbodaga A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Nkechi Chukwueke on Sunday said the demolition…
Real Sociedad down Gary Neville’s Valencia
Gary Neville is still without a league win as Valencia manager after two goals from Brazilian striker Jonathas gave Real…
Falae blameless over N100m Dasuki largesse— SDP
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Social Democratic Party, SDP, on Sunday defended the N100 million arms deal money given to its National…
Lagos Assembly probes maternal deaths in hospitals
Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos State House of Assembly has put machinery in motion towards investigating alleged unabated maternal mortality rate in…
Implement N18,000 minimum wage, LG workers tell Borno Govt
The Borno chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on Sunday renewed its call on the state…
My reign is dedicated to Yoruba development, says Ooni
Eromosele Ebhomele The Ooni of Ile-Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has restated that his reign will be…
Fake Buhari’s aides attempt to dupe Fayose
Eromosele Ebhomele Two men are currently telling security operatives how they came about the idea and plotted the strategy to…
Pastor Bakare outlines roadmap to successful change
Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has outlined the roadmap to a successful change in Nigeria.…
Abide by oath of office, Cleric urges leaders
Sheikh Muhammadu Isah-Kutigi has urged political leaders to abide by oath of office and remember the day of judgment in…
Fire Service to sanction violators of safety code
The Federal Fire Service has said that it will sanction any person who failed to comply to the National Fire…
Mixed reactions trail high bail conditions
Some legal practitioners in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings over the bail conditions issued to defendants by courts in the…
No case of Lassa fever in Bauchi State
The Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Ministry of Health, Dr Saidu Gital, said on Sunday that no case of Lassa fever…