Year: 2016
Ondo poll: Afenifere endorses Akeredolu for governor
The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, on Monday endorsed the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rotimi Akeredolu in…
Lagos Jazz Series returns Nov 25 with breathtaking cast
Lagos will experience the ultimate in alfresco style music on Friday and Saturday November 25 and 26 2016 when the…
Nigeria’s GDP contracts by -2.24 % in 3rd quarter
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms declined by -2.24 percent (year-on-year)…
Lawmaker condemns renewed communal clash in C/River
Sen. John Owan-Enoh, representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, has condemned the renewed hostility between Ediba and Usumotong communities in…
Court refuses judge’s application for release from EFCC custody
A Federal High Court on Monday refused an ex-parte application filed by a judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking her release from…
Articulated vehicles kill 3 in Nsukka
Two articulated vehicles carrying coca-cola products and Hero brand of beer on Monday killed three people in different locations of…
Southwest governors meet in Ibadan (Photo)
Southwest Governors met in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria on Monday to chat the way forward in the face of dwindling…
Buhari to attend 4th Africa-Arab Summit in Malabo
President Muhammadu Buhari is to attend the 4th Africa-Arab Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Nov. 23. Mr Femi Adesina,…
Sokoto Police confirms killing of security guard
The Sokoto State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of a security guard at the personal residence of the…
50,000 athletes to participate in 2017 Lagos City Marathon
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday said no fewer than 50,000 athletes from across the world are…
20 killed in Libya over monkey attack on girl
Ethnic fighting has left at least 20 people dead in the south Libyan town of Sabha after an incident with…
EFCC slams corruption charges on Ofili-jumogobia, Obla
The EFCC has preferred a 30-count charge against a Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla, a Senior…
Ex-EFCC’s prosecutor sues commission over illegal detention
A former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Godwin Obla (SAN), on Monday, asked a Federal High…
BREAKING: Donald Trump ‘could meet Queen in 2017’
The British government is considering whether to invite President-elect Donald Trump to the UK for a state visit in 2017,…
Edo assembly confirms Justice Ikponwen as Chief Judge
The Edo House of Assembly on Monday confirmed Justice Esohe Ikponwen as the new Chief Justice of the state. The…
NGO trains 25 health workers on HIV/AIDS
An NGO, the Global Fund, has commenced a five-day residential training for 25 health workers on HIV/AIDS counselling and testing…
Insecurity hindering Nigerian varsities- LASU VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has identified insecurity as a major factor discouraging foreigners…
Hundreds walk against domestic, sexual violence in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of journalists and gender-based activists on Monday staged a walk against domestic and sexual violence in Lagos,…
Vietnam plans more rice exportation to Nigeria
Mr Ngo Hoan, Deputy Director-General at the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, on Monday announced the Vietnamese government’s plan…
Polytechnic to inaugurate projects worth N464m — Rector
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State would on Saturday inaugurate projects worth N464 million executed by the Federal Polytechnic, Birnin…
2 Commercial drivers get bail for stealing tricycle
Two commercial drivers, Adeleye Taiwo, 60 and Micheal Akinode, 22, who allegedly stole a tricycle valued at N600, 000 were…
Internet will not affect profitability of films- Movie producer
A Movie Director and Producer, Raphael Uche, says the emergence of the internet has not in any way affected the…
Just In: Mimiko meets Buhari again in Aso Rock
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State is presently holding a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Mimiko’s…
LASU plans holiday coaching for secondary school students
The Lagos State University (LASU) says it plans to deploy its volunteer students to teach final-year secondary school students during…
Association urges FG to initiate life insurance policy
The Professional Insurance Ladies’ Association (PILA) on Monday urged the Federal Government to initiate a bill seeking to compel men…
Plateau has not recorded polio case since 2009 – commissioner
Dr Kuden Kamshak, the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, on Monday, said the state had not recorded any case of…
Breaking: PDP supporters protest in Ondo, seek 2 weeks shift of gov election
Just as Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State arrived the Presidential Villa Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on the…
Katsina Government to revive state owned moribund industries
Katsina State Government says all the moribund government owned industries in the state will soon be revived in collaboration with…
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Soyinka’s contributions to arts’ development legendary – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, has described Prof. Wole Soyinka’s literary ingenuity and contributions to the…
Alarm over proposed Philippine law to jail 9-year-olds
Children as young as nine could be jailed in the Philippines for certain crimes under a proposed law backed by…