Year: 2016
Anichebe scores a brace in Sunderland’s 3-0 victory
Jermain Defoe scored his 150th Premier League goal as Sunderland comfortably beat Hull City to secure consecutive top-flight wins for…
Rejected Yaya Toure’s brace gives City away victory
Yaya Toure marked his shock return to the Manchester City team with two goals as his side grabbed a dramatic…
Giroud’s late goal earns Arsenal draw at Old Trafford
Olivier Giroud’s 89th-minute equaliser earned Arsenal a point and denied Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United a victory they deserved at Old…
Army explains role of new Division in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Army said its newly-created 6 Division in Port Harcourt was established to organise and improve its internal security…
Recession: Journalists worst hit by hard times – NUJ
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has decried the current hardship faced by most journalists due to the prevailing and…
It’s time to outlaw ‘Jungle Justice’ in Nigeria
For as long as one can remember there has always been ‘jungle justice’ in Nigeria. All it takes is for…
Artisans lament decline in enrolment for apprenticeship
Artisans in Umuahia have expressed concern with the drop in the population of youths eager to undergo apprenticeship in different…
LASG seals 6 hospitality outfits for rules contravention
The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on Saturday closed six hospitality establishments for contravening statutory registration and…
President Buhari rallies support for Akeredolu in Ondo
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Akure, Ondo, lauded Ondo All Progressives Congress gubernatorial aspirants for their loyalty to the…
Security agents kill another suicide bomber in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of another suspected suicide bomber by security agents after he tried…
Buhari arrives Akure for APC governorship rally
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday arrived Akure Airport amidst tight security for the All Progressive Congress (APC) campaign rally for…
Mighty Jets FC gets new Technical Adviser
The Chairman, Mighty Jets FC of Jos, Chief Alexander Wukari has announced the appointment of former Nasarawa United FC Coach,…
NGO trains 102 teachers on peace building
The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), an NGO of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, has trained 102 secondary school…
Anchor Borrowers Programme crashes price of local rice -CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the agricultural initiative, `Anchor Borrowers Programme’ launched by the Federal Government has led…
New CP, Agbonleni, resumes duty in Enugu State
A new Commissioner of Police, Mr Douglas Agbonleni, has resumed duty in Enugu State, three weeks after the retirement of…
Lalong lauds security agencies over release of Islamic cleric
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has commended security agencies over the release of 90-year-old Sheik Abdulazeez Yusuf an Islamic cleric,…
FRC decries poor supervision of government’s projects
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), has decried the shoddy supervision of government’s projects by the awarding federal ministries and relevant…
Nigeria should promote SMEs -Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has called for the promotion of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to enhance economic…
Group should respect authority of security officials-Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Kano, popularly…
NDLEA arrests 11 suspects in Osun
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said they arrested 11 suspects and destroyed 2, 317…
Trump pays $25m to settle university lawsuits
trump U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to pay 25 million dollars to settle three lawsuits against Trump University. The…
Kidnapped 90-year old cleric regains freedom
Sheikh Abdulazeez Yusuf, the 90-year-old Administrative Secretary of Plateau chapter of the Jama’atu Nasirul Islam, who was kidnapped on Wednesday,…
I was never arrested – Ondo AD Gov Candidate
The Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, has denied his…
2 robbers shot dead in Benin
Two suspected armed robbers were on Friday afternoon shot dead and another arrested by the Edo State Police Command, Benin…
Buhari, Osinbajo to storm Akure for APC mega rally
President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday lead members of All Progressives Congress (APC) from…
Attacks: Security agencies move to secure FCT
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for calm over recent attacks on some villages in the…
Trump picks conservative loyalists for attorney general, CIA
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday picked three conservative loyalists with hard-line views on immigration and counter-terrorism to lead his…
DSS raid markets for foreign currency hawkers in Anambra
The Department of State Service (DSS) in Anambra on Friday raided some markets in Awka and Onitsha in search of…
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Unprecedented: President Buhari signs 8 bills into law
In an unprecedented move, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills passed by the National Assembly into law. Sen.…
Experts challenge Nigeria on maximising maritime potential
In order to massively reduce the cost of road maintenance across Nigeria, experts have advised the country’s federal government to…