Year: 2016
Mass Transit Trains: NRC arrests 100 rooftop riders
Yusuf Muhammed The Lagos District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday said it had arrested no fewer than…
FG to end farmers, herdsmen conflict
The Federal Government has set up a 16-member technical committee to develop a roadmap and find a lasting solution to…
UI to convocate 9,884 students on Nov. 14
The University of Ibadan will on Nov. 14 issue certificates to 9,884 students for completing various academic and research programmes…
Frozen accounts: Fayose knows fate on Dec. 2
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday fixed Dec. 2 for judgment on the…
Collapsed bridge linking Oyo and Kwara halts movement of prison inmates
Movement of prison inmates to courts from Mandalla Maximum Security Prison in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara has stopped…
Kano govt. faulted over suspected killers release
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted the Kano State Government for nullifying the prosecution of the…
Lawmaker wants sanctions against sexual abusers of IDPs
A lawmaker, Rep. Rhimanda Shawulu (PDP-Taraba), has called on security operatives to quickly unravel the persons behind sexual abuses in…
Judiciary remains resolute on its independence- CJN
Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), on Monday, said the Judiciary remained resolute and committed to upholding its…
N25B ETF: Lagos targets 100,000 entrepreneurs 2019
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Monday said that it has set a target to utilize the N25billion Employment…
Fayemi and the new lease of life in mining sector
Nigeria was the centre of attraction at the African Down Under (ADU) international mining conference in Perth, Australia, last September…
Oyo slashes salaries of political office holders by 50%
Oyo State Government has announced 50 percent reduction in the salaries of political office holders, their compensation, approval limits and…
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Pictures: Buhari visits Oba of Benin palace
As part of his two-day working visit to Edo State, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday paid a courtesy visit to…
Commuters stranded as LAGBUS operators embark on strike
Hundreds of commuters in Lagos were on Monday stranded at various bus stops due to the strike embarked on by…
Buhari inaugurates Upper Siluko road in Benin
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Gov. Adams Oshiomhole-led Government of Edo for the construction of phases II and III Siluko…
Clinton, Trump engage in last-hour campaigns
With the election day looming on Tuesday, the U.S. leading presidential candidates Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump engage…
N136m fraud: EFCC closes case in trial of ex-NIMASA boss
Mr Wale Akoni (SAN), the counsel to Calistus Obi who is standing trial on a N136 million fraud charge, says…
Butchers’ association urges FG to allow cattle free access
The Nigerian Butchers Association on Monday asked the Federal Government to allow cattle free access into the country, to allow…
How National Assembly lost out in anti-corruption battle
IT is exactly one year now. I remember asking members of the National Assembly to see reasons why they should…
Borno to prosecute parents who fail to send children to school
Borno State Government on Monday said it would prosecute parents who fail to enroll their children and wards in schools.…
Be patriotic in reporting Boko Haram- Army chief
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has again called on the Nigerian media, especially online publications, to be…
Group returns 4 girls withdrawn for marriage back to school
The Child Protection Network (CPN), Minna has taken back to school four girls of Women Teachers College (WTC) Minna, who…
LASU extends deadline for certificate collection
In order to clear its registry of backlog, the Lagos State University (LASU) has extended the deadline for collection of…
Ondo Poll: Sheriff-led PDP seek dissolution of new panel
The new Special Court of Appeal Penal Panel constituted to resolve all appeals in the Ondo State PDP governorship candidate…
Trader threatens hubby with divorce
A 31-year-old trader, Oluwatoyin Ibikunle, on Monday, pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 14-year-old marriage…
Ondo Election: AD files suit challenging Oke’s eligibility
Mr Kehinde Aworele, the National Legal Adviser, Alliance for Democracy (AD), has filed a suit challenging the eligibility of Chief…
Breaking: Saraki’s trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal continues
The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued before Justice Danladi Umar at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday…
SON campaigns against sub-standard products in schools
The Plateau office of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has taken its campaign against sub-standard products to schools in…
Trader nabbed for pouring hot rice on neighbour
A -36-year-old man, Adebayo Kehinde, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly pouring hot rice on his…
AFRIMA a tool for African unity- Okoroji, Saint Obi
Some movers and shakers of the entertainment industry have expressed satisfaction at the successful hosting of the All Africa Music…
Court orders ABU to pay N2.6b, reinstate 110 disengaged staff
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday ordered the management of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to pay N2.6…