Year: 2016
Ex-NBA chairman lauds NJC
Mr. Taidi Jonathan, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Minna branch, has commended the National Judicial Council…
Ex-Imo Speaker flays Senate for amending CCB Act
Mr Nwoha Amaechi, a former Speaker in Imo State House of Assembly, on Friday, flayed the amendment of the Code…
Navy recovers 312 cattle, arrests 2 in Kaduna
Personnel of the Nigerian Navy School of Armament and Technology Kachia has recovered over 312 stolen cows from cattle rustlers…
Senate threatens to revoke port concession agreement with defaulters
The Senate Committee on Marine Transport on Friday warned that it would revoke the port concession agreement with any terminal…
Access Bank trains 600 womenpreneur
In sustenance of its objective to empowering Women in Business, Access Bank Plc through its W Academy recently organised the…
Anambra secures N3bn CBN grant to invest in agric, SMEs
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Friday said the state had secured a N3 billion grant from the Central bank…
Lagos charges Sole Administrators to intensify revenue generation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged Sole Administrators in the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas,…
Customs donate relief materials to IDPs
The National Logistics Committee on Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) on Thursday donated relief materials to five Local Government Areas in Adamawa…
NOA solicits Senate intervention on 2016 Budget
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has solicited the intervention of the Senate to prevent the agency’s operations from grinding to…
Dangote, Osundare to receive UI honorary degrees
Nigeria’s premier higher institution, the University of Ibadan (UI), will on Thursday, 17 November confer honorary degrees on three eminent…
Zuma faces no-confidence vote in corruption crisis
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament next week with his presidency mired in crisis after investigators…
Burglary kingpin nabbed in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested an alleged burglary kingpin, named withheld, who has been on…
INEC to hold Ifako/Ijaiye bye-election Dec. 3.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has said that it will conduct the bye- election into the…
Enugu Govt warns alternative medical practitioners
The Enugu State Government has cautioned alternative medical practitioners against carrying out surgery in their medical facilities. The state’s Director…
President Buhari to visit Sokoto
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a one-day working visit Tito Sokoto State on Saturday. The Spokesman of Gov.…
Melania Trump to fight cyber-bullying as First Lady
Melania Trump has said in a speech in Berwyn, Pennsylvania that she will like to be an advocate for women…
Troops on patrol kill 2 terrorists in Borno
Troops on fighting patrol along the Monguno-Brimari road in Borno, on Thursday killed two suspected terrorists. Col. Sani Usman, the…
US Election: Nearly 33 million early votes have been cast as of Nov. 3
As of November 3, 2016, nearly 33 million votes have been cast in the 2016 US presidential election nationwide. So…
Breaking: Ekiti INEC Secretary kidnapped
Unidentified gunmen, on Thursday evening, kidnapped Dr Muslim Omoleke, the Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in…
Man. United lose again in Europa League
Fenerbahce scored two stunning goals to beat Manchester United and leave Jose Mourinho’s side in danger of Europa League elimination.…
Troops intercept suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno
Troops of 8 Task Force Division, Nigerian Army, on Thursday intercepted a group of suspected Boko Haram insurgents allegedly on…
Breaking: At last, NJC suspends 7 senior judges accused of corruption
The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Thursday suspended seven senior judges arrested in October by the Department of Security Service,…
INEC bows to Senate, fixes Dec. 10 for Rivers re-run
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 10 for the conduct of the outstanding National and State Assembly…
Gambia national goalkeeper dies crossing Mediterranean to Italy
The goalkeeper of Gambia women’s national soccer team is believed to have died while trying to migrate to Italy, a…
Incredible! Kano court frees suspected killers of trader accused of blasphemy
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Thursday discharged all the five suspects, who allegedly killed a trader, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, in…
Death toll in Kogi ‘Amala’ meal poison rises to 9
Three more that partook in the cassava flour meal in Ogaminana area of Okene in Kogi have lost their lives.…
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200 migrants die in shipwrecks off Libya coast
More than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN…
Nigerians in America endorse Clinton for President
The Nigerian Union Diaspora, the umbrella organization for the social, political, and economic empowerment of Nigerians in the United States…
Concessionaire to complete Lagos-Badagry Expressway-Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday disclosed that the government is about striking a deal with a…