Year: 2017
Anambra polls: Counting ongoing in most Local Govts.
Counting of votes have started in some polling units where elections commenced on schedule in the Anambra governorship poll.
#AnambraDecides: Voters, agents express satisfaction, commend INEC
Voters and agents of political parties have expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the ongoing Anambra state gubernatorial election.
Arsenal bounce back, put two goals past Tottenham
Arsenal bounce back from their last defeat to Manchester City to put two goals past hapless Tottenham at the Emirate…
Impressive turnout at Anambra guber poll
The Anambra governorship election has witnessed impressive turnout of voters at most of the polling units.
Photo News: See Serena Williams wedding photos
Serena Williams on Thursday married her heartthrob Alexis Ohanian in one of the biggest showbiz weddings of the year.
Federal Govt set to prosecute energy thieves
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Friday said that the Federal Government would begin the…
Protesters burn ex-governor’s house after soldiers kill 3
Protesting youths on Friday burnt the house of the former governor of Kwara State Mohammed Sha’aba for allegedly inviting soldiers…
Today: 3 female suicide bombers blown up in Maiduguri
The Borno Emergency Management Agency says three female suicide bombers were killed in two foiled attempts to attack Maiduguri.
DSO: The Half Truths, Lies and Legislative Positions
Ordinarily, one would have kept quiet and ignored several misinformation, half-baked truths and double speak that have bedevilled Nigeria’s process…
#AnambraDecides: I’ll win with a landslide victory – Gov Obiano
Incumbent governor of Anambra state, Dr. Willie Obiano, has expressed confidence that he would win the ongoing gubernatorial election with…
#AnambraDecides: Voting begins on a peaceful note
The much awaited Anambra state gubernatorial election has begun on a peaceful note.
#AnambraDecides2017: Voting starts in Aguleri, other polling units
Voting has started in some polling units in Anambra while accreditation of voters is still ongoing in other places. The…
Climate change battle on track despite US pullout
Almost 200 nations kept a 2015 global agreement to tackle climate change on track on Saturday after marathon talks overshadowed…
Celebration in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe ‘falls’
Thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, waving national flags and singing and dancing in an outpouring…
#AnambraDecides2017: INEC distributes materials in registration centres
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of materials in the Registration Area Centres (RAC) across the…
Influential Nigerians not paying for power – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Friday
Yam exports in June record 90%, 50% success – Synergos
Mr Adewale Ajadi, the Country Director, Synergos Development Innovations, on Friday said that yam exports to the U.S. and Britain…
Federal Govt. to investigate death of 26 Nigerian migrants
Following the death of 26 Nigerian migrants, the Nigerian Government has set up a panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding…
Federal Govt to award contract for 69 economic roads — Fashola
The Federal Government has concluded plans to award contract for reconstruction and rehabilitation of 69 highways nationwide.
Anambra election: Party chieftains beg voters to come out
Some chieftains of political parties on Friday appealed to voters in Anambra to turn out en masse to vote for…
Kwara State varsity lecturer commits suicide
Dr. Solomon Osunlola, a lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of Agriculture, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has…
26 Nigerian women who died in Mediterranean Sea given mass burial
A mass funeral was held on Friday in Salerno, Italy for 26 young Nigerian women who drowned while trying to…
Buhari charges universities to partner with government
All roads led to the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, UI, for the grand finale of the 2017 convocation…
#AnambraDecides: We cannot be compromised – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has described the speculation that its personnel had been compromised by politicians to taint…
1000 illegal refineries destroyed in 9 months – Navy
The Nigerian Navy said it had destroyed over 1,000 illegal refineries and arrested several suspected oil thieves in the Niger…
Adamawa pays N20m to scale up FADAMA project
The Adamawa Government has paid N20 million counterpart fund for the implementation of the FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII)…
Immigration urged to enforce law on expatriate quota
The Senate Committee on Local Content on Friday decried the “unnecessary depletion of the nation’s foreign reserves’’ through engagement of…
Temi Otedola Launches Cooking Show
Temi Otedola, daughter of billionaire oil mogul, Femi Otedola has given her fans a lot to talk about as she…
Experts expects 10% increase in Cashew body production in 2018
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) on Friday projected a 10 per cent increase in cashew nut production for…
Buhari’s achievements commendable despite economic downturn – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration recorded laudable achievements, in spite of…