Year: 2017
Photos: Buhari receives Tinubu in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Aso…
Handover Lawal, Oke to EFCC for trial, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the suspended Secretary to…
Buhari holds closed door meeting with Tinubu
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Federal Govt. to provide 100 wagons to improve cargo haulage – Amaechi
The Federal Government says it will procure 100 locomotive wagons to aid the evacuation of goods from the ports by…
Russia, Nigeria sign nuclear project development agreements
Russia and Nigeria on Monday signed an agreement on construction and operation of a nuclear power plant as well as…
$13.7bn lost annually to farmers, herdsmen conflicts – Abdulsalami
A former Military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar says Nigeria loses 13.7 billion dollars annually as a result of farmers-herdsmen…
UNESCO train 100 on ICT, entrepreneurship programmes
UNESCO in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday graduated its second batch of 100 trainees on…
INEC plans special booths for disabled persons
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making efforts to put in place special polling booths for physically challenged persons…
Sokoto state expands sanitation to cover 7 Local Govts.
The Sokoto State Government says it is expanding the Sanitation Hygiene And Water in Nigeria (SHAWN) project in the state…
Alassane Quattara lauds Buhari over Nigeria’s recession exit
President Alhasan Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire on Monday in Abuja commended President Muhammadu Buhari for taking Nigeria out recession. Quattara…
Kenyatta re-elected with 98% of vote – Commission
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta won the Thursday repeat presidential election with slightly more than 98 percent of the vote. The…
Collapsed Lekki Gardens building has no approval — Witness
A Lagos State Prosecution witness, Marius Agwu, in the ongoing trial of the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Ltd,…
Buhari sacks Babachir as SGF, Oke
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal and the Director General,…
Mother arrested for dumping day-old baby in Kebbi
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old girl, Gambo Suleiman, who allegedly dumped a day-old baby boy near…
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents kill 10 in Cameroon village
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 villagers in northern Cameroon on Sunday night in what army and local…
Monkeypox : Bayelsa allays fear of new outbreak
Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, Bayelsa Commissioner for Health, on Monday, dispelled the rumour that two new cases of monkeypox disease were…
‘Black Axe’ member remanded in prison for murder
An Oshogbo Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 27-year-old black Axe member, Adewunmi Adeyinka, in Ilesa prison for alleged murder.…
Ebonyi empowerment scheme produces 7,000 beneficiaries
The Ebonyi government announced on Monday said that 7,000 indigenes had benefited from the state’s micro-economic empowerment programmes. The Commissioner…
N500m fraud: Court rules on Diezani’s application to join criminal trial Nov. 1
A Federal High Court in Lagos Southwest Nigeria on Monday adjourned till Wednesday 1 November, 2017 to rule on an…
Gombe approves N8m for anti-snake venom
Gombe State Government on Monday said it had approved N8 million for the procurement of anti-snake venom for the Snake…
Tips On How To Live As Gay – Bobrisky
Nigerian self acclaimed king of snapchat and baddest guy ever liveth Bobrisky who was dragged by Nigerians after it was…
Federal Government provides laptops for Girls in Federal Unity Schools
The Federal Government has provided a total of 330 laptops to some selected Federal Unity colleges in the country. Malam…
Court adjourns N1.4bn Paris/London Club Loan Found In Access, GTB Banks
Despite the fact that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed an application before a Federal High Court…
NSCDC to rid Kwara hotels of nude dancers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has deployed more than over 1,000 personnel to hotels in…
Mercy Aigbe Loses Her Dad
It's a double dose for Mercy Aigbe, Nigeria's beautiful actress who was in an embattled marital crisis some months back…
Former attorney-general tells Bayelsa Government to appoint new judges
Mr Francis Egele(SAN), a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa, has urged Bayelsa Government to appoint new judges…
NNPC ready to secure downstream assets
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has mapped out strategies to boost security around its depots and pump stations to…
Water Corporation Begins Customers Enumeration Exercise
The Lagos Water Corporation, LWC, has begun Customers Enumeration Exercise across the State to update the Corporation customers’ data base,…
Buhari, Quattara meets behind closed door in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with visiting President Alassane Quattara of Cote D’Ivoire at the Presidential…
Amnesty: Ondo Niger Delta Youths commend Akeredolu, Buhari
A group, Ondo State Niger Delta Youths, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the inclusion of youths in Ondo…