Year: 2017
Israel begins move to censor Facebook
A bill allowing Israeli courts to force social media companies to remove content defined as incitement passed its first reading…
Lagos begins evacuation of Yuletide waste
The government of Lagos State has begun the evacuation of all refuse generated across the State during the Christmas and…
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N2.5b Fraud: Buhari sacks Babachir Lawal as chairman of presidential boards committee
President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal as chairman of the…
Power supply, gas major challenges in 2016 – Water Corporation
Mr. Muminu Badmus, the Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), on Tuesday, identified power and gas as major challenges…
Oil price hits 18-month highs of $58.37
Oil prices hit 18-month highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between…
2017 budget: Early passage will end of economic recession
The National Chairman of United Progressive Party (UPP), Chief Chikwas Okorie, says early passage of the 2017 budget of N7.2…
Historian dupes girlfriend of car, land
A 47-year-old historian, Nicholas Ajayi, who allegedly defrauded his girlfriend of a car and landed property valued at N1.3 million,…
Woman loses ATM card, cash to hypnotist
A 29-year-old man, Lukmon Ajinike, who allegedly hypnotized a woman and collected her money and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card,…
Kwara to spend N450m on solar power in hospitals
The Kwara Government has released N450 million for the provision of solar power in all state-owned General Hospitals across the…
NCS implements vehicle importation ban
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of vehicles through the land…
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Several vehicles trapped at borders as ban on imports takes off
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of vehicles through the land…
Ekweremadu warns against military action in Gambia
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country’s presidential election,…
Katsina bags 2016 ‘Most Visible State in Media’ award
Media Search for Accountability, an NGO, has adjudged Katsina State as the ‘Most Visible State in the Media’, amongst the…
Malnutrition kills 2,300 Nigerian children daily- NGO
Mr Ubah Nnaemeka, the Project Officer, Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), on Tuesday said malnutrition accounts for the…
Nassarawa stakeholders seek support for Buhari, Al-Makura
Stakeholders in Akun Development Area of Nasarawa State, on Tuesday, passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari, for…