Year: 2017
Ethnic clash victims beg Gov. Ambode for compensation
Some victims of the March 2016 ethnic clash at Mile 12 in Lagos State on Tuesday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode…
Anambra govt. completes aerial photography of state
Mr Michael Okonkwo, the Managing Director, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, says an aerial photography of Anambra has been completed…
Power Uti arraigned in court for killing wife
A renown wrestler, John Eke Uti a.k.a. Power Uti, was on Tuesday brought before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos,…
Photo News: President Muhammadu Buhari in Niger Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently in Niger Republic to attend a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region.
‘Why Gani Adams deserved Aare Ona Kankafo title’
The Chief Executive Officer, Adedas and Company Global Services Limited, Prince Adedipe Ewenla has said that Otunba Gani Adams deserved…
Nigerian Army holds sanitation in Port Harcourt
The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday conducted a sanitation exercise at Mile 3 Park, as part of…
Gunmen kill 2 policemen, abduct expatriate in Kogi
The police in Kogi on Tuesday confirmed the killing of two police officers and the abduction of an expatriate by…
Presidential Investigation Panel begins sitting in Lagos
The Presidential Investigation Panel instituted to review compliance of the Armed Forces with human rights obligations and rules of engagement…
Navy reaffirms commitment to protect nation’s maritime domain
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Tuesday said it would continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain. The Chief of Naval…
Nigeria, Indonesia Agree To Strengthen Economic Ties
Nigeria and Indonesia will work together to increase the level of economic cooperation between both countries, according to Vice President…
Kwara Assembly passes 2017 revised Appropriation Bill
The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a revised 2017 Appropriation Bill of N166.1 billion. The passage of the…
Southern Governors And True Federalism
Governors of 17 States of the Southern part of the country recently held an historic meeting in Lagos at the…
Vandalism: AEDC loses N500m
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, said Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) lost over N500 million to activities of…
Nigeria, Indonesia to strengthen economic ties – Osinbajo
Nigeria and Indonesia will work together to increase the level of economic cooperation between both countries, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
Buhari congratulates ‘Baba Ijebu’ at 82
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Ogun businessman Chief Kesington Adebutu as the philanthropist clocks 82 on Oct. 24. The…
Women are key in nation building, Ambode, Fayose, Osibanjo’s wife insist
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Five Nigerian governors, including Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and the…
Tambuwal requests N4.31bn virement from Sokoto Assembly
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday received letters from Gov. Aminu Tambuwal requesting additional virement of N4.31 billion…
Niger warns against security threat
Niger Government on Tuesday warned that it would take “swift and decisive enforcement’’ action against any form of security threat…
Senate raises panel to probe Maina’s reinstatement into civil service
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari's order that the former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension, Abdulrasheed Maina, should be disengaged…
Olakunle Churchill Releases Video Of Tonto Dikeh Assaulting Him
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh through a lawyer Festus Keyamo has threatened to sue bloggers and journalists that use the edited…
JEDC sacks 150 workers
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), has sacked 150 workers, in what its management said was part of a re-organisation…
World Polio Day: Kaduna celebrates 5 years without polio
The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Dr. Hadiza Balarabe on Tuesday said the state has…
Ban power sector stakeholders from using generators: Association
The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors has suggested that public officers responsible for…
Alleged N11bn fraud: Shema’s trial to begin Feb.13
A Katsina State High Court has fixed Feb 13, 2018, for mention of the case filed by Economic and Financial…
Air traffic controllers want second runway at Abuja airport
The President of Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (NATCA), Mr Victor Eyaru, has called for the construction of a second…
Kwese TV assures Nigerian subscribers of home grown programmes
Lizzy Amkpa, the General Manager, Kwesé TV Nigeria, a new satellite pay TV network, on Tuesday assured subscribers of home-grown…
Air Passengers to double to 7.8bn by 2036 – IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the four…
Odinga urges supporters to boycott repeat presidential poll
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday called on his supporters to stay at home and boycott the repeat presidential…
NLC calls for review of minimum wage
Kwara State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Abdulyekeen Agunbiade, has called on the Federal Government to review…
Police sanction 20 personnel for corruption
The Nigeria Police Force, says it has sanctioned 20 personnel involved in corruption between Jan. 2016 and Jun. 2017 in…