Year: 2017
Marcelo accused of €490,000 tax fraud in Spain
Real Madrid star Marcelo has been accused by Spanish authorities of tax fraud totalling €490,000 (£436,000; $576,000).
Leicester City sack coach Shakespeare
Leicester City have sacked manager Craig Shakespeare just four months after he signed a three-year deal to take the job…
Water Corporation Charges Residents To Support Metering Exercise
The Lagos Water Corporation has charged residents of the State to support the ongoing metering exercise recently embarked upon by…
Union wants Federal Government to address poor wages
Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), on Tuesday…
Taraba governor tells licensed miners to access C of O
Gov. Darius Isiaku of Taraba on Tuesday advised mining title holders to access Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) from…
Africa holds key for feeding 9 billion people by 2050 – Adesina
Africa holds the key for feeding the nine billion people that will inhabit this planet by 2050, the President of…
UBA Sustains Strong Performance; Grows Nine Months Profit By 33%
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced its unaudited third quarter financial results ended September…
Reps to repeal outdated water laws
The House of Representatives has promised to repeal obsolete water-related laws and enact the National Water Resources Commission and National…
World Food Day: Lagos empowers 1,140 residents
No fewer than 1,140 residents of Lagos have been empowered by the Lagos State Government under its agricultural value and…
Toll-free numbers: LASEMA kicks off awareness campaign
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) kicked off, on Tuesday, its three-day road show, to create awareness on the…
NANTS president advocates negotiating strategy for Nigeria
President, National Association of Nigeria Traders (NANTS), Mr Ken Ukaoha, has advocated for the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)…
Aare Ona Kakanfo: Tinubu congratulates Gani Adams
Sen. Bola Tinubu on Tuesday congratulated the leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, on his appointment as…
Sultan denies rumours of poison vaccine
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed speculations that vaccines for polio and other communicable diseases cause…
2019 Presidential election: Buhari remains only credible candidate
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to stand for re-election in 2019 because he remains the…
UNFPA tasks Federal Government on girl child education
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the Federal Government to invest more in the education of youths, especially the…
Dolapo Osinbajo task girls on innovation
The wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, has stressed the importance of girl child education, calling on every…
NNPC stocks petrol for year-end movements – Baru
Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation had stocked over…
Overnight rains extinguish wildfires in Spain
Overnight rains in the region and a lowering of unseasonably high temperatures in Galicia helped the task of the hundreds…
Kwara LG Poll: Court dismisses suit against KWASIEC
An Ilorin High Court on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) praying the court to…
President Buhari signs University of Petroleum Resources Bill
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed University of Petroleum Resources Bill with a pledge to continue to support the socio-economic…
Nasarawa state to construct new court complex
Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa state on Tuesday laid the foundation for the construction of new multi-million naira high court…
May D Drops New Single ”Rora”
Akinmayokun Awodumila known by his stage name May D continues to impress with each single he releases this year.
Actor Majid Michael Won’t Be Accepting Kissing Roles Anymore
Majid Michel, Ghanaian actor turned Evangelist says he won’t be accepting kissing roles in movies again, a decision he said…
Video: 97% Nigerian Music Is Meaningless – OAP Lolo
Media personality Omotunde Adebowale a.k.a Lolo 1, in an interview with HipTV revealed that 97% of Nigerian music have no…
Africa spends $35bn annually on food imports – AfDB
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa was spending 35 billion dollars annually on…
Nigerian Army debunk rumours of harmful vaccination in Ondo State
The 32 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army, Akure, has debunked rumours of harmful vaccination being conducted by some people believed…
God forbid I go back to PDP – Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has once again rejected overtures from leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to…
Police destroy drugs worth over N50m in Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi on Tuesday destroyed hard drugs worth more than N50 million at…
Former minister seeks end to hidden hunger syndrome
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, former Minister of Health, on Tuesday, stressed the need for relevant authorities to urgently address hidden hunger…
Buhari angry over governors’ refusal to pay workers’ salaries, allowances
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed concern on the growing complaints and agitations by workers in states over unpaid salaries…