Year: 2017
Christmas: Federal Govt declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 25, Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 as public holidays for…
Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle release engagement pictures
Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancée Meghan Markle have released a series of portraits by New York-based fashion photographer…
Jerusalem Vote: Israeli PM Netanyahu calls UN ‘house of lies’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the UN as a “house of lies” ahead of a vote on Thursday on a…
Kano Assembly approves APC acting chairman as Commissioner
Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Acting Chairman in the state,…
Borno free of cholera outbreak – Commissioner
The Borno Government on Thursday declared that the state is cholera free sequel to the successful control of an outbreak…
My experience at #TheFalzExperience – Reporter
Folarin Falana has won 2017 and it would be futile to argue this. I’ll tell you why. The first time…
Senate postpones deliberation on $1 billion Boko Haram Fund
The Senate on Thursday, postponed deliberation on the proposed withdrawal of one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account (ECA)…
Kaduna Assembly Confirms Ruth Alkali as Commissioner
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed Mrs Ruth Alkali as Commissioner of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
Russia 2018: Super Eagles can excel with abundant young talents – Lawmaker
The Super Eagles can excel at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the quality of players Nigeria has all over…
NiMet predicts 60% chances of more rains in 2018
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted 60 per cent chances of wittiest season ever in history over Nigeria in…
Suspected cholera cases in Yemen hit 1m – ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit one…
IBB varsity SUG demands rehabilitation of Paiko-Lapai Road
The Student Union Government (SUG) of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, has called on Niger Government to rehabilitate the Paiko-Lapai…
Fuel scarcity: NNPC lauded for pumping petrol into Ejigbo Depot
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ejigbo Depot, has lauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for pumping…
Another PDP rep defects to APC
Another member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of…
Group frees 6 prisoners to celebrate members’ birthdays
A group, under the aegis of Business and Professional Women (BPW), on Thursday secured freedom for six prisoners in Keffi,…
Nigerians warned against storing petrol at home
Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin, the Group Chairman, Osun State Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), has warned the masses against storing…
Lagos port: Port Operators Groan Over Gridlock
Shippers (importers and exporters) are groaning over delays in business transactions at the Lagos ports due to the harrowing gridlock…
Sheer Bliss! When governor’s son proposed to governor’s daughter
This was exactly the feelings of Fatima Ganduje, daughter of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State when her heartthrob, Abolaji…
Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reach over 143m
The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached over 143 million at the end of November with addition of…
Olubadan’s wife dies at 71
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Thursday lost one of his queens, Olori Kudirat Aduke.
Pastor docked for duping worshipper of N1.1m
A 40-year-old man, Femi Adewale, was on Thursday arraigned before Chief Magistrate B. B. Adebowale of an Ota Magistrates’ Court…
Khloé Kardashian Shares Baby Bump Photo
Reality Tv star Khloé Kardashian is finally out with news of her pregnancy and she posted the first picture of…
Association tells LASG to decentralise town planning
The Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), Lagos State Chapter, has called on the state government to decentralise…
Group to launch data economy, longevity app
Insilico Medicine, a US-based organisation, on Thursday said it would launch a health application ‘Longenesis’ to help Africans monetise their…
China urges U.S to maintain healthy, stable bilateral ties
China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday urged the United States to work with China to maintain healthy and stable bilateral…
Army chief vows to punish disloyal, disobedient personnel
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has warned that any act of disloyalty, disobedience to constituted authority and…
Expert tasks health professionals on communication skills
A communication expert, Mr Oladele Olunike, on Thursday, advised health professionals to develop communication skills that would be more effective…
Somalia: Insufficient funding threatens peacekeeping operations
Lack of funding is threatening the operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an African Union (AU) official…
Reform: Pope condemns `betrayers’ in Vatican bureaucracy
People serving in the Vatican’s bureaucracy should be loyal to the pope and avoid conspiracies and “little cliques,’’ Pope Francis…
Teenage pregnancy: Beauty queen takes advocacy to schools
Miss Humanitarian Beauty Queen 2017/18, Bertha Amuga, on Friday said she was taking a sensitisation campaign against teenage pregnancy to…