Year: 2017
Nigerians call for EFCC/ICPC desks in IDPs camps to check corruption
Nigerians have urged the Federal Government to establish EFCC, and ICPC desks in all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across…
Abia residents urged to support environmental courts
Abia Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ikechi Mgboji, has advised people of the state to support the efforts of the state’s…
Enugu govt. reacts to alleged delisting among World Resilient Cities
Championship side Bristol City sent English Premier League side Manchester United out of the League Cup on Wednesday, scoring with…
NDIC obtains 3 international certificates
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has successfully obtained three certifications from the British Standards Institution (BSI) after a rigorous…
Swansea sack Clement after winless run
Swansea City has sacked manager Paul Clement after less than a year at the helm as the Premier League bottom…
Buhari awards Onitsha-Enugu, Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road contracts
THE Federal Executive Council, FEC today, Wednesday approved the award of a N155.7 billion Naira contract for the construction of…
Conversation With Niyi Osundare
The event was billed as the last installment of the programme ‘Literary Crossroads Nigeria’ for the year 2017.
Ambode unveils LASEMA Response Unit to aid swift response
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that the capacity of the emergency responders of the State to combat…
Gov Amosun gives Ogun CDAs N49.5m
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has donated N49.5million to Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the state.
Incredible! Bristol City bundle United out of Carabao Cup
Korey Smith scored an injury-time winner as Championship side Bristol City stunned holders Manchester United to reach the semi-finals of…
Police arrest 20 MAPOLY students over protest
No fewer that 20 students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, were arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command…
Buhari seeks confirmation of 9 nominees as RECs
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, requesting for consideration and confirmation of nine nominees as State Resident Electoral commissioners…
Presidency: FEC meeting’ll extend till Thursday
The Presidency on Wednesday said the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, will extend…
N1.47bn fraud: EFCC Releases Innoson boss on Bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released Nnewi, Anambra-State born Industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma on bail.
Ujah dumps Werder Bremen for Mainz
Nigerian strike, Anthony Ujah has dumped Werder Bremen for Mainz 05 after putting pen on paper for the new club.
Osinbajo joins others to chart a new path for Nigeria’s media
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), joined eminent Nigerians at the 50th birthday celebration of journalist Kadaria Ahmed to…
Zamfara Govt. urged to develop 75km road in Zurmi, Shinkafi LGAs
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to construct a 75 kilometre road to link…
ASUU demands panel set up over LASU crisis
The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Lagos Zone, is demanding the setting up of a panel of inquiry into the…
Operation Cobra: FRSC boosts operations with new patrol vehicles
The Operation Cobra of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has received a boost with the injection of seven more…
Oando filling station in Lekki sealed over alleged molestation
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Lagos on Wednesday sealed Oando filling station in Lekki area over alleged molestation…
Ronaldo in Messi’s shadow after mimicking celebration
The defining image of the previous “Clasico’’ in the league last April was the sight of Lionel Messi defiantly showing…
Christmas: Osun Govt. to provide free transport to citizens
The Osun Government said it would provide free train transport for its citizens and others willing to travel to the…
Federal Executive Council meeting to continue on Thursday
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says the extra-ordinary meeting of the…
NCC comes down hard on telecom coys over illegal operations
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Wednesday that it has clamped down on three companies for operating illegally in…
Reps debate bailout for ailing industries to ease unemployment
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to initiate a process of bailing out critical industries in…
Digital TV to generate N100bn for Nollywood – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says that Digital Television will generate N100bn annually for Nollywood through FreeTV…
Sen. Kwankwanso visits burnt Art, Craft village, pledges support
Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso representing Kano Central Senatorial District has pledged to assist the affected artistes whose works of art were…
Sharia Law: Hisbah Board arrests youths allegedly involved in Immorality
The Kano State Hisbah Board on Wednesday said it had arrested 12 youths allegedly involved in immoral acts in the…
Political parties await INEC’s decision on Anambra Central primaries
The Chairmen of 21 political parties in Anambra have said they were waiting on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC)…
You must take charge of security in Lagos schools, Ambode orders Legionnaires
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has ordered Legionnaires in the state to take charge of security in public schools…