Year: 2017
Google Trends: Funke Akindele’s pregnancy, JAMB dominate searches
Rumours of Funke Akindele’s pregnancy during a hosting gig and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) result dominated searches on…
ASUP faults new JAMB cut-off mark
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says the new cut-off mark for admission into universities, polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges…
Enugu governor empowers over 600 traders
Chief Ossy Okoye, the former Chairman, Ogbete Market Traders Association (OMTA), on Friday commended Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State…
Deadly snakes discovered in Australian post
Highly poisonous snakes have been discovered in the Australian post as wildlife Officers try to uncoil a reptile-smuggling racket, it…
White farmers force black man into a coffin
Two white South African farmers who forced a black man into a coffin have been convicted of attempted murder and…
AGN lauded for resolving 12-year leadership rift
A don, Mr Obi Okoli, has lauded the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) for resolving the 12 years leadership rift…
Angola ruling party wins election, opposition cries foul
Angola’s ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has convincingly won the general election, the electoral commission said…
Trader docked for defrauding colleague animal skin
A 27-year-old trader, Usman Mohammed, who allegedly obtained 52 pieces of animal skin worth N1.1 million from his colleague under…
Obiano U-13 football competition begins Sept. 27
The maiden Anambra U-13 football championship for primary and junior secondary school students, organized by the state government and Awka-based…
Admission processes for 2017/2018 commence on Sept.15 – JAMB
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the admission processes for 2017/2018 will commence on Sept.15 and close on…
Britain will not pay ‘penny more’ to leave EU – Boris
Britain will pay “not a penny more, not a penny less” than what the government thinks its legal obligations are…
Man jailed for stealing cables from electric transformer
A Karu Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced 22-year-old Isiya Yusuf, of no fixed address to five months imprisonment for…
What Buhari told party leaders at closed-door meeting
President Buhari: I thank you sincerely, collectively and individually for finding time from your busy schedules to come all the…
IPOB rejects withdrawal of quit notice, asks Igbo to leave North
The Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected the withdrawal of the quit notice issued to Igbos in the Northern part…
FG to uphold nation’s sovereignty, says envoy
Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Godwin Adama has urged friends of the country not to accommodate or support…
Lassa fever: SON to sanction master bakers
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it will henceforth sanction any master baker caught operating in an unhygienic environment…
Anambra 2017: 450 delegates for HDP primary
No fewer than 450 delegates from the 326 wards in Anambra will participate in the governorship primary election of Hope…
JAMB announces admission processes for 2017/2018 session
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the admission processes for 2017/2018 will commence on Sept.15 and close on…
SA assault: Grace Mugabe make first public appearance
Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, on Friday made her first public appearance since leaving South Africa where she was charged…
Nasarawa government to employ 2,600 teachers
The Nasarawa State Government on Friday said it had concluded plans to employ 2,600 degree and National Certificate in Education…
Group Condemns Call For Removal Of Edo Speaker
A group, the Afemai People’s Movement (APM) has condemned the call for the removal of the Speaker, Edo House of…
NSCDC impounds 71,500 litres of adulterated petroleum
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akwa Ibom has impounded 71,500 litres of adulterated petroleum products at…
UN Pledges To Support Progress In Somalia
UN has promised to support progress in Somalia in addressing the country’s challenges including severe drought and security.
New Communications Perm Sec solicits staff cooperation
Alhaji Abdullahi Mashi, the new Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, has solicited for staff cooperation. Mr. Henshaw Ogbubike, the Deputy…
Suicide Attack At Kabul Mosque Kills 14 Civilians
Officials say a suicide bomber detonated himself at the gate of a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital as…
Bribery: Samsung leader jailed 5 years
Billionaire head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee was jailed for five years for bribery on Friday in…
2017 Hajj: Cleric urges pilgrims to pray for Nigeria
Sheikh Hamza Safana, an Islamic scholar from Katsina State, has urged Nigerian pilgrims performing the 2017 Hajj in Saudi Arabia…
APC Supports Establishment Of Courts For Hate Speech
The National Youth Caucus of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday in Abuja expressed support for the establishment of special…
Buhari meets APC, PDP leaders behind closed doors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the leaderships of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples…
Philippines bans mandatory wearing of high heels in workplace
The Philippines’ labour department on Friday issued an order banning private companies from demanding female employees to wear high-heeled shoes…