Year: 2017
Lagos Shuts Illegal Plank Market In Oko-Baba
The Lagos State Government on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of an illegal plank market in Oko-Baba extension by Wright…
Kogi Strange Illness: Tests To Ascertain Cause Ongoing
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says tests are ongoing in their collaborating laboratories to ascertain the cause of…
Tragedy: 12 perish in Lagos boat mishap
12 people have drowned as a passenger boat capsised on Sunday at Ilashe area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Buhari : Kogi Declares Public Holiday For Thanksgiving
Kogi State government has declared Aug. 21 as a public holiday for citizens to thank God for safely returning President…
NSIA Releases Fertiliser New Whistleblowing Numbers
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has released new whistleblowing numbers to enable Nigerians and stakeholders register their complaints and…
Babies Take To Water For Improved Sleep, Flexibility
Egyptian parents have begun enrolling their infants in a swimming class, taught by a 30-year-old Russian-trained coach, in order to…
Edo Assembly issues ultimatum to former deputy speaker to return vehicles
Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has issued a two-day ultimatum to the former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mrs…
Nigerian students happy over Buhari’s return, wants cabinet reshuffle
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed delight over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country…
Governor’s aide assassinated
The Benue Police Command has confirmed the assassination of Mr Tavershima Adyorough, Principal Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Samuel Ortom…
Flood sacks over 100 families in Yobe
Over 100 people in Jajimaji, Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe, have been rendered homeless by flood that took over…
Nigeria has no alternative to President Buhari now—NUPENG
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Sunday said the jubilation that followed the arrival of…
It is time we go back to farming – Aregbesola
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State , has said that it was high time for Nigeria to go back to…
Strike: ASUU’s demands unrealistic – Ezekwesili
A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Sunday said that the demands by the Academic Staff Union of…
Eid-el-Kabir: Islamic Scholar warns against taking loan to buy rams
With few days to the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, an Islamic scholar, Prof. Badmas Yusuf has warned Muslims against obtaining loan…
President Buhari’s return excites Yoruba Youth Association
The Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), has described the return of President Muhammad Buhari to the country, after his medical…
Buhari’s return, good omen for Nigeria – Emir
The Emir of Kanam, Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammadu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s return to the country after a medical vacation…
Ahiara Diocese crisis: Kaigama calls for sword-shelving
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has appealed to priests and lay faithful of Ahiara Diocese to…
Delta rice farmers will have bumper harvest – RIFAN Chairman
Mr Silvanus Ejezie, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Delta chapter, on Sunday expressed optimism that rice farmers in…
PDP wins Gombe by-election
The peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Kawuwa Malala has been declared winner of Dukku North Constituency bye-election in to…
Kidnappers snatch 3 women on their way to Abuja
The police have launched a manhunt for kidnappers who abducted three women along Lambata-Suleja road on Saturday.
President Buhari’s return is nation’s hope fulfilled, says Tinubu
All Progressives Congress chieftain, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to remain united and support President Muhammadu Buhari as he…
Nigerian pilgrims happy over President Buhari’s return
Some Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have expressed happiness over the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria after…
How Can Man Be Righteous? (1)
Can a man born of woman be righteous? One of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, does not think so. He asks cynically:…
South East Govs welcome President Buhari
The South East Governors Forum has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back to Nigeria after his medical vacation in the United…
Unknown disease in Kogi diagnosed as gastroenteritis
The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, on Sunday said that the alleged unknown disease has been diagnosed…
23 dead, 40 injured in India’s train derailment
At least 23 people were killed and 40 injured Saturday after a train derailed in northern India, police said.
Buhari holds first meeting with Osinbajo, service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari met briefly with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and service chiefs and heads of other security agencies on…
Author Admonishes IPOB, Agitators On Dialogue With Book
An author, Nnaemeka Okere has advised the Independent People of Biafra (IPOP) and other agitators to use dialogue and peaceful…
Griezmann sent off as Atletico battle to a draw on opening day
Atletico Madrid brushed off Antoine Griezmann's sending off to fight back from 2-0 down and stop newly promoted Girona winning…
Jubilant youths celebrate Buhari’s return in Maiduguri
Hundreds of jubilant youths in Maiduguri on Saturday trooped to the streets to celebrate the return of President Muhammad Buhari…