Year: 2017
Cooking gas price drops by 30 percent, housewives happy
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise called cooking gas, has dropped by 30 percent from N400 per kilogram…
Anambra now an investment hub – special assistant
Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, a Senior Special Assistant to Anambra Governor on Investment Inflows, says Anambra has become an investment hub…
IPAC mourns late LASIEC commissioner
The Lagos State Chapter of Inter-Party Council(IPAC) has described the death of a Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) commissioner,…
Navy discovers 30 new illegal refineries in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy says it has discovered 30 new illegal refineries with the combined capacity to produce about four million…
Hate speech to be treated as terrorism – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said that the Federal Government had drawn a line on hate speech and would…
I will fire Wenger if I buy Arsenal – Dangote
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has said the first thing he would do after acquiring Arsenal football club is to…
SPDC GM shares why Niger Delta is no longer attractive for investment
Mr. Igo Weli, the General Manager, External Relations, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), on Thursday said the Niger Delta was…
UNILAG student arraigned for rape
A 400 level student of the University of Lagos, Oluwaseyi Anyiam, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for…
Lagos-Badagry Expressway project on course — CCECC
The China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), Contractors handling the expansion of the Lagos/Badagry Expressway project, on Thursday assured…
Undergraduate, 25, begs court to dissolve marriage
A 25-year old undergraduate, Fatimo Akinwunmi, on Thursday, begged an Agege Customary Court to dissolve her four-year-old marriage to her…
Internet access imperative for quality education
Prof. Comfort Ekpo, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, says access to uninterrupted internet facility is imperative to…
Odd World! 10-year old Indian rape victim delivers baby
A 10-year old girl in India who had been raped, but whose abortion plea was turned down by the country’s…
Malala excited over admission at Oxford University
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai said on Thursday she was “excited” after winning a place to study at Oxford University.
Police dock brothers who duped sister of N25m
Three men, including two brothers, who allegedly forged a document and stole N25 million belonging to their sister, Uzezi Obahor,…
Alfa keeps human parts of his friend in the ceiling
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of an Islamic cleric, Babatunde Suleiman of Oloje area, Ilorin for…
Niger Delta University joins ASUU strike
The Niger Delta University (NDU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has joined the ongoing nationwide strike…
Nigerian public officials receive N400b bribe every year
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said roughly N400 billion is spent on bribes each year in Nigeria, taking…
Home-based Eagles beat Kano Pillars 1-0 in friendly
Home-based Super Eagles on Wednesday beat Kano Pillars 1-0 in a friendly match in preparation for the Championship for African Nations…
Pro- Buhari group condemns Charlie Boy led protests
The Buhari Support Group Centre (BSGC), on Wednesday condemned the protest and unauthorised invasion by a group to Wuse Market,…
Brigade targets N100m in fund raising
The National Council of the Nigeria Boys’ Brigade says it has perfected plans to raise N100 million to enhance youth…
ASUU strike: Varsity signs up
The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, (IBBU) Lapai in Niger has officially joined in the nationwide indefinite strike embarked upon by…
Anambra guber poll: Lagos APGA congratulates Obiano
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Wednesday congratulated Gov. Willy Obiano of Anambra State…
Sierra Leone mudslide: First lady commiserates with Mrs Koroma
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commiserated with the first lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs Sia Koroma…
Denmark, Nigeria to tackle irregular migration
Danish Development Cooperation Minister Ulla Tornæs, on Wednesday, expressed her country’s determination to assist Nigeria tackle irregular migration from the country to…
Contraband: Customs in impounds goods worth N101.693m
The Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri on Wednesday said it confiscated contraband with…
2017 Hajj: 58% intending pilgrims transported – NAHCON
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) said 37,388 out of the 65,271 intending Nigerian pilgrims for the 2017 hajj…
Agency backs legislation for elderly in Nigeria
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has expressed support for the proposed bill seeking to outline privileges, support and opportunities for…
5 fertiliser plants to be revived this August – PFI
A committee member, Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI), Mr Thomas Etuh says five fertiliser blending plants will be revived by the…
Media chiefs urged to project Nigeria in IPI congress
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has requested the country’s chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) to use the 2018 edition…
Trump disbands Business Groups
President Trump has said he is scrapping two business councils after more bosses quit over his handling of violent clashes…