Year: 2017
Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque ahead of Friday prayers
Israeli police barred Muslim men under the age of 50 for a second week in a row from entering Jerusalem’s…
U.S. Senate Republicans fail to dismantle Obamacare
In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Republicans failed on Friday to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos becomes world’s richest
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has unseated fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates as the richest person in the world.
Nigerians in diaspora call for Out of Country Voting system (OCV)
The world body of the Nigerians Living in the Diaspora (NIDO), has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Female lawmaker to be sworn in after recess
The House of Representatives on Thursday said that it would swear in Mrs Dorathy Mato as the lawmaker representing Vandeikya/Konshisha…
Governorship aspirants advised to accept primaries result
Coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has urged the party’s governorship aspirants in Anambra to stick with the…
Gov. demands better attitude to govt. projects
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday appealed to communities not to misuse government projects and assets in their…
Minister urges labour to explore opportunities for workers’ benefit
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has urged organised labour to explore the social security opportunities in…
Teacher in Court for allegedly defaming Senate President
A 37-year-old primary school teacher, Biodun Baba, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ilorin Senior Magistrates Court for allegedly defaming…
Union threatens strike over dispute with AMCON
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to begin a strike in the Federal Capital…
Army pledges to strengthen armed forces through research
The Defence Headquarters has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen the Armed Forces through research and development.
England reach Women’s Euro quarter-finals
England will face France in the Women's Euro 2017 quarter-finals after beating Portugal to finish top of Group D, but…
Mayweather v McGregor: Tickets on StubHub for $150,000
It is being billed as the biggest (and possibly richest) fight in combat sports history - and tickets are on…
Boko Haram: Osinbajo orders service chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri
The nation’s Service Chiefs are to move back to command centre of the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency with…
Disregard my purported suspension, it’s a ruse – Banire
National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Muiz Banire has described his purported suspension by a local…
Mob kills policeman over death of woman, 2 children
A mob on Thursday attacked and killed a policeman over the death of a woman and two children on Owerri…
School teacher docked for criticizing Bukola Saraki
A 37-year-old primary school teacher, Biodun Baba, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ilorin Senior Magistrates Court for allegedly defaming…
Police sack Modu-Sheriff loyalists from Lagos PDP Secretariat
Officers of the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies are in the Lagos State secretariat of the PDP to…
Students kick against stoppage of legislator’s recall
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has stated that the process of recall of any legislator should not be…
Sterling Bank declares N57bn
Sterling Bank Plc on Thursday declared gross earnings of N57 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2017.
Paris Club Fund: Oyo workers to receive April and May 2017 salaries
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the payment of April and May 2017 salaries for workers in the…
Poor performance: 37 students to be recalled from Egypt
The Kano state government says it has planned to return about 37 students it was sponsoring to study nursing in…
Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA boils over imposition of Speaker
There is anger in Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria resulting in a free for all…
Unimaid Attacks: Shettima condemns Boko Haram
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has condemned Wednesday attack on geologists and exploration workers from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
Civil war: Police successfully evacuates unexploded bomb in Oji River
Many years after the Nigeria civil war ended, the Enugu State Police Command said it had successfully evacuated suspected a…
Minister receives delivery of standard gauge locomotives from China
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, took delivery of two double-end-drivers’-cabin standard gauge locomotive engines from the…
Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency Bill passed
The Senate on Thursday passed the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency Bill as a central body in Nigeria responsible for receiving,…
Nation to address constraints of exportable commodities
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has said that to build a competitive global economy,…
Militants behead mullah in northern Afghanistan
Islamic State militants in Afghanistan’s northern Sar-i-Pul province, have beheaded a local mullah in the area for allegedly practising sorcery,…
Paris Club refund: State uses fund to settle salary overdraft
The Plateau Government said on Thursday it used the N5.6 billion received as the second tranche of the Paris Club…