Year: 2017
Air traffic controllers end strike at new Senegal airport
Air traffic controllers at Senegal’s main airports have ended their strike after shutting it down for most of the day…
Use of social cohesion will unite Africans – Ohaneze Ndigbo SA
Chief Jonas Udeji, founder of Ohaneze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organisation, in South Africa says social cohesion can be used to…
Igbo Union to build cultural center in South Africa
A South Africa-based socio-cultural organisation, Igbo Union, says it will build a cultural centre in Johannesburg to promote Igbo language…
2019: INEC to introduce sign languages for disabled persons
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) says it will introduce sign languages and communication techniques to aid the full…
Nigeria at advantage as new FCWC president – Lokpobiri
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, says several advantages will accrue to Nigeria as the…
Edo-based musician recounts kidnap ordeal
Edo based musician, Osayomore Joseph, who was recently freed by kidnappers, has narrated his experience and said he paid a…
Paris Club refund: 36 state governors, FG sued over payment
Further withdrawals from the Paris Club refund by the states government has been stalled as a consultant has dragged the…
Insurgency: PDP tells NASS to investigate $1bn
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly to investigate the approval by the National Economic…
220 Boko Haram insurgents captured in North-East
The Nigerian Army on Friday said its troops had captured 220 Boko Haram insurgents in various clearance operations in the…
Abuja Arts and Craft village on fire
The popular Abuja Arts and Craft village located near the Yar’Adua Centre in Central Business District of the Federal Capital…
167 Boko Haram fighters captured, many killed
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed several Boko Haram members and captured 167 others during an intensified offensive on…
Buhari clocks 75 on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 75 on Sunday. He was born on December 17, 1942 in Daura, Katsina State.
Trump administration issues new rules on U.S. visa waivers
The Trump administration put new requirements in place on Friday for the 38 countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver…
Petrol Hoarding: Security agents discover 144 hidden oil tankers
Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some…
Lagos CP arrests lawyer over abuse of 15-year Old Girl
Lagos Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi , has arrested a lawyer, Tolu Olaoye over alleged incessant abuse of her house…
Lagos Lines Up 100 Artiste For 2017 One Lagos Fiesta
The Lagos State Government on Friday disclosed that over 100 artistes cutting across all genres would be performing at this…
Photo: Ambode Officially Commissions Upgraded Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre
Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode has commissioned the upgraded Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Robbery Case: Burna Boy Arrested, detained in police cell
Nigerian dancehall star, Damini Ogulu popularly known as ‘Burna Boy’ on Friday submitted himself to the Lagos State Police Command…
Ambode charges journalists on professionalism, commissions upgraded press centre
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday commissioned the newly upgraded Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, charging journalists…
Obasanjo bags PhD in Christian Theology
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was on Friday pronounced worthy and competent for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in…
Italian woman jailed for ordering boyfriend’s murder
An Italian woman who ordered her boyfriend’s murder in March through a website and paid a hitman in bitcoin digital…
North Central farmers selected for dry-season rice farming – AFAN
No fewer than 6,520 farmers from five north-central states and Abuja have been selected to participate in this year’s dry…
Video For Runtown, Nasty C’s ”SAID” Finally Out
South Africa's Nsikayesizwe David Jr Ngcobo, better known by his stage name Nasty C, who alongside Runtown performed a song…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa says land reform irreversible
Zimbabwe’s new President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reassured those who repossessed land from white farmers in a programme spearheaded by deposed…
One year later, Emirates returns to Abuja route
Emirates Airlines, on Friday returned to Abuja route with 95 passengers and 17 crew members on board its Boeing 777-300…
$1 billion to fight Boko Haram is a ruse – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday described the approval for the release of $1billion to the APC-led Federal Government…
Walt Disney Acquires 21st Century Fox For $52.4 Billion
Walt Disney Co. in an all stock deal is about to acquire 20th Century Fox and other entertainment and sports…
ECOWAS lauded for engaging EFCC to ensure accountability, transparency
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commended the leadership of ECOWAS Commission for demanding accountability from its headquarters staff, which made…
Nigerian Law School and the need for change
A law graduate or lawyer that cannot defend his or her own basic rights as contained in the constitution does…
Institute laments on poor procurement practice in Nigeria
Alhaji Abdulhamid Oyewo, President, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN), has called for proper procurement process…