Year: 2017
Malawi prisons closed as warders demand pay hike
Prison gates in Malawi remain closed as warders continue to protest for a hike on their monthly salary.
Philippine President tells troops not to be captured alive
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday told government troops not to allow themselves to be captured alive by enemies of…
Finally! Medview Airline airlifts stranded London passengers to Lagos
Passengers of Medview Airline stranded at the Gatwick Airport, London for three days were on Tuesday airlifted by the Airline…
Budget: Reps. decry duplication of projects by MDAs
The House of Representatives has decried Ministries Departments and Agencies’ (MDAs’) duplication of projects funded by international donors in their…
Mother, Son Arrested Over Murder Of Sibling
The police has launched investigation into the death of one Fidelis Asogwa, suspected to have been killed by his own…
Lai Mohammed – Nigeria Is Advancing In Theatre, Stage Performance
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the Nigerian entertainment industry is advancing in the…
Britain faces economic ‘wobble’ after Brexit
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has already brought signs of a post-Brexit “wobble” in London’s economy, as growth…
Video of female official assaulting driver manipulated – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said the recent video showing its officials assaulting the driver of a…
Yomi Casual debuts ‘Renaissance’ Collection
Famous fashion business and Nigerian design label, Yomi Casual has kicked off 2017 with the ‘Renaissance’ collection.
Calabar Fire Outbreak: NPA Condoles Families Of Victims
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commiserated with the Cross River Government and families of victims of the fire incident…
JSS1 Student Confesses To Cheating In Exams
A junior secondary school student in Imo, on Tuesday confessed to serial examination malpractice and vowed never again after listening…
Chidinma’s Keex style is bae!
Gorgeous Nigerian soul singer, Chidinma Ekile aka Miss Kedike is serving us too much sauce in this new pictures of…
John Boyega dapper on GQ Magazine cover
Award winning British-Nigerian actor, John Adedayo B. Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega is all shades of handsome as he…
Watch out for Boko Haram’s new tactics, Army alerts Nigerians
The Nigerian Army has warned of some new tactics it said the Boko Haram insurgents now employ to get at…
Soldier shoots superior dead after reprimand for cell phone use
An Indian soldier shot dead his superior after he was reprimanded for using a mobile phone while on the job…
Disgraced Modu-Sheriff shuns PDP caucus meeting
Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, the sacked National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was absent at the party’s expanded national…
Gunmen abduct 2 Catholic priests
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) says gunmen kidnapped two Catholic priests in an area at the centre of…
Labour suspends indefinite strike in Nasarawa
The organized labour in Nasarawa State on Tuesday suspended its two months old indusrial action after reaching an agreement with…
Minister urges political parties to increase womens’ participation in politics
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has urged political parties to consider gender quota system to…
NDDC rice mill will boost local production – Minister
The Federal Government has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the completion of rice mill in Elele-Alimini, Emuoha…
Nigerians still believe in PDP – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigerians still believed in the capacity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to lead the…
Minister pledges implementation of report on ICT varsity
Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications has pledged that the report of the committee set up to look into…
Gov. calls for repackaging not restructuring
Gov. Rochas Okorocha said Nigeria does not need restructuring as being demanded by some Nigerians, but said the nation only…
UN salutes Osinbajo’s handling of Bakassi conflict
The UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for his handling of…
Court of Appeal confirms judgment on foreign oil thieves
The Court of Appeal, Lagos, southwest Nigeria on Monday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court, Lagos which sentenced…
Banire alleges threat to life, denounces planned protest against him
National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muiz Banire has alleged threats to his life and denounced Tuesday’s…
Dispatch from the Inaugural Kaduna Book Festival
All that is left of the first ever Kaduna Book and Arts Festival, July 5-8, 2017, are memories. I recollect…
Declare State of Emergency on Education, Malala charges Nigerian govt.
Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai on Monday charged the Nigerian government to declare a state of emergency on education in the…
WAEC releases SSCE results, withholds that of 214, 952 candidates
Some 214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and their results have been seized…
US ends laptop ban on Middle Eastern airlines
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Monday said it had lifted a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying…