Year: 2017
Lalong Wins Business Day Newspaper Award
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has won the Business Day Newspaper peace award for his efforts that resulted in the…
Saint Obi Tasks Movie Producers On Variety
A veteran actor, Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi, has advised producers to come up with different genres of…
Court Remands Applicant For Insulting IPO
A 27-year-old applicant, Maria John, was on Friday remanded in Keffi Prison for allegedly insulting one Sgt. Aisha Idris, an…
Labourer Charged With Assaulting Eatery Proprietress
A 33-year-old labourer, Obadiah Samuel, who allegedly assaulted the proprietress of an eatery, was on Friday brought before a Minna…
Osun Recorded 3 Accidents In June – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun on Friday said that three deaths were recorded from road accidents in…
Rape Suspect Faces Prosecution 21 Years After Crime
A child rape suspect would face prosecution on Friday in Central China’s Henan Province more than 20 years after the…
Governor Obaseki rewards mathematics teachers, students
Governor Godwin Obaseki has donated N500, 000 to a mathematics teacher in Asoro Grammar School, Mrs Birgitta Okodugha, and N250,…
Gunmen kill 5 Egyptian policemen
Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, the…
Kwese Basketball League: David Godwin’s 15 points haul down Oluyole Warriors
David Godwin had a game-high 15 points and 3 rebounds to help Kwara Falcons beat Oluyole Warriors 81-61 on Thursday…
Security Council urged to strengthen support for fight against Boko Haram
Mohammed Chambers, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to West Africa and the Sahel, has called on the Security…
Osotimehin served God, humanity – Minister
Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister for Health has described the late Babatunde Osotimehin, 68, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…
INEC to partner with State Police Command to ensure smooth operations
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday called for closer partnership with the Police command in Enugu State to…
People involved in Challenges of the power sector – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that the challenges of the power sector in…
Gov. calls for partnership between Army, Police to help combat crime
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Thursday that the Nigerian Army should form a synergy with the police in…
Acting President launches MSMEs Clinic for viable businesses in Ogun State
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday launched the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise(MSMEs) Clinic in Abeokuta.
Party battle was a bittersweet affair – Makarfi
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday in…
Former Head of State commissions National Academy in Bayelsa
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Thursday commissioned the Ijaw National Academy in Bayelsa, saying that the…
FG to increase effort in promoting leather technology — Minister
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, said in Abuja on Thursday that the Federal Government would take…
Association decries shortage of nurses in Nigeria
The National Association of Perioperative Nurses (NAPON) said on Thursday that the dearth of perioperative nurses in the nation’s health…
Bureau de Change operator dupes Chinese of $2.4m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested and detained a Bureau de Change operator alleged to…
Obaseki’s uncle, Supreme Court Justice dies at 93
The family of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has been thrown into mourning, following the death of his uncle,…
Air passenger dies on arrival at Lagos Airport
A Nigerian passenger on Emirates Airlines on Wednesday slumped and died on arrival at the international wing of the Murtala…
Ifeanyi Ubah fights back, says NNPC owes Capital Oil N16b
The Chairman of Capital Oil, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, on Thursday disputed claims that he was owing Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
APC Defeat was a Plebiscite against Aregbesola, Say Party Chieftains
Chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) have given different reasons why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated the ruling party…
Lagos hands over teachers accused of defiling students to police
The two teachers of Nazareth Junior/Senior College, Ibowon, Epe who were alleged to have defiled some students of the school…
Customs educates public on damaged vehicles importation
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has begun the education of Nigerians on the need to have understanding on consignments, particularly…
Visit to Buhari has proven rumour mongers wrong – Former Gov.
A former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Kalu, has said that those peddling rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari is on…
Three INEC Staff Arraigned for N138m Bribe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned the Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Lagos Mobile Court And Social Regeneration
Like similar mega cities such as New York, New Delhi, Tokyo and Beijing, Lagos equally has to grapple with enormous…
Ambode Suspends Baale Of Shangisha For Faking Kidnap
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday approved the immediate suspension of the Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief…