Year: 2017
Lagos Crucial To Nigeria’s Economic Stability, Growth – World Bank
The World Bank on Thursday said that the role of Lagos to Nigeria’s stability and growth could not be overemphasized,…
2 Arrested For Threatening To Kill Market Leader
Two unemployed men, Olusegun Odakale and Abiola Adeyemo on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening to…
FG To Construct 2,700 Housing Units
The Federal Government is planning the construction of 2,700 housing units in the short term to create 105,000 direct jobs,…
Driver Docked For Failure To Report Accident
A 26-year-old driver, Adesokan Ademola, was on Thursday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly causing death…
South Africa Considers Privatisation To Counter Recession
South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday the country was considering the sale of non-core assets and partial…
Appeal Court: Lagos LGs has power to collect revenues on private car parks
The Lagos division of the Appeal Court has affirmed the power of Local Governments in Lagos State to generate revenue…
CPC Destroys N5m Worth Of Adulterated Food Items
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) in Jigawa on Thursday said it destroyed adulterated food items worth over five million naira…
FRSC Returns Money Recovered From Accident Scene
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has returned N159,500 out of the N278, 500 it recovered from an accident scene…
Flood: Benue Govt Requires N300 bn To Dredge River
The Benue Government, said on Thursday it requires over N300 billion to dredge River Benue to mitigate the perennial flooding…
12 Killed, 40 Wounded In Cameroon Suicide Bomb Attacks
Local authorities say two suicide bombers killed 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern…
FAAN: Lagos Airport To Be Certified July 21
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday said the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would be certified on…
WAEC releases WASSCE results 19 July
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to release the results of the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate…
Bisola Aiyeola elegant in new photos
Big Brother Naija ex-housemate and multi talented media personality, Bisola Aiyeola is an all time fashion slayer as she dishes…
WHO Approves New Mosquito Net
WHO on Thursday approved a new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF.
Stop walking alone in dark alleys, Unilorin warns students
The Management of the University of Ilorin, on Thursday warned students of the institution, particularly female students, against walking alone…
Mercy Aigbe’s Daughter Michelle gorgeous at 16
Michelle Gentry, celebrity teenage model, fashionista and Nollywood's Mercy Aigbe's first daughter, who recently turned sixteen is super gorgeous in…
South Sudan President Kiir sacks 12 judges over strike
South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has sacked 12 judges, who had been on strike over poor pay and living conditions…
OPEC compliance with oil cuts at lowest – IEA says
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says OPEC’s compliance with production cuts fell in June to its lowest levels in six…
I’m alive, Don Moen Tweets
There have been conflicting reports that American Gospel singer, Don Moen died at the General Acute Care (GAC) Hospital in…
Trump sued for blocking Twitter users
U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a free-speech group, which claims his practice of blocking Twitter users violates…
6 police shot dead in central Kenya
Authorities say six Kenyan police officers were killed and two wounded when their convoy was attacked by gunmen in central…
Yandev crisis: Benue Police summons PDP governorship candidate
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday summoned Mr Terhemen Tarzoor, PDP candidate in the 2015 governorship race, over the July…
FCT Minister inaugurates AMAC development committee
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has inaugurated a 12-ward community development committee in line with the National Policy on…
Wanted criminal’s wife arraigned for aiding, abetting crime
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday arraigned Mrs Queen Akwaza, wife of a wanted criminal suspect, Terwase Akwaza, over alleged…
Alleged Break Up: Uche Jombo’s Husband Apologises To Her
Amid reports of marital crisis allegedly ongoing in Nollywood actress Uche Jombo Rodriguez marriage, her husband Kenney Rodriguez yesterday evening…
NDDC pledges support for Ozoro Polytechnic
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has restated its resolve to assist the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, with the provision…
Makarfi’s court victory sparks wild celebrations in State capital
Youths in Makurdi on Wednesday took to the streets to celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that declared Sen. Ahmed Makarfi…
LG autonomy: Unions resolve to support
The leadership of labour unions in the country have resolved to support Local Government Autonomy.
State Police Command summons gov’ship candidate over crisis
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday summoned Mr Terhemen Tarzoor, PDP candidate in the 2015 governorship race, over the July…
Berdych through to Wimbledon semi-finals after Djokovic retires, hurt with injury
Three-times Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic’s painful year continued as he retired with an elbow injury during his quarter-final against Czech…