Year: 2017
Maritime Stakeholders Advocate Policy Initiatives To Drive Sector
For Nigeria’s maritime sector to be properly harnessed and full potentials realized, right policies formulation as well as thorough implementation…
FRSC arrests 197 during Eid-el-Fitr festival in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kwara said on Monday that it arrested and prosecuted 197 motorists for violating…
Kano residents mourn Maitama-Sule
Some residents of Kano have expressed shock and dismay at the news of the death of Alhaji Yusuf Maitama-Sule, an…
Chika Ike Gets Accepted Into Harvard
Nollywood actress and former model, Chika Ike, has finally been accepted into Harvard University for her Executive MBA program, after…
Nigerian literary critic, Professor Abiola Irele dies in US
Nigerian academic and literary critic, Professor Francis Abiola Irele, is dead. He was 81
Mixed Reactions Trail Nigeria’s Yam Exports
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have expressed mixed reactions on Nigeria’s new policy to export yams to UK and the…
Maitama-Sule: Kano Govt Declares Tuesday Work-Free Day
The Kano State Government has declared Tuesday, July 4, as work-free day in honour of late Dr Yusuf Maitama-Sule who…
Court Adjourns Badeh’s Trial Till July 4
The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, was stalled on Monday, due to the ill health…
Police Decry Rising Cases Of Child Rape
The Plateau Police Command has decried the increasing spate of child rape and molestation in the state.
Tuface Idibia’s Protest: Court Fixes Oct 11 To Hear Suit
A Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed Oct. 11 to hear a suit by a Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo,…
Kano Assembly Speaker Resigns
The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum, has resigned amidst allegation of collecting money to scuttle investigation…
Man Nabbed For Stealing N2m
A 26-year-old man, Frank Godwill, who allegedly stole N2 million entrusted in his care, was on Monday charged before an…
U.S. Lifts Laptop Restriction For Flights From Abu Dhabi
The United States has lifted a ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States,…
Avenues Exist For Nigerian Investments In S/Africa
The Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Martin Cobham, has called for more Nigerian investments in that country, to…
Boko Haram: 3,000 Births Recorded In IDPs Camp
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said it registered 3,000 births among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Teachers oppose handover of payment of their salaries to local councils
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) says the union is opposed to handover of payment of primary schools teachers’ salaries…
Breaking: Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule is dead
Elder statesman and Nigeria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule is dead
Bishop laments high cases of divorce in Nigeria
The Auxiliary Bishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Most Rev. Anselm Umorem says most people prefer to co-habit because they…
Nigerians in US condemn Bello’s hospital shooting
The Nigerian community in the U.S. has condemned the shooting on Friday of seven people at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Centre…
Osinbajo off to Ethiopia for AU summit
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday morning, left Nigeria for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 29th…
I Didn’t Sue Police, Someone Only Trying To Put Me In More Trouble – Evans
Notorious billionaire serial kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, has denied filing any suit against the police.
Juliet Ibrahim, Charles Okpaleke named Cintron Ambassadors
Curvaceous award winning Ghanian star actress, Juliet Ibrahim and CEO of Play Entertainment Network, Charles Okpaleke have been named as…
FIRS to join Automatic Exchange of Information to reduce tax evasion
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Babatunde Fowler said the organisation plans to join the…
Dogo rue missed goal scoring chances Gombe United
Kabiru Dogo, the Head Coach of Nasarawa United Football Club of Lafia, on Sunday blamed his team’s numerous missed goal…
Association ready to host West African mining countries
Alh Sani Shehu, President, Miners Association of Nigeria says no fewer than 12 West African mining countries will assemble in…
NPFL: 3SC brushes past Wikki Tourists in easy win
Hosts Shooting Stars Football Club of Ibadan on Sunday defeated visiting Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi 2-0 in a 2016/2017…
CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United loses 0-2 at home to Club Africain
Rivers United Football Club’s hopes of advancing in the CAF Confederation Cup competition were dashed on Sunday after a 0-2…
MFM FC skips past ABS FC Cuts Plateau United’s lead
Lagos-based MFM Football Club on Sunday defeated Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC of Ilorin 2-1 at the Agege Stadium to…
Peacemaker! Nigeria brokers peace between North African countires
Nigeria on Sunday successfully brokered peace between Morocco and Saharawi Democratic Republic (SDR) on the wordings of the report of…
Late Suntai Reforms will not be forgotten – PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said reforms initiated by late Taraba governor, Danbaba Suntai, to promote delivery of dividends of…