Year: 2017
Electrician Arraigned For Stealing Street-Light Pole
A 22-year-old electrician, Morufu Dauda, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State charged with stealing…
2 Men Docked Over Vehicle Theft
A driver, Godwin Okpe and his conductor, Dare Shobola, who allegedly stole a vehicle valued at N850,000 were on Wednesday…
NIS recruitment scam: Court condemns EFCC over failure to produce witness
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday chided the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over its conduct in the…
Woman Killed, 7 Injured In Jos-Abuja Road
A vehicle carrying members of one family on Wednesday veered into a thick forest in Hawan Kibo, along the Jos-Abuja…
Customs, Rice Farmers Sign MoU To Stop Smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…
Long queues at ATM points, bank halls in Jos after holidays
ATM cash dispensing points and bank halls witnessed long queues in Jos, the Plateau capital, as business activities resumed while…
Commissioner Urges Youth Participation In Agriculture
The Anambra Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Afam Mbanefo, has advised youths to take advantage of the best training in agronomy…
Gatekeeper Arraigned For Stealing Hotel Generator
A 33-year-old gatekeeper, David Agba, who allegedly stole a generator worth N134,000 from his employer, was on Wednesday brought before…
Flood: NGO Warns FCT Residents Against Refuse Dumping
The President, Society for the Promotion of People`s Rights, an NGO, Mr Williams Osaze on Monday advised residents of FCT…
Indonesia Imposes Travel Ban On Trump’s Business Partner
Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed…
100 African designers, exhibitors to feature at Africa Fashion Week in London
Over 100 African fashion designers and exhibitors will feature at the 7th edition of Africa Fashion Week between Aug.11, 2017…
Boko Haram: UN condemn Eid el-fitri suicide attacks in Borno
The Secretary-General of the UN, Mr António Guterres, has reiterated the organisation’s support to the Federal Government in the ongoing…
Brazilian President Refuses To Step Down
President Michel Temer of Brazil on Tuesday denounced corruption charges against him as a “legal fiction” and refused to step…
Nigerian billionaire Kola Aluko’s $50.9m New York penthouse for auction
Nigerian energy businessman Kola Aluko, declared wanted by the EFCC, has been identified as the owner of Apartment 79, a…
Party backs restructuring call, wants united Nigeria
The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) has backed the call to restructure Nigeria, saying it will end agitations by ethnic…
UN kick-starts campaign to transform 70m unemployed youths to entrepreneurs
UN agencies have launched a new global campaign to make it easier for 70 million unemployed youths to get financing…
Pioneer ATM marks 50th ‘Birthday’
The world’s first Automated Teller Machine (ATM),a technology which brought transformation in the way people obtained and used cash, on…
UN reaffirms support to FG over Boko Haram
The Secretary-General of the UN, Mr António Guterres, has reiterated the organisation’s support to the Federal Government in the ongoing…
Europe Under-21 Championship: Germany edge out England on penalty to each final
We have definitely been here before. Southampton’s Nathan Redmond joined the long list of England penalty shootout villains as Germany…
Presidency to continue consultations on Nigeria’s unity
The consultations by the Presidency with various segments of the Nigerian society will continue, the Spokesman of the Acting President,…
Marry educated women for better life, university don advises men
A female professor in Zamfara state, Professor Bilkisu Shinkafi, has called on men to marry educated women in order to…
52 migrants from Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal die in Sahara Desert
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it rescued no fewer than 600 people since April 2017 through a new…
Southern elder statesmen support restructuring of Nigeria
A coalition of inter-ethnic group under the aegis of ‘The Yiiegba Charter’, led by elder statesmen from the southern part…
Video: Tonto Dikeh’s Marriage Annuled, Bride Price Returned
The traditional marriage between Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh and Olakunle Churchill has been officially annulled as both families met recently…
Morata breaks honeymoon to speed up move to Man. United
A report in the Mirror says Alvaro Morata has broken off his honeymoon to try and speed up his move…
Dbanj Releases Date For KingdonCome Album
Nigeria's koko master D’Banj has revealed the artwork to his upcoming album “King Don Come” as well as a 7th…
We’re not deaf to grievances in parts of Nigeria – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has again assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts…
Bird Flu: South Africa’s Neighbours Ban Poultry Imports
Namibia and Botswana on Tuesday suspended poultry imports from South Africa with immediate effect, following outbreaks of highly contagious H5N8…
CAN Calls For Establishment Of Inter Religious Council
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has appealed to the Zamfara State Government to establish an Inter Religious Council in…
I Don’t Know What To Do With A Baby – Serena Williams
35-year-old Tennis star, Serena Williams, who is also pregnant with her first baby stripped down for Vanity Fair in a…