Year: 2017
TETFund awards contract to renovate burnt Varsity library
The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded a contract of N720 million to renovate the…
Eid-el-Fitri: Abia residents assured of adequate security
The Police Command in Abia on Friday assured people of the state that it had taken adequate measures to protect…
Etisalat vs Banks: CBN, NCC intervene to save jobs, Asset Stripping
Following the deepening crisis between Etisalat and a consortium of 13 Nigerian Banks over a syndicated loan of about US$1.2…
Unibadan resumes July 2, begins exam July 4
The Senate of the University of Ibadan, UI, at its special meeting held Friday announced a new date for the…
NTDC to leverage on technology to boost tourism potential
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) says it would use the best modern technology to explore more tourism potential across…
Eid-el-fitri: Ambode to host Muslims in 20 centres
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday explained the rationale behind the decision of his administration to host Muslims…
How Jonathan’s cousin, others siphoned $40m meant for supply of communication kits
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to July 7, 2017 the trial…
Tax officers to undergo training to boost tax collection
In a bid to boost tax awareness and collection, the Federal Government has commenced the training of 27 unemployed graduates…
State distributes sets of animal traction equipment to IDPs
Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe on Friday distributed 130 sets of animal traction equipment to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Supreme Court sacks Taraba Senator
The Supreme Court has ordered the Senator representing Taraba North Senatorial District, Sani Abubakar Danladi of the People’s Democratic Party…
Mad rush at Lagos Airport ahead Eid-el-Fitr holidays
Passenger traffic rose at the Domestic Terminals 1 and 2 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Friday ahead of…
Court affirms Tambuwal as Sokoto governor
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal as governor of Sokoto State.
Supreme Court sacks House of Reps member
The Supreme Court has ordered a member of the House of Representatives representing Vandikwa and Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue…
London mosque attacker charged to court
London Metropolitan police on Friday charged a 47-year-old man, arrested after driving a van into Muslims near a mosque in…
DSS foils Boko Haram’s plot to attack, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, said it had uncovered plot by suspected terrorists to attack Kano, Kaduna,…
Ambode: Enemies within responsible for kidnappings in Lagos
Lagos Stat Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said some kidnappings in the state were the handiwork of enemies within and…
Herdsmen rape 2 sisters
Two herdsmen, Shuaibu Samaila, 21, and Bashiru Mohammed, 24, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at…
Man beheads 70-year old man for ritual
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered the remand of Folorunsho Sewedo, in prison custody for allegedly beheading…
Ford recalls 15,600 cars over fire risk
Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 16,000 Ikon and Figo models in South Africa due to a potential fire risk,…
Crowd beat police officer to death
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said on Friday one of their officers had been beaten to death by a crowd outside…
EFCC arraigns Judge for $260,000; N8.65m unlawful enrichment
Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Bayelsa Division was on Friday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
20 CSOs sue Nigeria govt over concessioning of Port Harcourt Refinery
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL and 19 other Civil Society Organizations have made good their pledge to…
Kidnapping And Weak Value System
Prior to its reaching an escalating height, kidnapping did not rank among the most ardent security concerns or crimes in…
Winners emerge in GTBank-Ogun Principals Cup Semi Finals
Students and football lovers in Ogun State defied the torrential rainfall as they trouped out en-masse for the semi-final fixtures…
Arrested Land Grabbing Kingpin Fails To Meet Bail Conditions
Days after he was granted bail by the Special Offences Court, Oshodi, the fate of the arrested notorious land grabbing…
Saraki: I’ll win again at Appeal Court over assets declaration trial
Bukola Saraki, Nigeria's Senate President is confident that he will win again at the Appeal Court in his ongoing trial…
Revenue Board Seals NDDC’s Office In Yenagoa
The Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), on Friday sealed off the Bayelsa office of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),…
U.S. Student’s Death A ‘mystery’ – North Korea
North Korea said on Friday the death of U.S. university student Otto Warmbier soon after his return home was a…
UN Launches Inquiry Into Congo Atrocities
The UN Human Rights Council launched an international investigation on Friday into killings and other atrocities in the Kasai region…
London Tower Blaze Began In Hotpoint Fridge Freezer – Police
Police said on Friday that the fire that engulfed a London tower block killing at least 79 people started in…