Year: 2017
Minna: Board To Prosecute Owners Of Illegal Structures
The Niger Urban Development Board, says it will take legal action against owners of illegal structures situated along the road…
8 killed, over 12 injured as factory wall collapses
The police said that eight people, including four children, were killed and over 12 others injured when a factory wall…
Why price of local rice is high – Rice Miller
Rice millers in Kano State have attributed the high cost of locally-produced rice to the increasing cost of production of…
Reach Out To People With Health Challenges – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged stakeholders in the health sector to reach out to people with health…
Water Scarcity Hits Benue
Many residents of Makurdi and its environs have been experiencing acute water shortage, forcing them to resort to different measures…
Islamic State claims attack at Iranian parliament
Islamic State claimed responsibility for attacks on Iran’s parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s shrine on Wednesday, the group’s state news agency…
Bayelsa Govt opens dialysis centre in Yenagoa
The Bayelsa Government has established a dialysis centre in the state to bring relief to people with kidney and other…
Man United overtake Real Madrid to top Forbes football rich list
Manchester United have overtaken Real Madrid as the world's most valuable football team, according to business magazine Forbes.
7 killed as terrorists attack Iranian parliament
Gunmen raided Iran’s parliament and opened fire at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini a few kilometers south of the capital…
2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016
According to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, 2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016.
Ministry develops indigenous voting machine
Indigenous Electronic Voting Machine produced by the Ministry of Science and Technology will address challenges of electoral process in the…
Man rapes six sisters, mother
A monster who kept six young sisters as sex slaves at his home after he was ‘gifted’ them by their…
Salary deductions: Union not protecting our interest –Teachers
The Benue chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), has accused the union’s National President, Mr Samuel…
Merchant Bank receives ISO certification
The Coronation Merchant Bank was on Tuesday in Lagos awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation’s ISO 27001:2013 Certification for Information…
Nigerian community in U.S. mourns Osotimehin
The Nigerian community in the U.S., Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), has expressed sadness over the death of…
Security: NSCDC to tackle pipeline vandalism
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has established a modern forensic unit to boost its performance in the…
Ex-bank Director Remanded Over Alleged N280 million Theft
A former Director with the Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, Olufemi Charles Olanihun, 47, has been arrested and arraigned before a…
Reps threaten firms over alleged forgery of tax certificate
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday threatened to handover some companies involved in the procurement of pre-shipment inspection contracts, who…
Daredevil robbers kill 4 policemen in Osun
Armed robbers on Tuesday killed four policemen in multiple bank robbery attacks in Iwo, Osun State.
Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, other artists organise night of tributes for late Moji Olaiya
Nollywood artists such as Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, Queen Salawa Abeni and several others on Tuesday poured encomiums on the…
Ooni expresses shock over Osotimehin’s death
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has expressed shock over the death of the Executive Director of United Nation…
180 condemned criminals awaiting execution in Warri prison
The Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has expressed worry over the rising number of convicts on death…
Gunmen kill civil defence operative, abduct Chinese expatriate in Edo
A Chinese expatriate working with the BUA cement company in Edo State has been abducted while an operative of the…
Facebook founder meets Nigeria’s Lola FIN founder
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday received Nigeria’s Lola Omolola, founder of a secret Facebook group called Female in Nigeria…
Court fixes July 4 to rule on Ndume’s terrorism trial
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed July 4, to rule on a no-case-submission filed by Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno)…
Police arrest 3 over attempt to steal car at Shopping Centre
The Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested a car hire operator at Palms Shopping Center, Victoria Island,…
Diversification key to growing nation’s economy – LASG
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said diversification of the economy, especially in the area of agriculture is key to…
Shell, Lagos to partner on Light up Lagos Project
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCO) has expressed its readiness to partner and support the Lagos State Government’s…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 14.2 percent
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the nation's unemployment rate rose from 13.9 per cent in the 3rd…
No attempt to hike fuel price by N5 – PPPRA
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, said Nigerians should ignore rumours of an impending hike in the price of…