Year: 2017
Gov. Bello urged to resign over Voter card allegations
Some members of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi have called on Gov. Yahaya Bello to resign over accusation that…
3 Nigerian scammers jailed 235 years in America
Three Nigerian scammers who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been slammed 234 years huge prison sentences…
Ambode inaugurates Lekki emergency response unit
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday promised to take the protection of lives and property as major priority…
State attracts $65m investment in 4 years
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Friday said that his administration attracted investment worth $65 million to the state…
FRSC issues warning to Abuja taxi drivers associations
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged the leadership of intra-city commercial taxi drivers in Abuja to demonstrate their…
EU donates $12.9m to South Sudan
The European Commission (EC) on Friday said it had provided 12.9 million dollars to help save the lives of conflict-affected…
Democracy day: Police to deploy more personnel in FCT
The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Mr Musa Kimo, said on Friday the command would deploy more personnel to…
Kidnapped students will be rescued in few days – DIG
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Joshak Habila, on Friday said the students kidnapped by gunmen in Lagos would be rescued within…
Lagos state committed to sports development – Deji Tinubu
Special Adviser to the Lagos state governor on Sports, Deji Tinubu ,on Friday in Lagos reiterated the determination of the…
G7 leaders must stick to Russia sanctions, says EU’s Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday urged Group of Seven leaders to stick firmly to their sanctions policy on…
Nigerian anti-bomb policemen undergo training
The US embassy in Nigeria, on Friday concluded training for 60 Nigerian anti-bomb policemen in Lagos.
Varsity begins diploma in journalism
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, in collaboration with Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra Council, has commenced a professional diploma in…
LUTH: Our workers are not on strike
Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Lagos, on Friday said that the…
Ambode urged to lead campaign for reintroduction of History in schools
The Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday called on the state government to champion reintroduction…
UNN to train Nigerians on how to end recession
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, says it is planning to prepare Nigerian workers both in the public and private sectors…
Courts Restrains Kaduna Gov From Demolishing Market
A Kaduna High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Bello, has issued a restraining order on Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i not…
Labourer Bags 6 Months Imprisonment
A Mararaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Nasarawa State, on Friday sentenced a labourer, Musa Saide, 27, to six months in prison…
NUC To Upgrade FRSC Academy
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Academy in Udi, Enugu State, is to be upgraded to a degree awarding institution,…
Ex Intelligence Specialist Donates Drones To Somali Police
A former U.S. intelligence specialist Brett Velicovich has donated five surveillance drones to police in Somalia, aiming to help combat…
Egyptian president calls security meeting after attack on Christians
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called a meeting of security officials in the wake of a deadly attack on a group…
Zuma appoints first woman to head Supreme Court
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has appointed Justice Mandisa Maya as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, the…
Gunmen kill 23 Christians inside bus
Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians as they were driving to a monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing…
Landslides kill 57 people
The death toll in landslides triggered by heavy rain across Sri Lanka has surpassed 57, with no fewer than 30…
Stop praying and start working, Osinbajo tells civil servants
As Nigeria faces an economic malaise and President Muhammadu Buhari is out of the country on sick leave, the country’s…
Ramadan: Saudi Arabia counters Sultan, says fasting begins tomorrow
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, has empathically announced that the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday,…
Nigeria reaffirms commitment to security
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to the international human rights law and international humanitarian law, which stipulate the protection of…
Customs seizes 941 bags of foreign rice
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said it impounded 941 bags of foreign per…
2 bodies recovered off Mediterranean coast
About 2,300 people have been rescued and two bodies recovered in the latest migrant rescues in the central Mediterranean, the…
LASG urged to Immortalise Herbert Macaulay
Amb. Dapo Fafowora, a historian and retired diplomat, on Thursday called on the Lagos State Government to immortalise Herbert Macaulay…