Year: 2017
Demolition of Breeze FM shocking – NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has described the demolition of the structures housing the Breeze 99.9 FM, Lafia as “shocking…
WHO admits slow response to Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted It responded “too slow” in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak…
Lagos seeks new investors for 4th Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State Government on Monday said that it was shopping for new investors to take over the 4th Mainland…
PCN team visits Plateau health college
A four-man accreditation team from the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), on Monday, visited College of Health Technology, Pankshin, Plateau…
Transport, logistics key to economic development
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Monday, said that transportation and logistics were crucial…
Asuquo, Ocheke joins Gymnastics Federation board
Tony Asuquo and Helen Ocheke were on Monday elected as technical and athletes’ representatives on the board of the Gymnastics…
FG collaborates with World Bank, AfDB to construct roads
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, is to construct 700 kilometres…
Bola Tinubu to the rescue, pays for repatriation of Moji Olaiya’s body
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid the money for the repatriation of…
Breaking: 19 killed, 50 injured as explosion rocks UK music concert
British police said there were a number of fatalities in a reported explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in the…
Protesters storm EFCC office over arrested former NDDC official
Scores of protesters on Monday stormed the Port-Harcourt office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to the…
No Place for Coups
Today’s Nigeria is very different from that of the 1980s and 1990s. Any coup attempt will fail.
Ambode Terminates N844Bn 4th Mainland Bridge Concession Agreement
The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led Lagos State Government on Monday said it has terminated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it entered…
Solve Electricity; Solve Nigeria’s Economy Issues
The creation story of old sets the scene in which the heavens and the earth were covered in darkness. Then…
Lagos To Roll Out New Environmental Initiative In July
The implementation of the much-awaited new environmental policy of the Lagos State Government otherwise known as the Cleaner Lagos State…
Police rescue 3-year-old baby, arrest child traffickers
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade, on Monday, said the command had arrested two suspected child traffickers…
Edo speaker debunks division in house
The speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Dr Justin Okonoboh, on Monday debunked the rumour that there was wrangling in…
Insecurity: Police to partner communities
Mr Maigari Abbati, an Assistant Inspector General of Police, on Monday reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Police force to…
NYSC D-G donates wheelchair to girl
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure on Monday ‘wiped off ‘ the tears of…
NCC impounds broadcast materials in Anambra
Mr Augustine Amodu, Director of Enforcement, Nigeria Copyright Commission(NCC), says the commission has impounded broadcast materials worth more than N5.5…
Fayose seeks to complete aborted tenure
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State said on Monday that he would contest in court his removal from office during…
Ghana becomes full member of World Rugby
The World Rugby Council on Monday approved the application by Ghana Rugby Association (GRA) to become a full member of…
Ambode Charges Lagos women to emulate Erelu Kuti’s virtues
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has urged women in the state to emulate the lofty…
Lagos Constructs 83.92Km of roads In one year
The Lagos State Government says it has completed the construction of 83.92km of roads spread across the state in the…
Lagos spends N11.5 billion on infrastructural upgrade in schools
The Lagos State Government on Monday disclosed that it has spent over N11.5 billion to upgrade infrastructure in public schools…
I am the bona fide Oba of Lagos, Akiolu tells court
About 14 years after his installation, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja High Court…
NIS cautions applicants against fraudsters
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned prospective applicants seeking employment into the service not to pay any money to…
Cancer treatment centre underway in state – Gov.
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday pledged to establish a cancer treatment centre in the state in order…
Fourth deaths recorded in latest Ebola outbreak
A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the…
`Biafra day’ paralyses economic activities in Onitsha
The 17th anniversary celebration to mark the call for republic of Biafra paralysed social and economic activities in Onitsha, Anambra…
Court fixes June 12 for ruling on alleged unpaid salaries
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed June 12 for ruling in a case of alleged unpaid 26 months salaries…