Year: 2017
Suspected land racketeer docked over N86m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Ikechukwu Duru before Justice A. O. Otaluka of the Federal…
Ambode, Tinubu, others Advocate for girl Child Education
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode; Senator representing Lagos Central at the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu and other women…
Apex Bank to recommence disbursement MSMEDF soon
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will soon recommence the disbursement of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…
Gunmen kill father of ex-CSO to Peter Odili
Gunmen on Wednesday night shot dead Elder Macaulay Pepple, father of Larry Pepple, the Director-General of Rivers State Sustainable Development…
Ex-bank directors in court over alleged $166m fraud
Two former directors of the defunct Integrated Microfinance Bank Plc. were granted bail on Thursday by a Federal High Court…
`Buy Nigeria Campaign’ is for real – Ministers
Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Industry Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enalemah say that the “Buy Nigeria Campaign” is…
Ifeanyi Ubah to stay in prison till May 25
A federal high court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria today adjourned till 25 May, to decide whether to grant…
Kaduna State to recruit more extension service workers
The Kaduna State Government says it is set to engage more extension service workers in its bid to optimise its…
Plateau budgets N139.4bn for 2017
The Plateau Government will give priority to the completion of ongoing projects in its 2017 budget of N139.49 billion, Mrs…
BUSTED! Impersonator hired to write UTME nabbed in Niger
The Niger Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has arrested a suspected impersonator in…
Record keeping vital in fight against corruption – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says effective record keeping, is vital in promoting the rule of…
Reps urge Nigerian Government to improve healthcare service in prisons
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to provide quality healthcare services for prison inmates across the…
Scientists commended on genetic diseases treatments
Pope Francis praised scientists working on treatments for genetic diseases on Thursday but condemned any use of human embryos in…
Nasarawa state approves payment of Oct., Nov. 2016 salaries
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the payment of the shortfalls of October and November 2016 salaries of…
Air Force inaugurates residential quarters for personnel
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated two blocks of residential quarters…
EFCC Arraigns Suspected Land Racketeer for N86m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned one Ikechucwu Duru before Justice A. O. Otaluka of the…
Medview clarifies EU Air-space restriction
Medview Airline Plc has clarified the European Union (EU)’s operational restriction, which the public had misunderstood as a total ban…
Okada Remain Banned In Agiliti Community
The Lagos State Government has dispelled the rumour being peddled in the Agiliti community that the ban placed on the…
Adebayo Worked For Nigeria’s Unity, Progress Of Yoruba Nation – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday showered encomium on the late former Military Governor of the defunct Western…
Fox News founder, Ailes dies at 77
The ex-chairman and founder of Fox News Roger Ailes has died aged 77, his family says.
Breaking: Another 3-storey building collapses in Lagos, many trapped
A three-storey building under construction has collapsed at Ilasa area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with people trapped in the debris.
Residents Happy Over Completion Of Abule Egba Flyover
Residents and motorists in Abule Egba and environs in Lagos on Thursday expressed relief at the completion and inauguration of…
5 Men Arraigned Over Breach Of Peace
The Police in Ogun, on Thursday arraigned five men in an Ota Magistrates’ Court for alleged breach of peace.
Osinbajo overrules Lai Mohammed, Ita Enang, says he will sign budget into law
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has cleared all doubts about who will sign the 2017 budget recently passed by the National…
Trump willing to resolve with North Korea nuclear crises
U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korea’s presidential envoy that Washington was willing to try to resolve the North Korean…
Foreign minister calls for ouster of top U.S. envoy to anti-IS coalition
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday called for the removal of Brett McGurk, the top U.S. envoy to the…
Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite
Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22…
Lawyer advocates homegrown solution to Africa’s energy problems
The legal adviser to the Federal Government’s Advisory Power Team (APT), Mr Dapo Akinosun has called for a homegrown solution…