Year: 2017
Kwara House Seeks Inputs On 11 Bills
The Kwara House of assembly has called on experts and other residents of the state to provide inputs on 11…
Adamawa to start relocating IDPs
Adamawa State has concluded arrangements to start relocating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from NYSC Orientation Camp to Malkohi Camp in…
2 Brothers To Spend 42 Months In Prison
An Ijede Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, near Lagos has sentenced two brothers to 42 months in prison for breaking into…
WhatsApp Fined 3m Euros Over Facebook Data Sharing
U.S.-based mobile messaging service, WhatsApp, was fined 3 million Euros (3.3 million dollars) on Friday in Italy for insufficient transparency…
Lagos earmarks N12.6 billion for Sports facilities, development
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it has earmarked N12.6 billion for sports facilities and development this year.
NDLEA receives over 100 bags of seized cannabis
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Friday handed over 100 bags of cannabis they impounded at Badagry creeks to the…
Israeli Govt. to award scholarships to over 100 IDP kids
The State of Israel is planning to award scholarship to over 100 children among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from…
No freedom for you yet, Court tells Ifeanyi Ubah
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria today declined to compel the Directorate of State Security Service…
Govt. earmarks N56bn for road construction
The Commissioner for Works in Akwa Ibom, Mr Ephraim Inyang, on Friday, said the state government earmarked over N56 billion…
Lassa Fever Prevention: Enugu Govt Adopts Media Strategy
The Enugu State Government has launched radio and television jingles to sensitise residents of the state on prevention of Cerebro…
Sudan’s Ousted Army Chief In Fighting Mood – President
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan said that his ousted army chief Gen. Paul Malong is “in a fighting mood”.
Show of Power: 30 aircrafts land in Minna for IBB daughter’s wedding
Twenty six private jets and four police and air force aircraft landed in Minna on Friday for the wedding of…
Kaduna Govt Solicits Media Support To Ban Hawking
Kaduna State Government, on Friday appealed to media outfits for support to ensure successful implementation of the recent law banning…
Court orders 2 men to vacate rented apartment
A Masaka Chief Magistrates’ Court in Nasarawa State, has ordered two men, Aminu Isah and Musa Omeje, to vacate their…
Trump Threatens Media, Ex-FBI Chief
President Donald Trump railed against the “fake media” in a series of Twitter postings early on Friday, going as far…
EU To Discuss Electronic Device Ban On Flights
Top European officials are set to talk with the Head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday, as…
Rape suspect gets N200,000 bail
A 26-year-old man, Okechukwu Ononwu, charged with defilement, was on Friday granted bail at the sum of N200, 000 by…
Osinbajo inaugurates board of sovereign investment authority
Nigeria's acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the second board of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority.
Tubaba Demands Apology From Blackface
Popular music legend, 2Baba has been the target of a lot of accusations from his former bandmate, Blackface in recent…
Lassa fever kills NYSC member in Cross River
Mr Onwuegbuzie Stanley-Samuel, an NYSC member deployed to Cross River, has died of Lassa fever disease at the University of…
Supreme Court affirms Ikpeazu as Abia Governor
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of…
My Fiancé Impregnated Me – Secondary School Graduate
A secondary school graduate, Ella Egwu , on Friday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her fiancé, impregnated her…
Keystone bank revamps branches
The management of Keystone Bank has proceeded on a drive to give a face-lift to its various branches across the…
Union urges media houses to stop sacking journalists
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged media organisations in the country to stop arbitrary retrenchment of journalists and…
Suicide bomber targets Pakistan senator
A suspected suicide bomber targeted a Pakistani senator outside an Islamic seminary in the south-west of the country on Friday,…
Thailand warns Facebook to take down anti- monarchy pages
Thai authorities gave Facebook until Tuesday to take down contents it said were threatening national security or face legal action.
Airplane carrying 188 people turns back after ‘tail strike’
Indian officials say a Jet Airways plane with 188 people on board Friday returned back to airport in Indian city…
Explosion occurs in Rome, no injuries reported
An explosion occurred near a post office in central Rome on Friday, Italian media have reported.
Biden, Akon, named Andrew Young 2017 Awardees
The Andrew J. Young Foundation has announced former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and popular singer, songwriter, rapper and producer…
Nigerian appointed Acting President UN General Assembly
A Nigerian was on Thursday appointed as the Acting President to preside over the 81st Plenary Meeting of UN General…