Year: 2017
Eckankar Is A Religion Of Peace – Cleric
Mr Emeka Ezeh, the Assistant to the Regional Eckankar Spiritual Aide, Northern Sub-region, has debunked insinuation that the religion was…
China To Dispatch 395 Peacekeeping Force To Mali
Officials say a 395-strong Chinese peacekeeping force is set to begin missions in Mali on behalf of the United Nations…
Anambra To Set Up Computer-Based Vehicle Inspection
Anambra Government on Thursday said it would set up a computer-based vehicle inspection centre to replace the old ways of…
NGO To Partner NYSC By Recruiting 60 Graduates
Teach For Nigeria (TFN),an NGO, said that it would partner the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by recruiting 60 outstanding…
Man Charged With Stealing Wheelbarrows
For allegedly stealing five wheelbarrows valued at N135,000, a 27-year-old man, Mohammed Baita, was on Thursday charged before an Apapa…
8 UAE Princesses Accused Of Keeping 20 Slaves
Eight members of the Abu Dhabi royal household who are accused of treating 20 domestic workers like “slaves,” are being…
Court of Appeal overturns ex-NIMASA DG, Omatseye’s jail sentence
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday reversed the sentence on Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General of the Nigerian…
Kogi Govt Not Owing Workers Salaries – Governor’s Aide
Mr Gbenga Olorunpomi, the Senior Special Assistant on Electronic Media to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, has said that the…
Mugabe In Singapore For Eye Treatment
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seeking advanced treatment in Singapore for eye problems caused by old age that can make…
Judge goes into hiding after bagging 6 months jail term
Defiant judge of Calcutta high court Justice Chinnaswamy Karnan has gone into hiding after India’s top court sentenced him to…
Facebook blocks pages with royal insults
Facebook has blocked access in Thailand to 178 pages with “inappropriate” content, including some containing alleged insults against the royal…
Delta Speaker impeached
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, has been impeached.
Wall collapse kills 23 wedding guests
Police on Thursday said twenty-three people were killed and 30 injured in India when a wall collapsed on a crowd…
Eckankar spiritual leader, 5,000 others attend World Conference in Nigeria
The Spiritual Leader of Eckankar, Harold Klemp, is among the over 5,000 members from across the world expected at the…
Austrian court jails Syrian for life
An Austrian court sentenced a Syrian asylum seeker for life for murdering 20 wounded soldiers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s…
Gov. urges FG to increase allocations to states
Gombe State Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Wednesday said appealed to the Federal Government to increase the allocation…
Major General Leo Irabor removed as Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole
Major General Leo Irabor has been removed as the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the army group leading the…
Customs appoints 4 Ag DCGs
The Nigeria Customs Service has reconstituted its management and announced some key appointments to rejig the service toward greater efficiency.
Presidential aide urges attitudinal change among leaders at states’ level
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have been urged to push for wholistic attitudinal change, particularly among leaders at the states’ level,…
Buhari’s wife, Aisha, meets 82 Chibok schoolgirls
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday pledged her support in the resettlement of the recently rescued Chibok…
Kano Emir, Sanusi in trouble, may be deposed
Flamboyant Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 is in trouble and…
Shareholders applaud return to profitability
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) shareholders on Wednesday lauded the management for returning the company to profitability.
Govt, UNICEF adopts N3.87bn work plan
The Kebbi State Government and UNICEF have signed an Annual Work Plan (AWP) N3.87 billion for 2017 activities.
Controversy over President’s letter to Senate “uproductive” – Lawyer
A Lagos Lawyer, Mr Shakiru Eletu, has described as “unproductive controversy” the debate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the…
Future elections will be better than 2015 – INEC
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission was committed to making future elections…
Suswam withdraws N10bn suit against DSS
The ex-governor of Benue, Gabriel Suswam, has withdrawn the fundamental human rights suit he instituted against the Department of State…
Prioritising Europa League not a gamble – Mourinho
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has defended his decision to prioritise winning the Europa League over finishing fourth in the…
Nigeria reaffirms commitment to end global terrorism
The Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, on Wednesday, pledged Nigeria’s commitment to address all forms of…
Customs reconstitutes new management, appoints 4 Ag DCGs
The Nigeria Customs Service has reconstituted its management and announced some key appointments to rejig the service toward greater efficiency.
Arsenal move to 5th after 2-0 win over Southampton
Arsenal kept alive their hopes of a top-four Premier League finish as second-half goals from Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud…