Year: 2017
Taskforce arrests fake police inspector in Lagos
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has arrested a commercial bus driver for impersonating the police.
Chiwetalu Agu Featured In Wedding Party2
Chiwetalu Agu, Nollywood veteran actor, is the latest high-profile celebrity to join the much-anticipated sequel to ‘The Wedding Party’, barely…
British Govt Trains Nigerian Army Instructors
The British Military Advisory Train the Trainer Team, on Wednesday completed the training of 250 instructors of the Depot Nigerian…
Osinbajo Launches MSMEs Clinic
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday in Katsina launch a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) Clinic, as part…
Ghana Inflation Rises To 13.0%
Higher transport costs helped drive Ghana’s annual inflation rate higher to 13.0 per cent in April from 12.8 per cent…
Student Jailed 3 Weeks For Stealing Phone
A Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in Abuja sentenced a student, David Out, 20, to three weeks…
Owerri: Fake Lawyer Gets N500,000 Bail
An Owerri Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail to one Richard Udeozor, charged with allegedly practicing law with…
Court Arraigns 9 Company Staff For Stealing N564,000
Nine company staff, who allegedly stole 2,800 litres of diesel worth N564,000 belonging to their employer, were on Wednesday brought…
UK Court Accuses Nigerian Couple Of Human Trafficking
Dr Ayodeji Adewakun, 44, and her husband Abimbola Adewakun, 48, have been accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman to the…
More Than 100 Injured In Ghana Explosion
More than 100 people sustained various degrees of injury when a gas tanker exploded at a spot near the Takoradi…
You can’t recover your $9.8m, Court tells ex-NNPC boss Andrew Yakubu
A Federal High Court in Kano has dismissed the application filed by a former Managing Director of the state oil…
Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is presently presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential…
Jigawa Govt To Distribute Hand Pumps To Farmers
The Jigawa Government on Wednesday, said it would make available 5, 000 water pumps and tube wells in farmlands to…
Decorator Jailed 1 Month For Telephone Theft
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old decorator, Manfred Madubuike, to one month imprisonment…
Court remands ex-FCT minister Bala Mohammed in prison
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, was on Wednesday remanded in the Kuje Maximum Prison over…
FIFA ratifies nine African World Cup places
The FIFA Council has ratified the decision to give Africa nine automatic places when the World Cup expands to 48…
Cleric Urges Nigerians To Pray For Buhari
Pastor Dapo Adekunle of Dominion of Christ Chapel, Olunlade, Ilorin, has called on Nigerians to intercede through prayers for President…
Spain Commends FG Over Release Of Chibok Girls
The Government of Spain has commended the Federal Government over the release of 82 Chibok School girls abducted by Boko…
Another batch of 250 Nigerians return from ‘hell’
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that another batch of 250 Nigerians would voluntarily return to the…
Ailing Babangida gives out daughter in marriage Friday
Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida will on Friday in Minna, Niger State give out his last daughter, Halimat,…
Man Arraigned For Culpable Homicide
The Police on Wednesday arraigned one Vihishima Iorshase, 31, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue State for alleged…
Enugu Police Denies Rumours Of Explosion In State
The Enugu State Police Command on Wednesday advised residents to disregard rumours of bomb explosion in the state and assured…
Lagos APC LG Primaries: Rigging Allegations Against Party Leaders A Faux – Rep
A member of the House of Representatives representing Agege Federal Constituency, Taofiq Adaranijo on Wednesday dismissed rigging allegation leveled against…
Sokoto records first rain as meningitis kills 53
Residents of Sokoto city and its environs on Tuesday night recorded the first rain in 2017, heaving a sigh of…
3 men killed by lightning
Three men were killed by lightning while they were digging a grave in central Vietnam, state media reported on Wednesday.
NPA, Japan to collaborate on technical, manpower development
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to collaborate with the Japanese Government in areas of technical and manpower development to…
LG polls: CP warns against violence at party’s mock primaries
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Tuesday urged members of political parties eschew violence ahead of…
Journalists urged to address fake news dissemination
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has called on journalists to come up with solutions to…
Nigeria is a critical U.S. partner – Envoy
Nigeria remains a critical partner to the U.S., Mr Nathan Holt, the Deputy Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau…
Medview Airline to fly Lagos-Dubai route from July 4
Alhaji Muneer Bankole, Chief Executive Officer, Medview Airline Plc, on Tuesday said the airline would begin flight operations on the…