Year: 2017
Nicon Building Collapse: Lagos Seals Structure, Orders Integrity Test
The Lagos State Government on Friday sealed off the building that partially collapsed at Nicon Town Estate on Admiralty Way…
Suspected armed robbers kill apple seller in Benin
Suspected armed robbers have allegedly shot and killed a middle-aged man, simply identified as Mr. Gideon.
Boko Haram suicide car bomber kills 5 Nigerian soldiers, injures 40
A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another 40, security…
Lagos Govt Threatens To Dethrone Traditional Rulers
The Lagos State Government on Friday threatened to dethrone any traditional ruler found harbouring and aiding kidnappers in the state.
Doctor Nabbed For Raping Patient
An Upper Area Court sitting at Pankshin in Plateau on Friday remanded a medical doctor, Philemon Brazil, in prison for…
Baby Found Dead In Refuse Sack
A baby was on Thursday found dead inside a refuse sack at a dump site near a market in Alagbado,…
Tanzania President Sacks 9,932 Civil Servants
President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Friday fired 9,932 civil servants over forged educational qualifications.
Nnamdi Kanu Fulfills Bail Conditions
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, fulfilled the bail conditions granted by the Federal…
Runtown Donates Gifts To Female Orphanage
Runtown stopped in one of Africa's most dangerous areas: Hillbrow, Johannesburg South Africa to make a dream come through for…
72-Year-Old Grandma Graduates
Darlene Mullins always told her children to finish what they started. On May 6, the 72-year-old grandmother of four will…
Efe Drops Based On Logistics
2017 winner of the Big Brother Naija show, Efe, has just released a song "Based on Logistics" as the title.…
Somali Children Being Exploited – Global Charity
Save the Children, a global charity warned that over a million children in Somalia are at risk of increased violence,…
Woman Dies In Uyo Motor Park
A Facebook user Ab Isong has narrated how a woman was abandoned by her husband to travel from Lagos to…
Zambian Leader Denies Threatening Bishops
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday denied reports that he threatened the Catholic Bishops over their statement on the current…
Herdsmen invade Soyinka’s house again
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Friday revealed that herdsmen have again invaded his home in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria.
12 Lawmakers Accused Of Money Laundering
Indian authorities on Friday booked 12 lawmakers of the eastern state of West Bengal’s ruling All Trinamool Congress Party (AITC)…
Boy Kills Sister, Calls It An Accident
A United States teenager shot his 13-year-old sister in the back of the head after she gave him a birthday…
German Chancellor To Seek Pardon For Jailed Blogger
The wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose imprisonment and public lashing provoked an international outcry, has called on German…
South African plots to kill 19 politicians, businessmen
A South African man on Friday appeared in court for allegedly planning to assassinate 19 government officials and high-ranking businessmen.
Suspended lawmaker storms court with supporters
Former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Friday arrived an Abuja Federal High Court…
Workers’ Day: Govt declares Monday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 1 May, 2017 as Public Holiday to commemorate the 2017 Workers’ Day Celebration.
EFCC Recovered N17bn Through Whistle-blower Policy – Magu
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the introduction of the whistle-blower policy…
Nigeria lose Beach Soccer World Cup opener to Italy
Nigeria’s Sand Super Eagles on Friday lost 6-12 to Italy in their opening Group B game of the 2017 FIFA…
British police foils another terrorist attack
British police on Friday thwarted an active terrorism plot after a woman was shot during an armed raid on a…
Police dock Ife monarch, 5 others over clash
The Nigeria Police on Friday arraigned an Ife monarch and five others before a court in Ile Ife over the…
Brazil faces nationwide strike
Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes on Friday to protest President Michel Temer’s efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken…
Oyegun and the Abuja Disease
By Louis Odion The Abuja disease is a peculiar affliction in Nigerian politics. It refers to the tendency of an…
Experts seek removal of import duty on malaria drugs
Some experts have urged the Federal Government to remove the import duty placed on the importation of malaria drugs in…
Ex-FIFA official pleads guilty to corruption charges
A former FIFA official from Guam has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption in a New York court, the U.S.…