Year: 2017
Nigerians are sentimental travellers- British Airways’ survey
A British Airways’ (BA) survey of 2,000 travelling-respondents from 10 countries showed that 41 per cent of Nigerian travellers considered…
UNICEF collaborates with Borno on meningitis
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that it was collaborating with Borno State Government on preparedness and response to…
Sheriff lacks capacity to lead PDP – National Vice-Chairman
Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of People Democratic Party (PDP), said the outcome of Thursday’s stakeholders’ meeting revealed that…
Buhari’s foreign trips yielding positive results — Onyeama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips have started yielding positive…
Driver diverts 600 bags of flour, sells off truck
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State have arrested a driver who connived with three other persons to…
FRSC boss survives being killed by reckless driver
Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Command, has warned the personnel of the Corps…
United bounce back, pounce relegation-bound Sunderland 3-0
Bottom club Sunderland's hopes of avoiding relegation suffered another setback as Manchester United eased to victory to climb to fifth…
Bloody Palm Sunday: Militants kill 5 policemen, Army captain, soldier in Lagos
No fewer than five policemen and two soldiers, including an army captain were killed by suspected militants early Sunday morning…
Palm Sunday: 36 killed in Egyptian churches
At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm…
Group seeks compensation for victims of Southern Kaduna crisis
Southern Kaduna Muslim Umma Development Association has called on the Federal and Kaduna State Governments to compensate victims of the…
Nine suspected Meningitis cases in Lagos prove negative-LASG
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said nine suspected cases of Meningitis recorded on Lagos Island have proved negative after…
Abuja airport: Lufthansa schedules flight for April 20
Lufthansa Airlines says it will resume flight on April 20 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja following the planned…
Boko Haram: Borno to evacuate 78,000 IDPs from Cameroon
The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it plans to evacuate 78,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back home from…
Buhari felicitates with Aliko Dangote at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Africa’s renowned businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 60th birthday.
Xenophobia: Nigeria, South Africa set up early warning centre
Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria and South Africa have set up a 24-hour early warning system to protect…
2018 census to cost N272bn – NPC
The proposed 2018 national population census will cost an estimated N272 billion, the Director-General of the National Population Commission (NPC),…
Calabar residents worry over lack of pipe borne water
Some residents of Calabar have expressed worry over the lack of pipe borne water in the city in recent months,…
Palm Sunday: Cleric urges leaders to emulate Christ’s sacrificial nature
Reverend Father Philip Jamang, Parish Priest, Church of Assumption Chong’o Pyeng, Jos, has urged those in leadership positions to emulate…
Census may hold early 2018 – NPC
Dr. Ghaji Bello, Director General of the National Population Commission says the National Population Census will hold in 2018 if…
SERAP to Buhari: Refer high-profile corruption cases to ICC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “adopt a revolutionary approach to his government’s fight…
Janet Jackson splits from 3rd husband
Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana have called it quits.
Boko Haram slaughters 8 people in Borno
Eight persons were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital…
Ambode charges civil servants to possess problem-solving skills
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has charged civil servants in the state to possess skills that will assist the state…
SSS releases Okey Ndibe from detention
Okey Ndibe, the Nigerian author and critic who was taken in for questioning upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International…
Nigerian Shoe Brand Keexs, South African Designer collaborate for Fashion Week
The first innovative and social footwear brand in Africa, Keexs and South African based Afrikanswiss (Africa's premier denim brand) recently…
Youth Ambassadors Emerge In Lagos Ibile Academy
The Lagos State Government has charged the winners of the IBILE Youth Academy , IYA, leadership training programme, to come…
No meningitis in Oyo State – Govt.
The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan, has cleared eight residents of Ibadan alleged to be suffering from…
Borno residents celebrate first rainfall in 2017
Residents of Maiduguri on Saturday celebrated the first rainfall of the year recorded in the town, expressing relief that the…
The Cost of Reforms: Hadiza Bala Usman as a Case Study
The evolutionary trend of Nigeria’s socio-political journey since Independence has shown a clear path for the permeation of corruption, from…
National Theatre restaurant operators decry low patronage
Some operators of restaurants and relaxation centres at the National Theatre, Lagos, on Saturday complained of low patronage, blaming their…