Year: 2017
SWAN formally decorates ex-Gov. Daniel as National Patron
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on Thursday in Sagamu formally decorated a former Governor of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga…
Annie Idibia flawless in new beauty shoot
Wife of Nigerian music legend, Tuface Ididbia – Annie Idibia looks amazingly beautiful and super flawless in these cute new…
State Assembly orders probe of magistrate over light sentence for rape
The Niger House of Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution urging the state government to investigate the magistrate who handed…
Ghana security minister calls for end to vigilante groups
Ghana’s Minister for National Security Albert Kan-Dapaah on Thursday called on legislators to help stop the increasing activities of vigilante…
State to partner World Bank, ADB on 500km road projects
The Ogun government, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Africa Development Bank (ADB), has concluded arrangements to construct…
Minister calls for investments in waste management, Abuja rail
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in waste management in the territory.
UNHCR repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya nears 60,000
The UN refugee agency says it has repatriated some 59,829 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise began in…
VSF distributes learning materials to pupils affected by insurgency
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Thursday distributed learning materials to 2,000 pupils in Bukarti village of Yobe to support…
Fashina: Adequate funding, solution to falling education standard
A former National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Dipo Fashina, says adequate funding remains the solution to…
Pensioners: N54bn pension liabilities release not enough
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said that the N54 billion released by the Federal Government to clear pension…
FG to convince oil companies to patronise local barite producers – Minister
The Federal Government says it will find ways of convincing oil companies in the country to patronise local producers of…
AEDC: Death of 5 children Mpape not caused by electricity
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has distanced itself from the unfortunate inferno in which five children died in Mpape…
Focus on science, technology, Gov. urges varsities
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called on Nigerian universities to focus more on science and technology development in the…
Over 1000 people affected by flood in Namibia
Rising water levels and flooding in the northern parts of Namibia have affected about 1,500 people, Prime Minister (PM) Saara…
Proper waste management, a tool for National development – Expert
Mr Williams Osaze, the President, Society for the Promotion of People’s Rights, an NGO, on Thursday called for proper waste…
Housing allotees protest re-sell of their plots in Umuahia
Federal Housing Estate allotees in Abia on Thursday, protested against an alleged re-sell of their plots of land at the…
No excuses for non-payment of pensions- Dogara
Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday urged the executive to ensure that backlog of pensions were…
President Buhari mourns Islamic scholar Sheikh Adam
President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Sheikh Alhassan Saeed Adam of Jos in Plateau has robbed Muslim Ummah of…
Xenophobia: Nigerian auto mechanic killed in S/Africa, others injured
The Nigerian mission in South Africa said it had registered displeasure and protested to the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry over…
How Demonic And Satanic Forces Have Held Nigeria Hostage For 24 Years
I was shocked to the marrows when I heard that some APC Senators asked the National Working Committee of the…
Oyo lawmakers reject 2 caretaker chairmen, clear 55
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday cleared 55 out of the 57 nominees for the caretaker committee chairmanship…
Market women protest poor power supply in Onitsha
Petty traders, mostly women, have staged a protest round the streets of Awada to Ogidi, near Onitsha in Anambra, against…
Cultists strike in Ilorin, one dead
There was an uneasy calm in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Thursday as gunmen, suspected to be…
Sheriff walks out on Jonathan, PDP Govs
Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday walked out of the party’s stakeholders…
Justice Ademola, wife: FG appeals court judgment
The Federal Government has filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Jude Okeke upholding the no case submission in…
Jesse Lingard signs new Old Trafford deal
Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has signed a new contract at Old Trafford that could earn him £100,000 a week.
Oil prices rise despite falling share prices
Oil prices rose nearly one per cent on Thursday on track for a fourth straight day of gains, but analysts…
NDLEA vows to crack down on drug traffickers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has vowed to intensify Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking, abuse and production of…
FIFA Rating: Nigeria now 40th best in the world, 5th in Africa
Nigeria are now the 40th best football playing nation in the world, according to the latest Federation of International Football…
INEC presents 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to NASS
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood, on Thursday, presented the commission’s 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to President of…