Year: 2017
2024 Olympics: Los Angeles/Paris pitch Olympic bids
Los Angeles and Paris on Tuesday presented their candidacies for the 2024 Olympics to international sports federations amid confusion over…
Youths Council constitutes committee on FG’s proposed modular refineries
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Tuesday constituted a technical committee to work out details of the Federal Government’s proposed…
N1.97bn fraud: Orubebe discharged and acquitted
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted former Minister…
Tornadoes fans initiate `best player award’ in every home match
Fans of the Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna have initiated an award for the `best player” of the club in…
Senate pushes for FG/WHO collaboration on Meningitis vaccine procurement
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to collaborate with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to procure vaccines to…
Lagos Action Alliance Chairman gets re-elected
Lagos State Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), Mr Shola Omolola has been re-elected the for another four years.
APC National Chairman, Oyegun, Saraki, Others In Closed Door Meeting
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress is currently in a meeting with the Senate caucus of…
Normalcy returns to oil depots
Normalcy returned to petrol depots in Lagos on Tuesday as Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum…
Corps members to transfer skills to students
Mr Abdulrazak Salawu, FCT Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has appealed to corps members trained in various skills to…
Makoko Community Begs Ambode For Healthcare Centres
Chief Kayode Bamidele, Chairman, Makoko Community Development Association (CDA) in Lagos, on Tuesday pleaded with Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to provide…
Online Store, PayPorte Suspends Payment On Delivery
The Managing Director of PayPorte, Mr Bassey Eyo said that the online store, Payporte.com has suspended Payment On Delivery (POD)…
Ex-Perm Sec docked over N97m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour,…
Gov. Ortom commends military for efforts in the North-East
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has commended the Nigerian Military for effectively tackling insurgency in the North-East.
Preserve Aso-Oke traditional wear, Curator urges stakeholders
The Curator, National Museum of Unity, Ibadan, Dr Amos Olorunnipa, has urged stakeholders to join the commission to preserve, promote…
EFCC arraigns man for N200m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned one Sa'ad Ahmed Madaki before Justice Jude Daggard of the Federal…
N85m Scam: Court Remands Chief Medical Director, 4 Others in Prison
Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State has remanded the Chief Medical Director…
Pensioners Suit Against Okorocha Adjourned Till April
The National Industrial Court, Owerri, on Tuesday adjourned till April 28, the Nigerian Union of Pensioners suit against Gov. Rochas…
Man Who Recruits For Isis, Jailed 9 Years
A Norwegian-born man on Tuesday received a nine-year prison sentence in Oslo for recruiting a member for the Islamic State…
Massive deployment of policemen in Abuja
The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Mr Musa Kimo, says the command has embarked on massive deployment of its…
Strike Suspension: Fuel Marketers Yet To Reopen Stations
Fuel Marketers in Kano are yet to reopen filling stations despite the suspension of the strike embarked upon by Petroleum…
#BBNaija 5 top finalists thank Nigerians for voting
Big Brother Nigeria (#BBNaija) 2017 five top finalists have expressed gratitude to viewers for their votes in the ongoing TV…
Experts predict rise in Naira value
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has said that the naira will soon…
Genital mutilation: Police arrest victim’s father, 3 barbers
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one Ibrahim Maikaji, the father of the girl who was circumcised by…
Protesters Block National Assembly, Demand Ndume’s Reinstatement
Thousands of protesters have blocked the entrance to the National Assembly in Abuja, demanding the immediate reinstatement of Ali Ndume,…
Buhari launches economic recovery and growth plan Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday launch the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020.
Trade Union Calls On Zuma To Step Down
South Africa’s largest trade union confederation on Tuesday joined the ranks of President Jacob Zuma’s critics and called on him…
Bus crushes street traders at Obalende
Two men and two women believed to be street traders were injured on Monday at Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos when a…
Mel B Alleges Husband Made Her Have Threesomes
Mel B has obtained a restraining order application against estranged husband Stephen Belafonte, alleging he beat her, got their nanny…
Sadio Mane out of Liverpool’s match with Bournemouth Wednesday
Liverpool's Sadio Mane will miss Wednesday's match with Bournemouth, but Jurgen Klopp says it is "possible" the Senegal forward could…
Group Condemns Masqueraders Attack On Catholic Priest
Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called for the prosecution of masqueraders, who attacked a Catholic seminarian…