Year: 2017
Pictures: Newly Commissioned Aboru-Abesan Link Bridge At Night
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode last week commissioned network of roads and a Link Bridge within the Aboru and Abesan…
Port Harcourt hosts 7th Olukoya Athletics Championships
The 7th Daniel Olukoya Youth and Junior Championships will be held at the High-Performance Centre in Port Harcourt on Saturday,…
Archbishop of Lagos begs Presidency, Senate to end face-off for Nigerians
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, on Sunday pleaded with the Presidency and the Senate to…
Bangladesh Upholds Death Penalties In Blogger Murder
Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday upheld death sentences handed out to two Islamists for the murder of a secularist blogger…
Madrid demolish Alaves 3-0 to remain top at La Liga
Real Madrid held on to top position at La Liga after demolishing Alaves 3-0 on Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu…
Controller Decries Relegation Of Fire Services in Nigeria
The Acting Controller, FCT Fire Service, Mr Julius Opetunsi, has decried the relegation of fire management agencies in the country…
Lagos warns Civil Servants not to make life difficult for residents
The Lagos State Government has warned civil servants not to make life difficult for residents of the state in the…
Ikoyi-Lekki Clean-Up: Lagos Reads Riot Act To Mammy Market’s Stall Owners
The Chairman of the Special Committee of Lagos State Government on the Clean-Up of Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island, Mr…
China Reports 6 Bird Flu Cases, One Death
China reported six new cases of H7N9 bird flu including one death in Human after live poultry markets in the…
Ajimobi Urges Women Not To Relent In Praying
Mrs Florence Ajimobi, the wife of the governor of Oyo State, has urged women not to relent in praying for…
LG Polls: PDP Sets Up 55-Man Committee
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa, has set up a 55-man committee for the forthcoming Local Government election scheduled…
Professor, Others Express Diverse Views On E-voting
A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo, on Sunday said that achieving e-voting in the Nigeria’s electoral process would require…
Death toll in Colombia landslide hits 254
Colombia's security forces are searching for hundreds of missing people after heavy mudslides left at least 254 dead.
CBN vows to sustain foreign exchange liquidity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign exchange with a…
Prince Charles to visit Italian town flattened by earthquake
Britain’s Prince Charles is to the Italian town devastated by an earthquake in 2016 in which 299 people were killed.
Massive fire breaks out near Dubai’s largest shopping centre
A massive fire broke out on Sunday at a construction site near Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping centres…
Security in Jerusalem to increase ahead of Passover holiday
Security in Jerusalem would be heightened ahead of the Jewish holiday Passover, a Senior Police Official told Army Radio on…
4 students arrested for chasing minister’s car
Four students were arrested for chasing Indian textile Minister Smriti Irani’s car and booked for stalking, using offensive language and…
This Morning: 3 suspected suicide bombers killed in foiled attacks in Borno
The police in Borno on Sunday confirmed that three suspected male suicide bombers were killed in separate foiled attacks in…
Catholic Church loses top member in auto crash
The Catholic Church on Sunday confirmed the death of Rev. Sister Christiana Umeadi, Health Coordinator, in an auto crash.
IPOB orders supporters to sit at home on May 30
Detained Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is at it again.
CBN releases telephone line to curb banks forex excesses
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released an emergency mobile phone line for customers denied access to foreign exchange…
It Is Not Good For Man To Be Alone (1)
Six times at the beginning of creation, God surveyed his works and declared it was good. But after he created…
King Sunny Ade: A man of destiny
For King Sunny Ade –KSA- the juju music maestro, destiny means more than just another word not even just the…
400 Indian policemen fall ill after taking meals
Officials said on Sunday that 400 paramilitary troopers of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were taken ill and…
Buhari congratulates Ebenezer Obey at 75
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated multi-talented entertainer and gospel music maestro, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey, ahead of his 75th birthday, which…
Army chief warns GOC against terrorist attack
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged the GOC, 8 Task Force Division, Maj.-Gen. Ali Nani, to…
Police rescue pick pocket from hunters in Adamawa
The timely intervention of policemen from Mayo-Belwa Division in Adamawa on Saturday saved a suspected pick pocket from being manhandled…
Folorunsho Coker to head NTDC not NFVCB – Presidency
The Presidency has clarified that Mr Folorunsho Coker is the new Director-General for Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), not the…
Bob Dylan finally accepts Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan has accepted his Nobel Prize for literature, more than three months after the awards ceremony, Swedish media report.