Year: 2017
CSM: Gombe Govt adopts proactive measures
The Gombe State Government says it has received proactive measures against the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM). Dr Kennedy…
Police burst robbery gang, recover phones, cars
The Police in Lagos State on Friday said they smashed an armed robbery gang that lured phone sellers to hotel…
Lagos Rent To Own Scheme: 200 Get Apartments
The Lagos State Government on Friday handed over keys of 200 more housing units to successful allottees in the second…
Navy destroy illegal refinery with 1.59m litres of stolen diesel
The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it had discovered and destroyed an illegal refinery with 1.59 million litres of illegally…
Fire razes Ebonyi Govt House
The accounts section of the Ebonyi Government House was on Friday gutted by fire which disrupted activities within the complex.
Abuja Airport Terminal Undergoes Rehabilitation
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has embarked on the rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja,…
Defendant’s Absence Stalls N14m Fraud Trial
The absence of a defendant, Cecilia Chikaodili, on Friday stalled proceeding in a case of alleged N14 million fraud before…
Ibom Power Plant: Board assures completion of Phase 2
The recently appointed leading body of Ibom Power Plant (IPP) has guaranteed to finish the second period of 494MW…
Teenager In Court For Damaging VIO’s Vehicle
A 17-year-old boy, Habib Onipede, who allegedly damaged a vehicle belonging to the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), was on Friday…
MFM Fans Not Ruffians – Management
The management of Lagos-based MFM FC on Friday said that the club’s fans were not ruffians and would never engage…
Police arraign Painter for allegedly defiling a minor
The Police on Friday brought a 20-year-old Painter, Ali Wada of Gulu town in the Rimin Gado nearby government territory…
JAMB Prospective Candidates Seek Extension Of Registration Deadline
Prospective candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Friday described…
Cats, Natural Allies In Lassa Fever Fight
Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya on Friday cautioned against any act capable of reducing the population of…
Gunmen Kill Boy, Injure Parents
The Police Command in Taraba on Friday confirmed the death of a two-year-old boy, Aondohemba Felix, in an attack at…
Aba court dissolves marriage over denial of conjugal right, deceit
An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court has broken down the marriage betweenn Ezinne and her significant other, Victor Nwogu, over refusal of…
Bayelsa Assembly passes 2017 Appropriation Bill
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state’s 2017 Appropriation Bill of N243.2 billion.
ASUU rejects planned fees increase
The Kano State University of Science and Technology chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected plan by…
Husband denies wife sex for 4 years
An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court has dissolved the marriage between Ezinne and her husband, Victor Nwogu, over denial of conjugal right…
Meningitis kills one, infects 4 others in Jigawa
The Jigawa Government says meningitis has killed one person and infected four others in four local government areas of the…
NSCDC suspends 2 officers for alleged oil theft
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended two of its officers for alleged involvement in oil theft…
At last, peace in Southern Kaduna
The Goska, Ambam, Bakin Kogi and Dangoma communities in Kaninkon Chiefdom of Southern Kaduna have resolved to put aside their…
Senate President Bukola Saraki Must Go – Activists
Following the unhealthy relationship between the National Assembly and the Presidency which is threatening to ground the Buhari government, a…
Medical Checkup: Buhari will return to London
President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the president will not fly in doctors…
UK deports 23 Nigerians for immigration offences
The Government of the United Kingdom has deported 23 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.
5 killed in Pakistani suicide attack
An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in the Pakistani city of Parachinar, killed no fewer than five people and wounded…
South Africa’s ruling party unhappy with Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle
The Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), Gwede Mantashe, has said that the party was unhappy with President Jacob…
Varsity students protest scrapping of non-agricultural courses
Students of the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia, on Thursday protested…
Over 3b people eat rice everyday – FAO
More than three billion people eat rice everyday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.
Okpanachi is new MD of Development Bank of Nigeria
The Federal Government has appointed Mr Tony Okpanachi, as the pioneer Managing Director of the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN).
Ousted South Korean president arrested
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and taken into custody over a corruption scandal that led to…