Year: 2017
Manchester City fined N17.5m over players’ protests
Manchester City has been fined £35,000 (about N17.5 million) by the English Football Association for their players’ behaviour during the…
Boat regatta, Eyo Festival, others for Lagos @50 celebration
The Lagos State Government on Monday unveiled various activities lined up for the final lap of the celebration of the…
Prison controller rejects bail granted jailed former governor
Mr Peter Tenkwa, the Controller of Adamawa Command of the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS), has rejected the medical letter used…
Customs impounds 13 vehicles belonging to senator
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Compliance Task Force, says it has impounded 223 vehicles 13 of which belong to a…
Abuja Airport Runway Will Be Completed In 6 Weeks – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has refuted reports in a section of the media that the…
190 teachers begin 5-day ICT training in Hadejia
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has begun a five-day Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training for 190 teachers in…
HIV/AIDS infection rate drops in Ebonyi
The HIV/AIDS infection rate in Ebonyi has dropped from three to 0.9 per cent, Mr Ezzagu Nwiboko, the state Coordinator,…
Kwara government appeals to warring parties
The Kwara Government on Monday appealed to aggrieved parties in the clash between herdsmen and farmers in the state to…
Court remands mortuary attendant caught with human head
A mortuary attendant at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Muritala Raimi, 57, who was arraigned Monday before Magistrate Akanni Monsurat…
Fall of Sambisa: Borno declares Dec. 22 public holiday
The Borno Government has declared Dec. 22 of every year as Public Holiday to celebrate the defeat of the Boko…
NLC to collaborate with Amnesty International
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will collaborate with Amnesty International to promote the rights of vulnerable groups across…
Jailed former governor granted bail
Former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, who was sentenced to five years jail term for corruption has been granted…
Tackling unemployment requires right models- Obaseki
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says tackling unemployment requires right models that will address the current challenges in the nation’s…
JAMB Exploitative Alliance With Private Universities
A few weeks ago, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) rolled out information over its preparation for the 2017…
Plateau poultry farmers decry egg glut
Poultry farmers in Plateau on Monday decried the increasing rate of egg glut in the state.
Adesina lauds Army on degrading insurgency
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, on Monday, extolled the gallantry of the Nigerian…
Court remands 2 for robbery in Ibadan
An Oyo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday remanded two men, Uba Opara, 35; and Tunde…
Saraki denies importing bullet proof car
Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied ever importing any bullet proof car contrary to the report laid before the Senate.
Ondo government constitutes 2 panels of inquiry
The Ondo State Government has set up a three-man panel to look into the activities of the Ondo State Football…
Financial experts decry non-passage of 2017 Budget
Some financial market operators on Monday called on the National Assembly to fast track the passage of the 2017 Budget…
Sultan lauds Lalong over peace in Plateau
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has lauded Gov. Simon Lalong over the prevailing peace in Plateau.
No life, sensitive materials lost to fire outbreak– INEC Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said no life or sensitive materials was lost at the fire outbreak that occurred…
Aregbesola inaugurates commission of enquiry on Ife mayhem
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has inaugurated a five-man judicial commission of enquiry into the crisis that erupted between the…
INEC has not suspended 202 indicted staff- Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has not suspended its 202 staff members indicted for election malpractices by…
Katsina government, NGO to educate citizens on diabetes
Katsina State Government says it will collaborate with NGO’s and Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) to sensitise its people on…
Benue governor blames recent killings on criminals
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has said the most recent killings in the State were not perpetrated by herdsmen, but…
Court directs seizure of Nollywood film, “Okafor’s Law”
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has issued an Anton Piller order, directing the seizure of…
Nigeria’s AMCON recovers N682 billion debt in six years
Nigeria's state-owned Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has recovered N681.5 billion over the past six years from debtors in…
Groups hail Ambode for transforming Lagos
Lagos State-based political groups have described Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as a very hard working man who has transformed the state…
‘I didn’t want to be seen’-Evans reveals torment over Towell’s death
Dale Evans says he could not leave his house and considered quitting boxing after opponent Mike Towell died following their…