Year: 2017
NNPC warns against fraudulent recruitment
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has warned members of the public that the corporation was not undertaking any recruitment,…
Cancer Kills 8.8m People Annually – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that cancer killed no fewer than 8.8 million people every year.
Reps to probe activities at Kaduna Airport
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate activities at the Kaduna International Airport to…
Nigerian wizkid builds first Nuclear Fusor
Nigerian teenager, Steven Udotong, has invented a nuclear energy fusor, making him the first black student to attain such feat.
FG suspends work at Ekiti National Housing Programme site
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered the suspension of work on the National Housing Scheme, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Adamawa pensioners decry non payment of gratuities
The Adamawa branch of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has expressed concern over the delay in payment of accumulated gratuity…
Court Sentences Cynthia Osokogu’s Killers To Death by Hanging
An Igbosere high court in Lagos has sentenced Okwumo Nwabufo and Olisaeloka Ezike to die by hanging for killing Cynthia…
‘No bomb planted at American Embassy in Lagos’ – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday, said there was no bomb planted at the…
London attack: Police name Westminster attacker
The man believed to have carried out the attack in Westminster has been named by police as Khalid Masood, BBC…
No vacancies at PDP National Secretariat – Makarfi
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is…
Lagos speaker laments increasing suicide rate in Nigeria
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, lamented the increasing rate at which people commit suicide in…
Polio: Kaduna to immunise 3m children
The Kaduna State Government says it will immunise three million children under the age of five years against Polio within…
Ambode unveils plans to construct 6,000 bed hostel in LASU
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday revealed plans by his administration to build a 6,000-bed hostel within the…
Wike tells UNIPORT to pay up taxes
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has called on the University of Port Harcourt to pay up the taxes due to…
Reps want early volunteers absorbed into NSCDC
The House of Representatives says it is taking necessary measures to ensure that early volunteers of the Nigeria Security and…
Couple, landlady jailed over disturbance
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a man, his wife and their landlady to one…
Politicians can be stupid sometimes- German diplomat
Germany’s foreign minister says politicians can be stupid sometimes, in response to comments by a senior EU politician quipping that…
Katsina investigates alleged misconduct by Hajj officials
The Katsina State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate alleged misconduct by some officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare…
CCT Trial: Saraki’s Lawyer In Shouting Match With EFCC Prosecutor
There was a mild drama today at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja as Paul Erokoro, counsel to…
IS Claims Responsibility For London Attack
The Islamic State group says the attack outside the British parliament in London was carried out by one of its…
Woman bolts with N237,000 loan
A 42-year-old woman, who allegedly obtained N237, 000 loan from some people and failed to pay back on schedule, was…
My husband killed our baby, wife tells court
“My husband killed our baby when he beat the hell out of me three days to my delivery.
French Man kidnapped in Chad
French Military and Chadian security on Thursday confirmed that a French national has been kidnapped in eastern Chad.
Unilag Student Faces Life Imprisonment for Gang Rape
A 17-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos (Unilag), Ugochukwu Daniel, who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old girl with others still…
FG Housing Loan Applicants Want Scheme Probed
Some applicants of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans scheme have called for a probe of the activities of Federal…
Germany launches world’s largest artificial sun for fuel research
German scientists on Thursday launched what is being billed as the world’s largest artificial sun with the intention of conducting…
Chai! Father Sleeps With 17-Year Old Daughter In Lagos
A 52-year-old trader, Eze Chukwuma, who allegedly defiled his 17-year-old daughter, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…
Parliament Attacker Is A Londoner, Well Known To British Intelligence – May
The man who launched Wednesday’s deadly attack at parliament was born in Britain and known to the intelligence services, Prime…
2Baba releases new visuals for ‘African Queen’ Remix
Legendary Afro-pop singer, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba has released visuals to the remix of his 2004 hit song,…
LUC: Lagos issues April 14 deadline for 15% discount payment
The Lagos State Government has issued April 14 deadline to landlords to pay their Land Use Charge, LUC, and benefit…