Year: 2017
London Attack: Security tightened at UK sites in New York
New York police strengthened security across British sites in New Yolk on Wednesday after an assailant stabbed a policeman outside…
FEC approves N80 billion for reconstruction of 12 Federal Roads
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N80 billion for the reconstruction of 12 federal roads across the country.
Update: Death toll in Westminster terror attack hits four
Four people, including an armed police officer and a man believed to be the attacker, have died in a terrorist…
London attack: Two killed in Westminster ‘terror’ attack
A police office and a woman have been killed near Parliament in central London in what Scotland Yard are treating…
Body of doctor who jumped into Lagoon recovered at last
The body of Dr. Allwell Orji who jumped into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge has been recovered by the…
Aviation unions to picket Arik Air on Thursday
The labour unions in the aviation sector have threatened to shut down the operations of Arik Air on Thursday over…
Best LASU graduating student wrote UTME 7 times
A pregnant woman, Mrs Elizabeth Orefuwa, the Lagos State University (LASU) best graduating student in 2015/2016, says she wrote the…
Teenager Allegedly Rapes 13-Year Old Girl
A secondary school dropout, Abubakar Ibrahim, 18, was on Wednesday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly…
Alleged N400m fraud: Metuh asks court to suspend trial
The former spokesman of the PDP, Olisah Metuh, has asked the Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja, to suspend hearing in…
London On Lockdown As Terrorist Stabs Policeman Inside Parliament Building
A policeman was stabbed inside the perimeter of Britain’s parliament building on Wednesday, an assailant was shot outside and several…
Buhari Mourns Late Gen. Abisoye
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of retired Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Abisoye, who passed away at the age of…
Naira Gains More Strength, Now N400 To Dollar
Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) intervention in foreign exchange (forex), the Naira traded N400 to a dollar at…
Police Arrest 3 Over Benue Killings
The Police in Benue said they had arrested three suspects in connection with the Monday killings at Zaki Biam in…
2 Labourers Docked Over Attempt To Kidnap Employer’s Daughter
Two factory workers, Idowu Azeez, and Abdullahi Jablet, who allegedly attempted to kidnap their employer’s daughter, were on Wednesday charged…
Police officer stabbed at UK Parliament
A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington has said.
Top Boko Haram Chieftain Nabbed In Ekiti
The Department of State Service has arrested a suspected Boko Haram kingpin, other members of the fleeing insurgency group in…
Lagos to demolish 3 roundabouts, completes Ajah Flyover May
agos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday assured that his administration will complete the ongoing construction of Ajah Flyover…
Sanusi Commends Med-view Airline
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on Wednesday commended the management of Med-view Airline for extending its domestic flight…
Woman Endangers Self To Rescue 300 Burnt Potatoes
A 90-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Zahrah Musa, on Wednesday rushed to save her N300 potatoes, minutes after she escaped a…
Be safety conscious, lawmaker tells health workers
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday advised health workers to…
Kwara Assembly wants sports resuscitated in schools
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the resuscitation of sporting activities in all primary and secondary schools…
FG deploys 1,473 graduate midwives to PHCs
The Federal Government has deployed more than 1,473 newly graduated basic midwives to Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the…
Johns Hopkins Gets First Female Black Resident
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has been operating for 30 years. Although it has accepted residents, there has…
DSS arrest kidnappers of German Archeologists in Kaduna
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspected kidnappers of the two German Archaeologists, Dr Peter Breuning and…
Burundi joins Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says Burundi has acceded to the Agreement establishing the bank, making the country a participating…
British wrestler banned 4 years for doping
British wrestler Chinu Sandhu, who won Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2014, has been banned for four years after failing…
Taraba releases N1.8b to pay teachers’ salaries
The Taraba State Commissioner for Education, Mr Johannes Jigem, said on Wednesday that government had released N1.8 billion to the…
Lagos Assembly Warns Residents To Vacate Defective Buildings
The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development on Wednesday warned Lagosians residing in defective…
Air Traffic Controllers Suspended For Sleeping On Duty
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Wednesday suspended three air traffic controllers, including one who fell asleep while…
Police have subdued kidnappers in Imo – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, said on Wednesday that the police had subdued kidnappers in the…