Year: 2017
Trending: Buhari Misses Lai Mohammed, Says ” I Haven’t Seen Lai”
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed his fondness of Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the start of the Federal Executive Council…
Technology To Reduce Oily Food Health Risks Discovered
Yudala, an online and offline retail firm, says it has discovered Air-Fryer, a technological product capable of reducing the health…
Etisalat owes us N42 billion – GTB
Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, says Etisalat Nigeria is owing it to the tune of N42 billion ($138 million) via…
Rwanda Records 5.9% GDP Growth
Rwanda’s economy grew by 5.9 per in 2016, less than the 6.9 per cent growth recorded in 2015, the National…
South Sudan gunmen kill 28 Ethiopians, kidnap 43 children
Gunmen from South Sudan have killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in neighbouring Ethiopia, a government official said on…
Thai Activist Faces 5 Years Imprisonment
A Thai activist on Wednesday reported to the police on a computer crimes charge for conducting a Facebook survey that…
Reps Want More Kerosene To Reduce Price
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other relevant agencies to urgently regularise the…
Bomb Blast: Dozens Killed In Damascus Courthouse
Suicide bombers struck a courthouse and a restaurant Wednesday in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing more than two dozen…
Ogun doctors protest shortage of personnel in govt facilities
Medical doctors in the Ogun State public service on Wednesday protested what they described as “gross shortage of medical personnel’’…
Gotze rules out of season as he suffers metabolic disorder
World Cup winner Mario Gotze has been ruled out for the rest of the season as he recovers from a…
The DSS Letter That Nailed Magu
This is the DSS letter sent by the security outfit to the senate that prevented the senate from confirming Mr…
Guardiola sets to eclipse Van Gaal’s Europe record
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola will eclipse Louis van Gaal as the most successful manager in European club football after…
NPA retirees stage protest over unpaid pension arrears
Hundreds of retirees of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Marina Headquarters of the…
6 Unilag students charged with gang-rape, get N6m bail
Six students of the University of Lagos (Unilag), who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old female colleague, were on Wednesday granted reprieve…
Southern Kaduna: CAN holds 10-day prayer session
Worried by the insecurity in Southern Kaduna, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Moro’a Chiefdom chapter, Kaura Local Government Area…
Trump’s 2005 tax return leak reveals $38m bill
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial…
Senate Rejects Magu Again As SSS Insists He Is Corrupt
The Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Bill to establish EFCC court passes second reading
A Bill for an Act to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act on Wednesday, passed second reading in…
Gunmen Assassinate Benin Prophet Speed
The founder and head pastor of Love Fire Ministry, a Benin-based pentecostal church, Pastor Godwin Emmanuel, has been assassinated by…
NIA assures claims settlement within 90 days
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) will withdraw the licence of any insurance company that will fail to settle claims to…
Trump to announce fuel-efficiency standards
U.S. President Donald Trump will on Wednesday make an announcement on fuel-efficiency standards for cars built in the U.S., the…
Customs Boss Hameed Ali Faces Arrest If…
The Nigerian Senate is determined to cut the Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Colonel Hameed Ali to size as it threatened…
Kenya to ban plastic bags
The Kenyan government said on Wednesday that it would outlaw the manufacture and import of plastic bags from August for…
Food vendor docked for beating up customer
A 44-year-old food vendor, Sefiat Garuba, who allegedly beat up her customer over failure to pay for a plate of…
Athletes warned against sleeping at National Stadium
Segun Akinlotan, the Liaison Officer in charge of the National Stadium, Lagos, has warned athletes to go home after their…
Update: 6 Killed As Boko Haram Strikes In Maiduguri Again
Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five persons, including four suspected suicide bombers, after an early morning…
Buhari’s return: APC Chieftain urges Nigerians to keep praying
Alhaji Bashir Ataka, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has urged Nigerians to continue praying for…
Police confirm 5 dead in Borno suicide attack
Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five persons, including four suspected suicide bombers, after an early morning…
Teacher gets N500,000 bail after defiling pupil
A teacher, Olamilekan Adeyemi, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old pupil, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on…
Nigeria will overcome recession soon – Experts
Economic experts have said that the drop in inflation figure from 18.72 in January to 17.78 percent in February was…