Year: 2017
Xenophobic Attacks Against Nigerians Trend On Google
The xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa is one of the mostly searched items on Google this week, the…
Absence of prosecution witness stalls Fintiri’s trial
The absence of prosecution witness on Thursday stalled the trial of a former acting governor of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fintiri, at…
Court Formally Dissolves Emeka Ike’s Marriage
A Lagos Island Customary Court, South West Nigeria Thursday formally dissolved the marriage between Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and his…
Edo Pensioners urge government to pay pension arrears
Pensioners in Edo on Thursday appealed to the State Government to use part of the Paris debt refund to clear…
Security Man Nabbed For Stealing Coconut Flakes
An Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old security man, Joshua Joseph , in prison custody, pending sentence over…
Adamawa College Has No Accredited Courses Since 1991
The Provost of Adamawa State College of Agriculture, Ganye, Dr Abubakar Yaji, said the school in 1991 had been operating…
Court dissolves 4-year old marriage
A Customary Court Grade C situated at Inalende Area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, has dissolved a four-year old…
Buhari speaks with Moroccan King from London
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Wednesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari in London, where the Nigerian…
Katsina governor bans unlawful assembly
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has signed an order banning any form of unlawful assembly of people in any…
Army Presents Cheque Worth N400m To Families
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Abuja presented cheque worth over N400 million to 197 next of kin of deceased…
CBN sells Treasury bills at yields below inflation
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, raised N310.14 billion ($985 million) at an auction of treasury bills on Wednesday at…
Bukky Wright Cautions Colleagues
A Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, on Thursday advised other celebrities to be careful about the personal information they posted on…
Woman docked for pouring hot rice on house keeper
A 33-year-old housewife, Onyinye Maduka, who allegedly poured hot rice on her house keeper’s body, was on Thursday charged before…
Kogi council boss decries influx of criminals
Mr Moses Olorunleke, the Sole Administrator of Kabba/Bunu Local Government in Kogi on Thursday decried the influx of kidnappers, insurgents…
MTN records first annual loss in 20 years after Nigeria fine
Africa's biggest mobile phone operator, MTN Group swung to its first annual loss in two decades on Thursday, hit by…
Housewife remanded for murder of 3-year-old step-daughter
A 20- year-old housewife, Khadija Mohammed, was on Thursday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged…
2 in court for selling child after birth
Two persons, Sewuese Orbunde and Victor Godwin, were on Thursday arraigned in a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for selling a baby…
Dollar crash: Cost of building materials remain high
The prices of building materials have remained unchanged in spite of the naira appreciating in value at the foreign exchange…
Lawmaker calls for total deregulation of downstream sector
Sen. Garba Marafa, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, on Thursday said total deregulation of petroleum downstream sector remained the…
Family of four shot dead in Thailand
A family of four was shot dead by a group of unidentified gunmen on Thursday as they drove to a…
Orlando nightclub shooter’s widow released on bail
The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people with a gun at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has…
Benue reintroduces annual School Games
The Benue Government on Thursday announced the reintroduction of the annual School Games for sports development in the state.
Jigawa gets 8 new permanent secretaries
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has approved the appointment of eight new Permanent Secretaries.
Metuh: Again adjournment stalls trial
The trial of Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was stalled again on Thursday in…
BBC To Report In Pidgin English
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is to introduce Pidgin English in its news reportage.
NLNG says no recent explosion at gas pipeline
Mr Tony Attah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) says there is no recent…
ExxonMobil bags 2017 NOG Excellence Award
ExxonMobil Nigeria Unlimited has won the excellence award at the ongoing 2017 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja.
Police kill Suspected Kidnap kingpin `Vampire’ In Gun Battle
The police said it had killed a dreaded and deadly kidnap for ransom kingpin, Henry Chibueze, popularly known as `Vampire’,…
Legal Fees Hike: Lawyers Boycott Osun High Court
The premises of Osun High Court were on Wednesday deserted following a protest by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over…
Ronaldo’s late brace rescues 3-3 draw for Madrid
Real Madrid fell to second in La Liga – albeit with a game still in hand – after Los Blancos…