Year: 2017
Police arrests Chocolate City boss, Maikori
Chocolate City Group president and founder, Audu Maikori, has been arrested by the police. Reports have it that the police…
Petrol subsidy is back – sources
Petrol subsidy is back. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been offsetting for months the difference between the landing costs…
Ugwuanyi inspects Enugu fire station
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, paid an unscheduled inspection visit to the state’s Fire Service in Enugu…
Fashola in Bayelsa, promises to complete federal projects
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured the people of Bayelsa that the East-West Road will…
Saraki, Dogara, travel to London to meet Buhari
Senate President, Bukola Saraki is leading a four-member delegation of National Assembly members to see President Muhammadu Buhari in London.…
Ambode targets 3,000MW 24-hour power generation for Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said the quest by the country to achieve energy security can no…
How gunmen attacked me in Lagos-Edo lawmaker
A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, representing Esan North-East 1 constituency, Patrick Iluobe has narrated his harrowing…
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 18.72%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased to 18.72 percent (year-on-year) in…
25-year-old student remanded over alleged robbery
A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT, on Wednesday remanded a student, Mohammed Mohammed,25, in prison for alleged robbery.…
NIM inducts 76 LASU staff
The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) on Wednesday inducted 76 non-teaching staff of the Lagos State University (LASU) as members…
Gov. Masari warns health workers not to neglect patients
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has warned health workers in the state not to ignore patients in critical condition.…
2017 budget: Osun assembly holds bilateral talks
The Osun House of Assembly said on Wednesday that it would organize bilateral talks on the 2017 budget in order…
NSCDC arrests two, destroys 10 illegal refineries in Rivers
Mr Lawal Haruna, Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers Command, Says it’s personnel arrested two persons for…
Kano to resuscitate Triumph Newspaper
The Kano State Government on Wednesday pledged to rehabilitate the abandoned structures of Triumph Publishing Company, publishers of Triumph newspapers,…
INEC promises credible polls in Ekiti, Osun
The National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to conduct credible elections in Ekiti and Osun in 2018. Mr. Adedeji…
French troops foil terrorist attack in Mali
French troops on Wednesday foiled a terrorist attack in northern Mali, neutralizing a depot of 15 mortar shells. According to…
2 men for arraigned for burglary
The Police on Wednesday arraigned two men before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged burglary and stealing of goods…
Housewife docked for stabbing neighbour
A housewife, Anita Gilbert, was on Wednesday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing her neighbor. Gilbert,…
Osun Speaker becomes SWAN patron
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Osun, on Wednesday in Osogbo, inducted the Osun House of Assembly Speaker,…
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Acting President Osinbajo Presides Over Wednesday’s FEC Meeting
After his tour of the Niger Delta, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived Abuja and is currently presiding over the…
2 men jailed 6 months each for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced two men- Sunday Ugwu, 18, and Moshood Ajape, 45, to six months…
Court Orders Forfeiture of Yakubu’s $9.8m to FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Zainab B. Abubakar has ordered the forfeiture of the…
NSCDC set to clamp down on illegal miners
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau Command, has warned illegal miners to desist from the act or…
NYSC member assaulted at Airport
An NYSC member, Taylor shared on his Instagram page how Security operatives at Medview smashed his phone, and assaulted him…
Sokoto government to collect N1bn from education levy
Sokoto State Government says it is targeting over N1 billion from the education levy it introduced on its workers in…
IBB varsity gets new sports director
The Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, in Niger has appointed Dr. Abdul Mohammed as its sports director. Mohammed, who is of…
Kenyan court frees jailed doctors union officials
Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors’ union so they can continue…
Police to reconsider fate of six dismissed officers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), has called on the Nigeria Police Force to reconsider the fate of the six…
FG inaugurates ultra-modern Abuja passport office
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has inaugurated an ultra-modern Passport office complex at Gwagwalada for the…
20 killed in inter-ethnic clashes in Mali
Mali Security Minister Salif Traore said about 20 people have been killed in inter-ethnic clashes in central Mali. The clashes…