Year: 2017
Osinbajo gets commendation over visit to Bayelsa
A Port Harcourt-based environmental activist, Mr Celestine Akpobari, has described the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s Friday visit to Bayelsa on…
Ayade receives commendation for providing transformers
Some residents of communities in Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River have lauded Gov. Ben Ayade for providing them with…
NSCDC rescues 15 year-old student from kidnappers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday disclosed that its operatives rescued one Abdulkarim Garba, 15, a…
Whistle-Blower: FG recovers another $151m
The Federal Government said it recovered another 151 million dollars and N8 billion looted funds from three sources through whistleblowers.…
FG resumes expansion of multi million naira project
The Federal Government on Sunday said expansion and rehabilitation work on the multi million naira Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project in…
Valentine: Bishop urges Nigerians to show goodwill, love
The Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, Martins Uzoukwu has advised Nigerians to show goodwill and love during the Valentine Day…
LASG harvests 50 tonnes of catfish
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it had harvested 50 tonnes of Catfish in six months since the introduction…
Airline operators blame multiple taxation for poor performance
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has blamed the poor performance of domestic airlines on multiple taxation by various agencies…
Cleric advises Nigerians to shun material wealth
The Chief Imam, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaneey Oladosu, has urged Nigerians to de-emphasise their desire for to acquire material…
Officers accused of killing to know fate on Monday
The five policemen accused in the alleged extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005, will on Monday know their…
Qatar Airways aircraft incident caused by bird strike
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said the air return made by a Qatar Airways aircraft on Feb. 9 at…
Skill centres to be set up in Borno
Borno Government is to set up skills acquisition centres in six Local Government Areas (LGA) liberated from the Boko Haram…
Mother of triplets begs runaway husband to return
Mrs. Queen Udekwe, whose husband, Mathew, abandoned after she gave birth to a set of triplets, has appealed to her…
Aisha Buhari returns from Saudi Arabia after lesser hajj
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja prayed for peace, stability and progress of Nigeria. She…
Gunmen kill retired oil worker in Benin
The police in Benin, Edo State, have confirmed the killing of a yet-to-be identified man by suspected assassins in Benin,…
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EFCC discovers Alison-Madueke’s $37.5m mansion in Banana Island, Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has discovered a $37.5m (amounting to N11.75bn) luxury mansion on Banana Island, Ikoyi,…
United move 5th after 2-0 win over Watford
Manchester United moved one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City as Anthony Martial marked his return with a goal and an…
Davido thrills fans at 2nd Access Bank Lagos Marathon
Star musician “Davido’’ on Saturday to thrilled fans at the finish point of the 2nd Access Bank Lagos Marathon at…
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Shocker! I won’t return to Nigeria until… – Buhari
Contrary to widely circulated report that President Muhammadu Buhari will be returning to the country today, the nation’s leader who…
Sanchez’s brace gives Arsenal victory at Emirate
Alexis Sanchez scored twice as title-chasing Arsenal beat relegation-threatened Hull in controversial circumstances in the Premier League. The hosts had…
Producers shoot porn movies in Makurdi
Benue Association of Movie Producers (AMP) and Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) have disassociated themselves from two pornographic movies recently…
El-Rufai decries destruction of structures
Gov Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has decried the destruction of the foundation laying structure of the proposed Nigerian Army…
Ilorin LGC to offset 9 months salary arrears
Alhaji Abdulhameed Alli, the chairman, Transitional Implementation Committee for Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Saturday pledged to…
Kerosene hike: Residents take to charcoal, firewood
Most Makurdi residents have resorted to the use of charcoal and firewood as alternative sources of cooking following the hike…
DPR seals 27 filling stations
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket field office, said it sealed 27 filling stations for selling above government’s approved…
Heaviest woman, 500 kg leaves for treatment
A 36-year-old Egyptian woman Eman Ahmed, reportedly the heaviest in the world, at 500 kilogrammes reached Mumbai on Saturday for…
5000 teachers go through re-screening
The Akwa Ibom chapter of Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) has threatened to drag Akwa Ibom government to court for contempt…
Hoodlums attack corps member
Some unidentified hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday attacked a corps member, Miss Gbenimachor Chinezendu-Ezinne, in her residence at…
Kaduna Board registers 5,000 Pilgrims
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has so far registered 5,000 intending pilgrims for the 2017 pilgrimage…
Female Winner of Lagos Marathon Wants To Marry A Nigerian
Rhoda Jepkhorir of Kenya, the first female elite athlete to cross the finish line in Saturday’s 2nd Access Bank Lagos…