Year: 2017
Presidency appoints Onnoghen as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has nominated Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, ushering in the first southern…
Akeredolu tells Ondo Ndi-Igbo residents to embrace peace
The Ondo State Governor-Elect, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has urged Ndi-Igbo residents in the state to embrace peace and unity among…
Ondo youths protest alleged exclusion from NDDC board
The Niger Delta Youth Movement( NDYM), Ondo State chapter, on Wednesday protested in Igbokoda over the exclusion of a representative…
Why Lagos needs new waste management policy-Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has underscored the need for the State to evolve a new waste management policy…
Smart City: Lagos to train one million residents on computer coding
Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme…
Court remands murder suspect in prison
A security guard, Joel Absolom, who allegedly killed his friend, Abdulahi Abduramon, was on Wednesday remanded in prison by an…
Investment One perfects acquisition of Universal Steels
Investment One Financial Services, a leading financial services firm in Nigeria, says it has perfected the acquisition of the assets…
Mixed reaction trails suspension of Reps members
Some All Progressive Party (APC) loyalists and officials in Malumfashi and Kafur Local Government Areas of Katsina State have disassociated…
Artists seek to participate in Lagos @50 festival
Tope Babayemi, the Coordinator of the Artists’ Village at the National Theatre, has urged the Lagos State Government to allow…
Ghanaian president swears-in 12 new ministers
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has sworn into office 12 more ministers-designate approved by parliament, charging them to work toward…
Nasarawa government purchases vehicles to boost immunisation
Nasarawa Government has purchased 13 Hilux vehicles for effective monitoring of immunisation against childhood killers diseases across the state. Mr…
Kaduna government orders FRSC off the streets
The Kaduna State Government has barred personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from erecting checkpoints in Kaduna and…
Adamawa governor calls for special prayers for Buhari
Gov. Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa on Wednesday called on religious leaders in the state to offer special prayers for the…
Keffi residents decry poor electricity supply
Keffi residents in Nasarawa State have expressed concern over the erratic power supply in the area. They said that the…
Stop blaming Buhari for economic woes- Kwara governor
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advised Nigerians to stop blaming President Muhammad Buhari or any of the nation’s…
Gordons apologises to Tubaba
It seems Tuface is not leaving the news anytime soon. After canceling a nationwide protest he was supposed to spearhead,…
Recession: Car owners abandon cars with us -Mechanic
An auto-mobile mechanic in Ilorin, Kwara, Mr Martins Michael, has lamented the high rate at which car owners abandon their…
Educationist blames social media for decline in reading
An educationist, Mrs Victoria Oladunni , has identified the advent of the social media as a major cause in the…
Buhari wants vp who can hold Nigeria together
Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, has revealed that Pres. Buhari chose him as running mate in…
UI Senate approves admission of 3,589 new students
The Senate of the University of Ibadan has approved the admission of 3,589 students for the 2016/2017 academic session. Mr…
MTN group expects loss due to 1bn fine
MTN Group expects to report a full-year loss due to a one billion dollars regulatory fine in Nigeria and for…
Workers begin 72-hour strike
Workers at Canadian Natural Resources’ (CNR) Baobab and Espoir oil and gas fields in Ivory Coast launched a 72-hour strike…
Al Shabaab kill 4 in hotel attack
Somalia’s al Shabaab militants stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Bosasso, on Wednesday, killing four…
Zuma authorises deployment of 400 soldiers
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Wednesday authorised no fewer than 400 soldiers to join the security team at…
IBB university begins production of cashew juice
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the institution said…
Lalong loses appeal against sacked councillors
The Court of Appeal in Jos, on Wednesday threw out an appeal filed by Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, against…
NAFDAC seizes N 2.5m fruit juices
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized assorted imported fruit juices, codeine-containing substances and…
Navy nabs 8 suspects trafficking hemp
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday handed over three suspects arrested with a boat conveying 559 kilogrammes of cannabis to the…
DPR warns marketers against fuel hoarding
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara has warned marketers against fuel hoarding without inexplicable reason. The state Operations…
CJ pardons 28 awaiting trial inmates
The Chief Judge of Sokoto State, Justice Bello Abbas, has granted pardon to 28 awaiting trial inmates in the Sokoto…