Year: 2017
LCCI boss seeks incentives for private investors in petroleum sector
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has advised the Federal Government to grant special incentives to private investors…
Army kills 10 terrorists in reprisal attack
The Military says it has successfully repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area…
Kidnapped U.S baby found after 18 years
An 18-year-old South Carolina woman’s life was turned inside out this morning when the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and FBI informed…
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The Gambia: AU ‘ll not recognize Jammeh as president from 19 Jan
The African Union will stop recognising Yahya Jammeh as The Gambia’s president from 19 January, when his term expires, its…
Barcelona sanction club official over unpleasant comment about Messi
Barcelona have punished a club official for expressing a “personal opinion” about forward Lionel Messi “that does not match that…
Costa left out of Chelsea squad to face Leicester
Striker Diego Costa has been left out of the Chelsea squad to face Leicester on Saturday after a dispute with…
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DSS rescues 4 kidnap victims in Port Harcourt
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has rescued four oil company kidnap victims from their abductors in Port…
2 Unilag students graduate with 5.0 CGPA
Two graduating students of the University of Lagos have also recorded 5.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in 2015/2016 academic…
Cross River Assembly passes N301bn 2017 budget
The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2017 budget of N301 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
U.S. donates military grade tents to Nigeria Police
The U.S. on Friday donated eight military grade multi-purpose tents to the Nigeria Police for a quick return of civil…
Man narrates near-death experience on 3rd mainland bridge
A Twitter user, by the name Gbemi Famoti @gbemifam, some hours ago took to his Twitter page to narrated his…
Bayelsa to host national wrestling championships in March
The Technical Director of Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Okaihe, on Friday in Abuja, said that Bayelsa would host this…
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Witness admits constructing houses, mosque, churches for Badeh
The 13th prosecution witness, Joseph Okpetu, told a Federal High Court on Friday that he renovated houses, built churches and…
Man remanded for torturing another to death
For allegedly torturing another to death with a cable, 32-year-old Monday Tizhe is to be remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons,…
Court slams N500,000 bail on labourer for manslaughter
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday slammed a N500,000 bail on a labourer, Sunday Hyacinth, for alleged…
Ayade approves N1.4bn for 2016 UBEC matching grant
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved N1.4 billion to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enable…
Woman nabbed for stabbing drunken husband to death
A 37-year-old trader, Christiana Odo, was on Friday charged with stabbing her husband, Romanus, 48, to death at an Ebute…
Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail
A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…
Police to sanction erring officers
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
Truck pusher pleads guilty to drug trafficking
A truck pusher, Wilson Sunday, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over drug trafficking. Sunday, 27,…
Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles
The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…
Bird flu: Kano government to disinfect markets, poultry farms
The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures…
Police to sanction erring officers
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
Plateau youths protest against hard drugs
Youths in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau on Friday staged a peaceful protest against the production, consumption of hard…
Obaseki urged to appoint competent person as sports commissioner
Fans in Edo have urged the government to ensure the appointment of competent persons as sports to administer sports in…
Lawyers seek strict enforcement of laws on rape
Some Abuja based lawyers have advocated full enforcement of laws on rape to curb the increasing cases of rape and…
Wicked! Woman burns half-sister with hot iron
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered that a 44-year-old woman, Nneka Ilokwu be remanded in prison for allegedly…
Veteran pro-democracy activist, Alfred Ilenre, is dead
A veteran journalist and a dogged human rights activist, Mr Alfred Ilenre is dead. He died in Ikorodu, Lagos State,…
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Convicted fuel subsidy fraudster collapses in court
An oil subsidy fraudster, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, fainted in the dock…