Year: 2018
General Alkali to get befitting burial, says Army
The Nigerian Army said retired Major General Idris Alkali, whose body was found today, would be given a befitting burial.…
Photos: Gen. Alkali’s body kept in sack laden with stone, then thrown into well
The Nigerian Army said the body of Maj. General Idris Alkali, after his gruesome murder and exhumation from a shallow…
Trade misinvoicing cost Nigeria $2.2bn in 2014 – Report
A new study by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), says that the potential loss of revenue by Nigeria to misinvoicing in…
Minimum wage: TUC rejects governors’ N22,500 proposal
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday said it rejected the N22,500 minimum wage announced by the Governors’…
APC primaries: I can’t mortgage my conscience for my job – Oshiomhole
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday said he will not mortgage his conscience in…
Tinubu: Atiku can meet in Dubai or Jungle, but he won’t fly in 2019; insists Oshiomhole stays
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday said he did not care…
Buhari orders NHIS boss, Yusuf to proceed on compulsory leave
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, to…
Intercontinental Hotels drags 5 staff to court for stealing N3.4m
The Management of Intercontinental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos has dragged five of its staff before a Lagos Magistrate Court for…
Businesswoman, accomplice remanded in prison for stealing N14.9m From Sterling Bank
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU IN Ikoyi, Lagos have arrested a suspected female fraudster, Ogechi perpetual Ezeoni,…
Truck dealer jailed 3 years for stealing N1.6m
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos State on Wednesday sentenced a truck dealer, Okezie Ebele, to three years’ imprisonment for…
US Missionary shot dead in Cameroon
A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children.
Youths charged on nation building
The Lagos State Youth Organising Secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC, Aregbe Idris has charged youths in the country to merge…
The Continued Mishandling of the Shi’ite Crisis
By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Shi’ites are not the problem. Impunity is. Protest is not the problem. Violence and trampling on…
Will There Be A Revolt Vote In 2019?
By Banji Ojewale Now, it is certain that of the nearly 100 political parties asking Nigerians to vote for them…
Anenih: A Trough of Bitter-Sweet Memories
By Louis Odion Our first encounter in 2000 was simply apocalyptic. The old cop was at his bewitching best –…
Minimum Wage: NLC rejects governors’ N22,500 offer
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N22,500 proposed by the state governors as the New National Minimum Wage…
NHIS boss, Yusuf sues Health Minister, AGF
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has sued the Minister of Health, Prof.…
FEC okays National Leather Product Policy
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Leather and Leather Product Policy aimed at locally harnessing leather…
Osun Assembly passes Health Insurance Scheme Bill
The Osun House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill for the establishment of the State Health Insurance Scheme.
Nigerian Govt okays National Leather Product Policy
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Leather and Leather Product Policy aimed at locally harnessing leather…
MultiChoice: Empowering Young Nigerians
Three years ago, Umar Ahmed wanted a job badly. Having no skill, his chances were greatly limited, especially given the…
8 feared dead as rival youth groups clash on Lagos Island
Residents and traders in some parts of Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria are now living in fear as eight youths…
American super model, Blac Chyna to ‘shut down’ Abuja
American model Angela Renée White, a.k.a Blac Chyna has announced that she will be visiting Abuja, the nation’s capital, for…
Bola Tinubu holds secret meeting with Buhari
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is presently holding a meeting with President Muhammadu…
Lagos Govt tasks nurses on healthcare financing, budgeting
Head of Service, Lagos State, Mrs Folashade Adesoye says there is need for nurses to develop a proper understanding of…
Barca move: Neymar to be jailed?
A Spanish magistrate leading an investigation into alleged irregularities in Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013 said Wednesday the Brazilian…
APGA: A Betrayal of Historic Proportion
It has become very necessary and important for our records, that as a former Governor, leader and contestant for the…
Anenih: Edo PDP lauds Obaseki for declaring 3-day mourning period
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commended the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, for declaring a…
Breaking: Khashoggi was strangled, cut into pieces inside Saudi consulate – Prosecutor
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled immediately he entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey and his body was ‘cut…
Libation not Fetish, but prayer – Appolus Chu
As civilization erodes today’s society and as the advent of western culture threatens the African tradition, a paramount ruler in…