Year: 2018
Saki residents bemoan months long power outage
Some residents of Saki in Saki West Council Area of Oyo State, on Monday complained of the unending power failure…
Thai police seize 22 million methamphetamine pills
Over 22 million methamphetamine pills and 100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine were seized in two separate raids over the weekend…
Amnesty Rights worker describes abduction as “violent”
A Researcher for Amnesty International, Oleg Kozlovsky, has described how he was abducted in Southern Russia by men who drove…
Thomas Vermaelen suffers fresh injury
Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen has suffered another injury and will be out of action for several weeks after straining an…
Family Planning: Kogi has low level of contraceptive usage – USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says Kogi is currently ranked lowest in terms of contraceptive usage and adoption…
Intra-Africa Trade: West Africa to interlink payment system
To make trading between African countries easier, West African countries have joined forces to interlink their payment system.
Trump, wife to visit Florida’s storm-ravaged Panhandle
U.S. President, Donald Trump, and First Lady, Melania, will visit Florida’s storm-ravaged Panhandle on Monday, the White House announced.
Air Force destroys Boko Haram hideout
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has decimated a Boko Haram Terrorist…
Basketball chief dies of heart attack in Buenos Aires
Patrick Baumann, the 51-year-old Secretary General of basketball’s world governing body, has died of heart attack at the Youth Olympics…
200 investors indicate interest in Diaspora Investment Summit
About 200 foreign investors have indicated interest to participate in the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit, scheduled to begin in Abuja…
Somalia suicide bombings: Death toll rises to 20
The death toll has risen to 20 people on Sunday following two suspected suicide bombers that struck in the southern…
BRISIN begins public awareness in FCT
Basic Registry and Information System of Nigeria (BRISIN) says it has commenced public awareness creation on the first phase of…
Gubernatorial candidate promises youth employment, improved IGR
Mr Saheed Ajadi, the gubernatorial candidate of the Accord party in Oyo state, has promised youth employment and improved Internally…
2019: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths commend Atiku for choosing Obi
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths (Worldwide) has commended the PDP and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for choosing an Igbo…
Nigerian Content Board donates relief materials to Bayelsa flood victims
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Sunday urged oil firms operating in the Niger Delta to assist…
Nigerian Govt commended for sustaining NYSC scheme
The Board of Patrons, National Association of Catholic Corpers (NACC), has commended the Federal Government for sustaining the National Youth…
Degree classification: Niger Delta youths back Kachikwu
Youths from the Niger Delta region on Sunday expressed solidarity with Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum and…
Kano APC Primaries: Ganduje inaugurates 12-man reconciliation committee
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has inaugurated 12-man high-powered reconciliation committee to reconcile all aggrieved members of the All…
6.6m Lagosians eligible to vote in 2019 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State said 6,609,115 residents were eligible to vote in the 2019 General…
Video: Boko Haram set to kill another female Red Cross worker
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has called for the Nigerian government’s speedy intervention to save one of…
Red Cross begs FG to secure release of 2 abducted health workers by Boko Haram
The Red Cross on Sunday appealed to Nigeria Government and to communities and individuals with influence to secure the release…
Customer drags Stanbic IBTC to court over sale of property
An Oshogbo-based legal practitioner in Osun, Southwest Nigeria, Mrs Abosede Fagbola, who alleged that her property situated at 3 Ayoola…
Police re-arrest robber 5 days after regaining freedom
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have re-arrested a robbery suspect five…
Lagos Open: We’ll set up Tennis Academy to attract global attention – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said the State Government will fully support the setting up of a…
Fayemi’s second bite: That Ekiti might breathe again
The Ekiti error has now been corrected. The lord of the manor would soon return to the farm and the…
No travel ban list: Presidency
The Presidency has denied issuing a list of Nigerians affected by a travel ban as it also clarified that the…
International conference on border management kicks-off at UI
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan The University of Ibadan’s Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, IPSS, will host scholars and other border management…
Do not protect corrupt UNILORIN actors, ASUU tells EFCC
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to make its findings on…
Executive Order 6 not political weapon against political opponents – Presidency
The Presidency on Sunday said the Executive Order 6 is not a political weapon against opposition but part of revolutionary…
Kano governor discredits trending bribe video, threatens court action
Kano state government has discredited the trending video portraying Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje collecting some dollars as bribe from a…