Year: 2018
Super Eagles will not underrate Libya – Rohr
Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, says his team will play to win and will not underrate the Mediterranean Knights in…
INEC expects 80m registered voters to participate in 2019 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday that more than 80 million registered Nigerians were expected to vote…
Primaries: APC supporters demand cancelation of Katsina Assembly election
No fewer than 1000 supporters of Alhaji Kamal Alty, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the just…
Barcelona’s Umtiti may require knee surgery
The knee injury sustained by FC Barcelona’s World Cup-winning defender Samuel Umtiti is not healing as planned, a section of…
Lagos Airport: Unions threaten to extend protest to other terminals
The unions in the aviation sector on Thursday threatened to ground flight operations at all terminals of the Murtala Muhammed…
I’m Not Perfect – Laura Ikeji
It seems sometimes when certain people single out a person as their role model, they forget that the icon they…
14-year-old marriage dissolved over spiritual attacks
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Bunmi Adewuyi and Adegbite Adewuyi over spiritual…
Belgian football agent questioned in fraud, match-fixing inquiry
Belgian investigators on Thursday questioned Mogi Bayat, the country’s most influential football agent, a day after he and senior figures…
Husband, mother in-law battle over inheritance
A widower, Isah Sulaiman, has sued his mother in-law at a Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna, over his late…
IMF urges Nigeria to tighten monetary policy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria to tighten its monetary policy and strengthen non-oil revenue mobilisation efforts for…
Flood: Air Force embarks on free medical outreach for IDPs
The Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Bayelsa has embarked on a five-day free medical outreach for…
Customs seizes contraband goods worth N142m
The Niger Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized contraband goods worth over N142 million in the last…
Be active in politics, group tasks Nigerian women
A group, Badagry Women Development Forum (BWDF), on Thursday urged females in Nigeria to play active roles in politics, to…
Dollar weakens on softer U.S. yields
The dollar weakened on Thursday following an overnight drop in U.S. Treasury yields, though moves in foreign exchange markets were…
Cooperative society tasks Ambode on giving farmers interest-free loans
The Food Basket Farmers’ Cooperative Society, Ogijo-Ikorodu Chapter, on Thursday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to support farmers…
Prices of 17 cancer drugs cut by 56%
China National Healthcare Security Administration on Thursday said payment standards for 17 types of anti-cancer drugs newly included in China’s…
British Academic in solitary confinement after UAE Research
A British Academic, Matthew Hedges, is being held in solitary confinement without charge in the United Arab Emirates while conducting…
Buratai bags award on Leadership
The Institute of Economists of Nigeria, Ibadan has conferred “Exemplary and Uncommon Leadership Command Award” on the Chief of Army…
Oil market well supplied – OPEC
OPEC sees the oil market as well supplied and is wary of revisiting a glut next year, the group’s secretary-general…
Money laundering: Council of EU tightens rules
The Council of the European Union adopted on Thursday a new directive aimed at counteracting money laundering, the council said…
GOtv Boxing Night 16: Joe Boy Gets New Opponent As Injury Rules Out Dotse
Anama Dotse, the Ghanaian billed to fight African Boxing Union lightweight champion, Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph, at GOtv Boxing Night…
Former Aston Villa Chairman Ellis dies at 94
Former Aston Villa Football Club chairman Doug Ellis has died at the age of 94, the English Championship club said…
Monaco fires coach Jardim after poor start
League 1 club AS Monaco fired coach Leonardo Jardim on Thursday following a poor start to the season which has…
E-waste management: Foundation calls for more stringent measures, policies
Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, the Vice-Chairman, E-Waste Relief Foundation (ERF), a non-governmental organisation, has called for stringent measures and pragmatic policies…
Biased investment: World Bank takes responsibility for advising Nigeria, others
The World Bank says it “has to take some responsibility’’ for advising Nigeria and other African countries to invest more…
Rocket carrying space station crew fails mid air
A booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and U.S. astronaut on board headed for the International Space…
UNICEF, ADB committed to fight poverty in Asia-Pacific
The UNICEF and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday renewed their commitment to fighting poverty and promoting the well-being…
Nigerian troops kill 76 Boko Haram terrorists, Chad kills 48
Seventy-six Boko Haram terrorists, among others, trying to overrun Nigeria’s military formation in Metele, near Kangarwa in Borno have been…
UEFA to pay countries more for Nations League participation
European football governing body UEFA has said 55 national teams currently participating in the inaugural UEFA Nations League would see…
2019 Presidential Battle: 64 reasons why Buhari should be re-elected – Aide
As the battle for the 2019 presidential election hots up, Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari's aide on social media has…