Year: 2018
Agbaje wins Lagos PDP’s governorship ticket
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the 2015 election in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje has again emerged the party's…
Kano varsity recruits 15 foreign professors
The Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST) Wudil, says it has concluded arrangements to establish three new faculties…
Lagos Primaries: APC supporters clash in Ikorodu, Badagry
Violence erupted in some parts of Ikorodu on Friday as the All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted its state house of…
Gombe Govt receives $10m to prevent malnutrition
The World Bank has allocated $10 million grant to the Gombe State Government prevent problem of acute malnutrition in the…
Why Nigeria’s debt appears high – Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria’s debt appears high because the country is currently facing a low…
Saraki, Dogara, Secondus protest at INEC over Osun Guber poll
Top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday protested the outcome of the Osun State Governorship election at…
PDP Convention: Gov. Wike assures delegates of memorable stay
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday in Port Harcourt assured all delegates of a memorable stay in Rivers during…
34-year-old man remanded for battering man to death
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, remanded a 34-year-old man, Idris Habib, accused of bludgeoning…
MASSOB criticises APGA over conduct of Anambra primaries
Chief Ralf Uwazuruike, Leader, Movement of the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has criticised the All Progressive Grand…
Tanker explosion kills 1 person, destroys 60 houses
An oil tanker truck exploded in Cameroon’s commercial city of Douala in the early hours of Friday, killing one person…
PDP chieftain re-arraigned over alleged money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned a PDP chieftain, Peter Nwaoboshi, a serving senator, before a…
U.S. ICT university donates N3m worth e-library facilities to KASU
The ICT University Foundation, Louisiana, U.S. on Friday donated N30 million worth of e-library facility equipped with world class equipment…
Nigerian Govt committed to promoting Social Security – Ngige
The Federal Government is committed to promoting social security in order to eradicate poverty, ensure inclusion and address contemporary socio-economic…
Direct primary makes Lagos APC stronger – Sen. Adeola
Sen. Solomon Adeola, representing Lagos West Senatorial District, on Friday said the direct open primaries adopted by the All Progressives…
Reckless driver sentenced to death for knocking down FRSC personnel
A state high court sitting in Birnin Kebbi has sentenced to death one Usman Aliyu, who carelessly knocked down Road…
Menstruation: India braces for face-off lifting ban on Temple entry
Hundreds of members of a conservative Hindu Group in Southern India still kick against of menstruating age from entering, its…
Buhari to teachers: Be change agents for nation development
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on teachers in the country to be positive change agents in the growth, development and…
Sexagenarian, 2 teenage boys allegedly engage in sodomy
The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a sexagenarian, Rabiu Tanko, and two teenage boys, Mohammed Samiu, and Musa Mustapha,…
D’Tigress now 19th in new FIBA ranking
D’Tigress have moved up 15 places in the latest FIBA Women’s ranking to 19th spot in the world after their…
U.S. unemployment rate falls to near 50-year low
U.S. unemployment fell to 3.7 per cent in September, which is its lowest figure in nearly half a century.
Plateau Crisis: Taraba evacuates 383 UniJos students
The Taraba Government said on Friday that it had evacuated 383 students from the University of Jos following renewed killings…
Plateau LG Elections: Police pledges peaceful exercise
The Plateau Police Command has assured residents of the state that the forthcoming local government elections slated for October 10,…
Russian fighter plane crashes near Moscow
A MiG-29 Jet Fighter crashed on Friday during a test flight in the region of Russia’s capital, local media reported.
Germany joins allies in accusing Russia of widespread cyber attacks
The German government on Friday, accused Russia of being behind massive cyber attacks in 2017, echoing the governments of the…
Nigerian Govt commended for policies to promote local industries
Mr Kayode Adebayo, the convener of African Music Festival (AMFEST), says government’s policies to develop local industries are necessary steps…
Poor solid waste disposal causes health, environmental problems – LASG
The Lagos State Government on Friday warned against poor solid waste collection and disposal as such could lead to serious…
Osun Govt. inaugurates 193 boreholes, 100 sanitation facilities
Osun Government on Friday inaugurated 193 boreholes and 100 sanitation facilities in three Local Government Areas in the state.
Civil Defence rescues 12 human trafficking victims
The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has rescued about 12 victims of…
Former Dep. Gov. picks APC Plateau South Senatorial ticket
Mr Ignatius Longjan, former Deputy Governor to Ex-Gov. Jonah Jang, on Friday, picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to…
Omotola named among most influential Africans
Nollywood’s award-winning Diva and humanitarian, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been honoured as one of the 100 most influential people of African…