Year: 2018
Saraki’s defection won’t affect APC in 2019 – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki from the…
England’s Freemasons to allow women – if…
England’s Freemasons are to admit women to their secretive society, but only if they were previously male masons.
Buhari to proceed on 10 days holiday in London
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday begin a 10-day working holiday. Revealing this in a statement on Wednesday, Femi Adesina,…
Saudi Arabia arrests 2 more women rights activists – HRW
Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a government crackdown on…
Sokoto police arrest suspected miscreants, drug dealers
The Police Command in Sokoto state says it has arrested 19 suspects for alleged involvement in criminal activities in the…
Waste management: LAWMA partners NIBSS
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), says it has partnered with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), to boost…
Mixed reactions trail Gov. Tambuwal’s defection to PDP
Some residents of Sokoto on Wednesday expressed mixed reactions over Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s defection to People Democratic Party (PDP) from…
Asian Games: Iraq withdraws from football tournament
Iraq have withdrawn from the football tournament of this month’s Asian Games at Jakarta in Indonesia, potentially throwing the competition…
Ebola: Congo declares 4 new outbreak in eastern province
Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
IPMAN bemoans inadequate fuel loading at Ibadan depot
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday said that petrol allocation by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation…
Apapa gridlock: Overstretched infrastructure responsible – NECA DG
The Director- General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, on Wednesday blamed the perennial gridlock in…
DStv, GOtv To Broadcast FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Live
All 32 matches of the 2018 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup are to be broadcast live on DStv and GOtv…
EU, Oxfam project to plant 700,000 trees in Katsina
The EU and Oxfam Project in Katsina State on Wednesday said that they were collaborating with farmers to plant 700,000…
Adamawa Assembly, screens, approves commissioner nominees
Adamawa House of Assembly on Wednesday screened and confirmed two commissioner nominees whose names were sent to it by the…
Photo News: Massive crowd welcomes Tambuwal back to PDP
It is no longer news that Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Congo declares 4 new Ebola cases
Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just…
N-Power: 12,000 youths successful in Kano state
No fewer than 12, 000 unemployed youths have been selected in the second phase of the Federal Government’s N-power programme…
Insecurity taking toll on businesses – NECA
The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, said in Lagos on Wednesday that the pervading…
Indian minister defends controversial citizenship test
An Indian minister on Wednesday defended a controversial citizens’ list to detect illegal immigrants from mainly Muslim Bangladesh, saying the…
APC spokesman, Abdullahi, quits party
National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party.
President Mnangagwa calls for calm amid Harare clashes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe called for calm on Wednesday as opposition supporters clashed with police in central Harare ahead…
Man allegedly stabs customer with knife
A 30-year-old man, Muhammad Hassan, was on Wednesday docked at an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin City for allegedly stabbing…
“Vote Buying”, new election rigging method in Nigeria – observer group
An election observer and monitoring group, Yiaga Africa, has described vote buying as a new way of elections rigging by…
Kwara PDP chairman, members quit en masse to APC
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, formerly members of the All Progressives Congress, will be inheriting an empty…
Kwara PDP members defect to APC
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara led by the state Chairman, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo, on Wednesday announced…
Police urge Kano politicians to shun violence, hate speech
The Police Command in Kano State has urged residents, especially politicians to shun politics of violence and hate speech ahead…
Suspected herdsmen attack farmer in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have allegedly attacked a 50-year old farmer, Bashiru Aliu (50), in his…
Work begins on Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Gauge
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Gauge has started fully as the challenges…
Cancer awareness campaign: Aisha Buhari departs Abuja for Ouagadougou
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday departed Abuja for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to attend a high-level seminar…
Ambode thanks Lagosians for support, promises better deal for retirees
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday thanked Lagosians for their unflinching support to his administration and promised a…