Year: 2018
121 Nigerians killed in South Africa in 18 months – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has lamented that 121 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa in the last 18…
How Osun APC voted for Continuity
At last, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election…
Nigeria’s pension fund hits N8.14 trillion
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said that the total pension fund assets stood at N8.14 trillion as at May, 2018.
Buhari deploys fighter jets, security forces to hunt down Zamfara bandits
The Federal Government has assembled 1000-strong military force, comprising the army, air force, police and the civil defence to launch…
Abductors of Ex-Ondo chairman demand N10m ransom
The abductors of a former Chairman of Akure North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, Mr Dele Fagoriola, have…
Liverpool maul United 4-1 in friendly
Xherdan Shaqiri scored an exquisite overhead kick as Liverpool thrashed Manchester United 4-1 in the International Champions Cup in front…
Rooney scores first MLS goal, breaks his nose
Former England striker Wayne Rooney scored his first goal for DC United and also broke his nose in a 2-1…
Mugabe asks Zimbabweans not to vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa
For former Zimbabwe leader, Robert Mugabe, it was payback time to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other coup plotters in ZANU-PF…
Kwara APC prepares for Saraki’s exit
The Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress is already resetting itself for life after the impending exit of Senate…
181,000 pupils sit for JSS placement test in Lagos
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said 181,000 primary six pupils from private and the public schools across…
Lagos sets to train Task Force personnel
The Lagos State Government is set to train Nigeria Police personnel attached to the Lagos State Task Force on 'Active…
Nigeria recalls 2.4m bottles of codeine-laced cough syrup
The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of…
‘Why defections will not affect Buhari’s victory in 2019’
The Director of Strategic Communications, President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has explained why the gales of…
Group tasks APC members on collection of PVCs, membership card
The Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard, an Independent Campaign Group has stressed the need for members of the All Progressives Congress…
HIV/AIDS: Oyo enjoys low level of stigmatization – OYSACA
The Oyo State Government at the weekend stated that the level of stigmatisation against Persons Living With HIV, PLWHIV, in…
Ambode, Obaseki, others celebrate retiring clergy, Ademowo at 70
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and his counterpart in Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki on Sunday heaped accolades on…
Ambode’s order: Lagos shuts 5 Bonded Terminals, others in Ajegunle
The Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, at the weekend shutdown five illegal Bonded Terminals and five other buildings in Ajegunle…
SERAP drags Saraki, Senate to UN over repressive Press Council bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the…
Spain rescues 123 migrants
Spain’s maritime rescue service says it has saved 123 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. The…
GOtv Boxing Night 15 Holds Today
All is set for the 15th edition of GOtv Boxing Night, which holds today at the at the Indoor Sports…
Fake journalists in trouble in Oyo as NUJ sanitises profession
Following the increasing rate of fake news in the society, the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)…
Why Nigeria can’t severe ties with S/Africa over killings – Ex-envoy
The President of Association of Foreign Relations Professionals of Nigeria (AFRPN), Amb. Gani Lawal, has said that Nigerian cannot severe…
30 women give birth in Sokoto IDPs camp
Thirty pregnant women have given birth at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Gandi village where victims of July…
India arrests 9 Nigerian drug sellers wielding knives
Nine knife-wielding Nigerians allegedly peddling drugs in Mumbai have been arrested by India’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC). During the arrest on…
Death is inevitable, Buhari tells retired army general
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with former Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Aliyu Gusau, on the death of his wife,…
You have no moral right to accuse others of corruption, Benue Govt tells Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, lacks the moral right to accuse other leaders…
13 Benue LG chairmen decamp from APC to PDP
Thirteen out of the 23 local government chairmen in Benue State have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to…
Gunmen abduct Ex-Ondo LG chairman
A former Chairman, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Dele Fagoriola, has been abducted by gunmen.
Buhari commiserates with Aliyu Gusau over wife’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with former Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (Rtd), on the death of his…
Five shot dead at Texas Nursing Home
Five people are dead in what investigators believe could be a murder-suicide at a nursing center and a nearby home…