Year: 2018
Gov. Ambode pledges commitment to improving water transportation
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday pledged his commitment to provide critical infrastructure and enabling environment for investors…
Nigerian Govt to look into 13% derivation benefit to Niger Delta
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration would look into the constitutional 13 per cent derivation benefit to the…
Impeached Benue Speaker, Ikyange suspended for 6 months
The impeached Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, Mr Terkimbi Ikyange, has been suspended by his colleagues for six months for…
Buhari lauds French commitment to regional cooperation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja lauded the Republic of France for its commitment to strong regional cooperation in…
Somali journalist killed by gunman
A Somali journalist has been killed in Mogadishu in the latest in a series of attacks targeting media practitioners in…
Ibadan Agog For GOtv Boxing Night 15
Boxing fans in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, have expressed excitement over GOtv Boxing Night 15 holding on Sunday at…
Benue lawmakers scale fence into Assembly Complex
Members of Benue State House of Assembly on Friday scaled the high perimeter fence surrounding the Assembly Complex and jumped…
Alliance Française de Lagos hosts photography exhibition
Alliance Française de Lagos on Thursday launched ‘Music’ a collective photography exhibition at their branch office in Yaba, Lagos, Southwest…
Google launches station in Nigeria
Web search engine, Google, has unveiled Google Station aimed at providing free high-quality, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots to millions of Nigerians.
Leon Balogun relishes competition at Brighton
Brighton and Hove Albion defender Leon Balogun is relishing the competition he has to overcome to seal a regular starting…
Hashidu, first civilian governor of Gombe, is dead
The first civilian governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Hashidu passed away on Friday at the age of 74.
Carl Ikeme retires from football after battle with leukaemia
Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has announced his retirement from football after a year-long battle with acute leukaemia, the English…
NFF commences preliminary investigation on Yusuf’s bribery allegation
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday in Abuja said it has noted some media reports arising from a BBC…
BRICS not ruling out accepting more members – Putin
President Vladimir Putin of Russia said on Friday BRICS leaders were not ruling out the possibility of increasing the number…
“My husband belongs to the Ogboni confraternity”
A 56-year-old businesswoman, Grace Okonwa, has urged an Agege Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her 33-year-old marriage.
Nigerian Govt promises to boost honey production, apiculture
The Federal Government has promised to encourage and support apiculture with special emphasis to honey production in the country.
Association tasks Kogi Govt on doctors’ welfare
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Kogi Government to give utmost priority to the welfare of doctors…
Zimbabwe Elections: COMESA deploys observer mission
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on Friday deployed its short-term observers to Zimbabwe’s Monday polls.
Man prosecuted for having carnal knowledge of 3 teenage girls
A 29-year-old, Yau Ibrahim, was on Friday brought before an FCT High Court, Apo, for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of…
Nigerian Govt intervention projects will reduce erosion, flood – Official
Malam Mohammed Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, says the Federal Government intervention projects will reduce the dangers…
Offa robbery: Saraki surrenders to police, makes ‘cautionary statement’
Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple…
1,500 migrants died in Mediterranean – UN
The UN says for the fifth straight year, 1,500 migrants perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and…
United Nations running out of cash
The United Nations is running out of cash, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, saying the cash crunch is the worst…
Zuma says will win case on $2.5bn corruption charges
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma said on Friday his lawyers had faith they would get the case against him…
Dino Melaye resurfaces, says he spent 11 hours in wilderness traumatized
Controversial senator, Dino Melaye has resurfaced after it was said he was kidnapped on Thursday, saying he spent 11 hours in…
IOC to U.S: Clean up your doping house
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told the U.S. on Thursday it should get its own house in order in the…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa pledges to deliver fair, transparent election
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe on Friday pledged to deliver a fair and transparent election, amid the UN concerns over…
Gunmen kill newly elected APC LG chairman in Imo
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed an All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Chairman, Sunny Ejiagwu.
Cisse gets Senegal contract extension with 2019 AFCON condition
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has had his contract extended by a year, even though there was also a condition attached.
NMA raises alarm over medical quackery
The Cross River chapter on the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has raised an alarm over the increasing rate medical quackery…