Year: 2018
Afghan intelligence service team attacked, 4 persons killed
An attack targeting members of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency just outside the capital Kabul on Tuesday killed at least four…
Jailed Senator Dariye still receiving salaries and allowances in prison
Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750,…
Ekiti Citizens Jubilate as Fayemi Defeats Oni in Court
Jubilations broke out in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Monday as the Ado Ekiti Division of the Federal…
U.S declares Ex-Gambian President Yahya Jammeh corrupt, bars him and family from entering the Country
The United States has barred former President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia and his immediate family from the country. U.S.…
164 UN member-states unanimously adopt Global Migration Compact
A total of 164 UN member-countries attending the two-day Intergovernmental Conference on Migration on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, unanimously adopted…
19th NSF: Gombe defeat Lagos in basketball thriller
Gombe State’s male basketball team bruised the ego of their Lagos opponents on Monday by beating them 58-42 points at…
Remorseful Macron makes concessions to ‘yellow vest’ protesters
Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced a series of financial measures seeking to defuse the violent “yellow vest” revolt…
Electricity: TCN targets 20,000MW by 2021
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is working toward achieving a transmission capacity of 20,000 Megawatts (MW) by 2021, its…
NOA urges community leaders to discharge civic rights effectively
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has implored members of the Community Development Associations, CDAs to discharge their civic responsibilities as…
Khashoggi’s last moments with Saudi killers revealed
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi repeatedly told his killers “I can’t breathe” during his final moments in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,…
Lagosians upbeat with free WiFi from Sanwo-Olu
Lagosians, at various locations, are having swell time as they surf the internet for free, courtesy of the free WiFi…
UBS unveils Global Investment Outlook For 2019
Investors will need to weather more volatility in order to capture opportunities in 2019, according to the Year Ahead report…
Court rules Governor Fayemi was validly nominated
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday dismissed the suit filed by former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni…
Mastercard partners DPO Group to boost Pan-African merchant payments
Leading global payments and technology company Mastercard and Africa’s leading payment service provider, DPO Group have announced a collaboration to…
Ogun 2019: Kashamu sure of winning Guber. seat
Ogun State People's Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Buruji Kashamu said he is sure of winning the Ogun governorship seat…
Strike: Nigerian govt, ASUU reach partial agreement
The Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have reached a partial agreement, according to Dr…
Don’t divert social investment money for campaign, NGO warns FG
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has been warned not to divert the money meant for its Social Investment Programmes…
Corruption responsible for epileptic power supply – EFCC
The head of Edo office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Yakubu Mailafia Monday said corruption is…
ASUU warns UNIOSUN VC against harassment of members
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ibadan Zone has warned the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo, Professor Labode…
Woman dies as mobile phone explodes in bedroom, husband injured
A 45-year-old woman has died in Kenya after a mobile phone she was charging with solar power suddenly exploded in…
PDP now expert in fake news – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed the story about the raid “ordered by Buhari-led government” on the home of Peoples Democratic Party…
Soyinka, journalists, writers celebrate Khashoggi’s memories
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday led scores of journalists, publishers and writers to celebrate the memories of Jamal…
Atiku expresses worries over ASUU, other unresolved labour issues
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar was deeply worried by the lingering industrial crises between…
Mbaka: CP orders investigation of alleged attempted assassination
The Enugu State Police Command on Monday commenced a full scale investigation into alleged attempted assassination of the Spiritual Director…
My identity has been stolen on Facebook, Soyinka cries out
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday cried out over his stolen identity being used on Facebook by a Nigerian…
We didn’t arrest Atiku’s sons – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied arresting the sons of Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party…
Nigerians kicked PDP out in 2015 due to endemic corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has identified glaring endemic corruption that engulfed the country prior to the emergence of the All Progressives…
Your candidate will be defeated roundly in 2019, FG tells Obasanjo
The Federal Government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate…
Come, join me in Serie A, Ronaldo challenges Messi
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has challenged Lionel Messi to leave Barcelona and sign for a club in Italy.
Shocking: Sex video tape played in Lagos court
Proceedings in an Ikeja High Court took an unusual dimension on Monday when an excerpt of a sex video tape…