Year: 2018
Ambode, Utomi charge civil servants to acquire behavioural skills
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi on Thursday charged top civil servants in the state…
Soyinka to Obasanjo: You’re unfit to lead a mission to rescue Nigeria
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has hit out at former President Olusegun Obasanjo again, saying that he is unfit to…
Photo News: 8 days after Otedola Bridge oil tanker explosion
Today is the eighth day of the tragedy which rocked Lagos on Otedola bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Twelve people…
Police dock retired army captain for failing to produce suspect
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos have dragged a retired Captain of the Nigerian Army, Zakari…
Lagos police boss arrests policemen assaulting lawyer
The police officers seen in a video assaulting a young lawyer said to be demanding for his salary and posted…
Ogun Customs command impounds smuggled rice
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Command, has intercepted a truck loaded with 501 bags (50kg) of imported rice in…
Offa Robbery: Court declines bail for Kwara Gov’s Chief of Staff
The Chief of Staff to Kwara State Governor, Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab, will have to stay longer in detention as the…
Obasanjo begins work at NOUN
Former President of Nigeria, Dr Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday resumed work at the Abeokuta, Ogun State study centre of the…
Monarch’s wife allegedly burns rival’s house, kills step daughter
The Osun Police Command on Thursday arrested the wife of a traditional ruler and two persons suspected to have set…
Kenya calls for inclusion of women in agribusiness
Kenya on Thursday called for inclusion of women in agribusiness to help transform the continent’s economy.
IDP: Senate to investigate sexual abuse, violence allegations
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday expressed the senate’s readiness to investigate all allegations related to…
Nigerian Govt donates feed to 100 livestock farmers
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday donated animal feed concentrate and mineral salt to 100 livestock…
David, Victoria Beckham Celebrate 19th Anniversary
Retired football player David Beckham and his Fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham are our couple goals for today.
South Sudan cancels independence celebrations
South Sudan will not celebrate its independence anniversary for the third year running due to financial difficulties, a senior official…
Ex-CBN Governor, Adamu Ciroma dies at 84
Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Adamu Ciroma is dead.
Naeto C Expecting 3rd Child With Wife
Nigerian rapper rapper and singer Naeto C is going to be a dad for the third time. His wife Nicole…
How 2 foreigners forged Nigerian company’s documents
Moses Awonusi, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court,…
Rice smuggling: Nigerian Govt commended for border closure
The Elephant Group Plc., a leading agro-allied company, says it supports the planned closure of land borders by the Federal…
Suspected cultist caught with bottle of human blood
A man, Emeka Thank God, was on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to…
Immigration dismisses arrest rumours of Ekiti-bound foreigners
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked rumours that its officers in Kogi had arrested about 200 foreigners heading for…
Commission developing data base to track projects’ distribution
The Federal Character Commission says it is building a comprehensive national data base of projects, to enable it track and…
IGP sets up special team to investigate killing of policemen
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has set-up a team of specialised detectives, Police Scene of Crime Experts…
19 killed, 11 injured in South Sudan cattle raids
At least 19 people have been killed and 11 injured in cattle raids in South Sudan’s Eastern Lakes State, an…
ASUP members warned against sex for marks
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), says it will not stand by any of its members caught extorting and…
Man remanded for having incestuous relationship with daughter
An incestuous 60-year-old father, Amusat Ashiru, who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter, was on Thursday in Lagos remanded in Kirikiri…
Falz blasts Garki Hospital over death of NYSC member
This is Nigeria crooner, Falz blasted Garki Hospital for refusing to treat Corps member, Linda Angela Igwetu who died after…
Senate orders investigation over death of female NYSC member
The Nigerian Senate has ordered investigation into the death and non-treatment of Linda Angela Igwetu, a corps member who was…
Ex-Sierra Leone VP, Victor Foh arrested over corruption charges
Sierra Leone’s former Vice President Victor Foh and former Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray were arrested on Thursday on charges of…
Katsina Govt leases Songhai farm to Dangote group
Katsina State Government has leased its Songhai Farm located in Dutsinma to Dangote Group at the cost of N500 million.
8 suspects arrested over police station attack
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested eight suspects accused of involvement in the June bombing of a police…