Year: 2018
Workers’ salaries to be delayed as finance minister battles NNPC
The Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, says the Federation Accounts Allocation Meeting (FAAC) ended in a deadlock on Wednesday…
Scientists advice to women: Take red wine to stop breast cancer
A new study shows that Resveratrol, a compound in red wine can stop a mutated protein, which is present in…
350 Nigerians owe N5.4 trillion AMCON debt
Over 350 Nigerians are said to be responsible for over 80 per of the N5.4 trillion debt profile of the…
Police arrest 100 female activists over U.S. immigration policy
More than one thousand female activists marched through Washington, DC, Thursday and flooded a Capitol Hill Senate office building to…
Nationwide Killings: Amnesty International says Nigerian govt encouraging impunity
By failing to hold murderers to account, Nigerian authorities are encouraging impunity that is fueling rising insecurity across the country,…
Belgium beat England 1-0 to win Group G
England will face Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup after a spectacular strike by Adnan Januzaj ensured…
Gunman shoots five dead in US newspaper
A gunman has opened fire at a local newspaper in Maryland, killing five people and wounding many more.
Tanker explosion: Incident unfortunate, regrettable – LASG
The Lagos State Government has commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives and property in a fatal tanker…
Update: Lagos tanker explosion: 9 dead, 53 vehicles burnt – LASEMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed nine people dead and 53 vehicles burnt in the aftermath of…
Tanker explodes in Lagos, many people dead, vehicles burnt
A fuel tanker has exploded on Otedola Bridge inward Berger area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria with many people burnt to…
Gombe generates N300m revenue monthly
The Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue says it is generating between N300 million and N500 million monthly as revenue…
NNPC regrets governors’ additional request of N40 billion
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has justified its June remittance of N147 billion to the Federation Accounts and Allocation…
Lagos ports expect 31 ships carrying various products
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 31 ships to bring petroleum products, food and other goods from…
Man bags 7 years imprisonment for impersonating EFCC personnel
A Benin High Court on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man, AKeju Isaac to seven years in prison with hard labour…
ASUU tells Nigerian Govt to review security architecture
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told the Federal Government to urgently review the security architecture of the…
South-East: Buhari records greater achievements than PDP – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari led administration recorded greater achievements in the…
Last African team, Senegal crash out of World Cup on tie breaker rules
The last African team, Senegal have crashed out of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia after losing 1-o to…
Sudan border reopening sign of good intention – South Sudan
South Sudan on Thursday welcomed the initiative to reopen the common border with Sudan as sign of good intention by…
Russia 2018: AITEO lauds Super Eagles
Nigeria’s leading energy solution company, AITEO Group, has lauded the senior national football team, Super Eagles, for their output at…
Fire outbreak: Senator donates N1m to victims
Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, on Thursday donated the sum of N1 million to victims of the recent fire outbreak at Post…
Ed Sheeran sued $100m for allegedly copying Marvin Gaye
British singer, Ed Sheeran has been slammed a $100 million lawsuit by a company, claiming the singer ripped off late…
School feeding: Taraba to refund over N22m unclaimed funds
The Social Investment Programme (SIP) in Taraba is to refund over N22.25 million unclaimed funds from the school feeding programme…
Nigerian Govt urged to focus on renewable technology
Dr Samuel Adjogbe, Executive Director of Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has called on the federal government and states…
Customs confiscates 870 cartons of Tramadol
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri says it seized Tramadol and other goods with…
Technology: Osinbajo calls for deeper relations with China
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday called for strengthening mutual trust and deepening cooperation with China on Information and Communication…
Trump-Putin summit to hold July 16
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on July 16 in Helsinki, the Kremlin and the…
Film production: Nigeria, France to formalise bilateral arrangement
Dr Chidia Maduekwe, Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation(NFC), says Nigeria and France will soon formalise a bilateral arrangement on…
Man remanded over alleged possession of locally-made pistol
A 32-year-old man, Kabiru Jimoh, was on Thursday remanded in prison by an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for…
Romania criticised for adopting amendments to rule of law
Twelve countries on Thursday criticised the Romanian authorities for adopting amendments to the country’s Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes, the…
Frankie Jay Features Ice Prince In ”Only You”
Frankie Jay and Ice Prince team up in new song titled “Only You”.