Year: 2018
Tonto Dikeh Becomes NAPTIP Ambassador
Movie star, Tonto Dikeh announced she has been made a brand ambassador for the National Agency for the Prohibition of…
Ex President Joyce Banda of Malawi returns home after 4 years in exile
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda returned home on Saturday four years after she went into exile following Peter Mutharika’s rise…
Photo News: Low turn out as INEC verifies signatures for Melaye’s recall
The ongoing verification exercise organised by INEC to authenticate signatures of voters seeking the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye (APC/Kogi…
Electorate shun INEC recall process, say Melaye excellent representative
Voters in Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in Kogi have shunned the ongoing verification exercise organised by INEC to authenticate the signatures…
Air force destroys Boko Haram logistics base at Tumbum Gini
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko…
Bill Cosby to be placed under house arrest
U.S. comedian Bill Cosby is to be placed under house arrest following his conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent…
Guru Maharaj Ji is alive, not dead, says aide
The news of the demise of Satguru Maharaj Ji, that went viral on social media on Friday is not true…
Neymar working hard to recover – Brazilian doctor
Neymar is working hard to recover from the foot injury that sidelined him in February and will be back in…
Why brain, eyes, testes transplants off-limit for scientists
Since the world’s first successful organ transplant in 1954 — a kidney — the discipline has advanced to the point…
Nigerian pirates free 3 kidnapped South Korean sailors
Three South Korean sailors kidnapped by Nigerian pirates in seas off Ghana last month have been released safely, the Ministry…
Benue Killings: Army arrests Boko Haram mastermind
The Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected Boko Haram member said to have been the mastermind of “most of the…
Boko Haram, Herdsmen: CAN calls for drastic measures
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government to take decisive step in dismantling Boko Haram…
Minimum wage: NLC tasks FG, states to block financial leakages
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on government at all levels to block financial leakages to be able to…
Alao-Akala, NUJ, others mourn Adeyemo
A former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, and some lawmakers on Friday condoled with Gov. Abiola Ajimobi and the…
Awolowo-Dosunmu tasks Federal Govt. on varsity education
Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, a daughter of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, on Friday called on the Federal Government to…
Exclusive Breastfeeding: Rivers targets 100% success
Justice Suzette Wike, wife of River State Governor, on Friday, said the state was set to achieve 100 per cent…
NANS: Presidential aspirant cautions against imposition of candidate
Comrade Friday Adayi, a Presidential aspirant under the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has cautioned against imposition of candidate…
Productivity: Cows need confinement – Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says Nigeria needs to confine cows to ranches for greater milk…
Osun Speaker mourns Oyo counterpart
Mr Najeem Salaam, the Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, has described the death of his Oyo State counterpart, Michael…
Kwara NYSC loses female corps member
A female corps member, Miss Amadi Eva Ichechukwu, who was undergoing orientation at the Yikpata NYSC orientation camp in Kwara,…
Waste managers, LASG rift: Tinubu weighs in
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, says the lingering issue of waste management in Lagos…
Oyo APC, Makinde mourn Adeyemo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the death of Hon. Michael Adeyemo, the Speaker of Oyo…
Rivers Labour leaders insist on N66,500 minimum wage
The organised labour in Rivers has insisted on N66,500 as national minimum wage for the workers in the country.
Second Niger Bridge to gulp N210 billion— Director
The Director of Highway Bridges and Design, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Sogbesan Adetokunbo says the main…
Why governors cannot guarantee security in states – Yari
Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, says state governors can not enforce maximum security in…
Adeyemo man of peace – Obasa
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa says the late Speaker of the Oyo State House of…
Emergency response: LASEMA procures new equipment
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it has procured a super metro elephant equipment with towing and lifting…
Iniesta to leave Barcelona at the end of season
Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta will leave the Spanish club at the end of the season.
Buhari leaves Abuja to US to visit Trump on Saturday
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Saturday, 28 April on an official working visit to the United States…
Tension at Benin airport as police avert clash between PDP, APC supporters
There was tension at the Benin City Airport on Friday evening, as supporters of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) almost…