Year: 2020
Photos, Video: Lagos Timber Market goes up in flames
Goods and properties worth billions of naira have been destroyed as explosion rocks the popular Amu Timber Market in Mushin…
Explosion rocks Lagos Market, billions of naira property destroyed
Goods and property worth billions of naira have been destroyed as explosion rocks the popular Amu Timber Market in Mushin…
Lagos Theatre Festival sets date for 7th edition
The organizers of the Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) have announced the dates and venues for the 7th edition of the…
Aquaculture a lucrative business – Iloghalu
Managing Director, Anambra State Fisheries and Aquaculture Business Development Agency (FABDA), Mr. Emeka Iloghalu, says aquaculture is a very lucrative…
India-Nigeria bilateral trade volume reaches $13. 9b
Mr Abhay Thakur, the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, said the trade volume between India and Nigeria increased to…
How NIS prevented trafficking of 9 girls
The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, has rescued another 9 girls…
China deploys 450 military medics in Wuhan
China has sent 450 military medical staff, including professionals who have experience in the fight against SARS or Ebola, to…
Seize property of landlords who fail to report oil pipe vandals, FG told
A human rights group, Human Rights Advocacy of Nigeria (HURAN), has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter…
NPFL: Match Day 17 Fixtures
Match Day 17 action in the ongoing 2019/2020 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) starts with a Saturday…
Oba of Benin calls for unity
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’oba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II on Friday called for the peaceful co-existence and unity…
I fear nobody, I have four lions in me – Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, says he cannot stop talking and that he feared nobody because he has four lions…
Coronavirus kills 41 in China, spreads to more countries
China said 41 people have now died from a new coronavirus that has infected more than 1,300 people globally, as…
‘Take her out”: Trump audio on ex-US Ukraine envoy surfaces
An audio recording appeared to capture U.S. President Donald Trump calling in 2018 for the firing of the then U.S.…
Besiktas sack coach Abdullah Avci
Turkish football club Besiktas have sacked their coach Abdullah Avci after less than one year in charge.
Air Force postpones induction of new Agusta helicopters
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has postponed the ceremony to induct two newly acquired Agusta power helicopters, procured for the…
UN calls for action over alarming education crisis
Senior United Nations officials and other stakeholders on Friday in New York raised concerns about the “alarming crisis’’ in the…
Murder of police officer: Abuja chief, secretary arrested
The FCT Police Command has arrested the Chief of Ushafa in Bwari Area Council, Alhaji Mohammed Baba, following the alleged…
Powerful earthquake kills 18 in Turkey
A powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 magnitude struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in…
Odion Ighalo, Slimani on Manchester United’s radar
Nigeria's international, Odion Ighalo is on the radar of Manchester United to solve their goals problem in the absence of…
FFK to Femi Adesina: You are morally bankrupt
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has hit hard on the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Buhari, Femi…
DisCos lied, we didn’t direct them to decommission metres – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it has not directed the decommissioning of metres by the Electricity Distribution Companies…
Update: 34 US soldiers sustain brain injury after Iran missile attacks
Thirty four U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran's missile attack on U.S. positions in…
Buhari returns to National Mosque for Niece’s wedding
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday attended the wedding (Nikkah) of his niece, Hajiya Hadiza Lawal, who got married to Muhammad Tukur…
Ile Arugbo: Gov. Abdulrazak, Saraki family to settle out of court
All parties in the dispute over Kwara state government takeover of a piece of land belonging to the Saraki family…
Northern, Southern leaders hold peace meeting in Lagos
Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed-door meeting in Lagos on the need to…
Anambra joins minimum wage compliant league
Anambra State Government said it has concluded arrangements to pay N30, 000 as the new minimum wage for workers in…
4359 candidates meet UI admission cut-off, 15,123 fail
The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Friday approved the provisional offer of undergraduate admission to 4,359 candidates for…
Hogwash: ICPC trashes TI Corruption ranking for Nigeria
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said that the Transparency International (TI) report on Nigeria was…
Jubilation in Edo, as Obaseki pays new minimum wage
Civil servants in Edo State have expressed pleasure with the payment of the new national minimum wage.
Almajiri crisis in Northern Nigeria: A cry for our children
By Nigerian Mothers Where is our shame? Where is our collective responsibility? Allah Ya Isa! Last month, social media has…