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Consumers groan as bread price goes up

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Consumers of bread in Rivers State are groaning following 20 percent increase in the price by the…

NFF choses Le Guen as new Super Eagles coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has chosen Paul Le Guen, as the new Super Eagles coach. According to multiple reports,…

Court vacates order sealing National Hospital, Abuja

A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday vacated the order which sealed the National Hospital Abuja. The National…

Man remanded for raping 23-year-old girl

A 23-year-old man, Bright Gbarane, charged with rape of a 23-year-old girl, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by…

Indonesia set to execute convict from Nigeria

Indonesia plans to execute this year at least two foreign convicts, one from Nigeria and another from Zimbabwe, the attorney…

3 remanded for killing commercial motorcyclist

Three unemployed men, who allegedly shot and killed a 27-year-old commercial motorcyclist, were on Wednesday remanded in prison by a…

Former Burundi minister Hafsa Mossi killed

Former Burundi minister for East African Community (EAC) affairs Hafsa Mossi has been shot dead by unknown gunmen outside her…

New NPA boss advised to ensure passage of Ports & Harbour Bill

The Chairman, Port Consultative Council (PCC), Chief Kunle Folarin, on Wednesday advised the new Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority…

Lagos taskforce arrests fake army officer

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Task Force has arrested a man who claimed to be a Second Lieutenant in the…

Street hawking: Ohuabunwa tasks LASG on youth employment

Chief Sam Ohuabunwa, a former Managing Director, Neimeth Plc, has advised the Lagos Government to reconsider its impending clampdown on…

Army, Police, ready to combat militants in Cross River

The Nigerian Army has assured of its readiness in checking activities of militants in the creeks of Akpabuyo and Bakassi…

Microbiologist identifies 9 causes of infectious diseases

A virologist, Prof. Sunday Omilabu, has identified nine factors for the emergence and re-emergence of communicable and infectious diseases in…

Theresa May takes over as British Prime Minister

Theresa May will take over the job of British prime minister from David Cameron on Wednesday and form a government…

Man dies while trying to take selfie with wild elephant

A man was killed in southern Nepal as he tried to take a selfie with a wild elephant, Parsa Wildlife…

Go back to work, PENGASSAN tells members

The Nigerian union representing oil workers has agreed to suspend a strike that some feared would lead to fuel shortages…

Hollande’s haircuts set French social media alight

French social media was abuzz with suggestions of novel haircuts for Francois Hollande on Wednesday after it emerged that the…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Stop killings by herdsmen – WAC-R2P

Kazeem Ugbodaga Worried by recent killings by herdsmen in Nigeria, the West Africa Responsibility to Protect Coalition (WAC-R2P) has called…

AFN names 25 females, 11 males for Rio Olympics

No fewer than 36 athletes have been selected by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to represent the country at…

National Para-Soccer League: Team Lagos ready for gold

Some Lagos State Para-Soccer players on Tuesday said they had stepped up their preparations in order to excel at the…

2016 Hajj: Board to begin orientation for intending pilgrims

The FCT Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board on Wednesday said it would soon commence the orientation for the 2016 intending pilgrims.…

Army confirms casualty figure in Kangarwa attack

The Nigerian Army said 25 bodies of Boko Haram terrorists had been recovered after Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion…

EKSU student loses leg to Ekiti crash

Yesterday, Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor, declared a three-day statewide prayer for the repose of the souls of the six…

Nigeria must sustain Polio-free status – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministries of Health, and Information and Culture, to deepen their collaboration with state…

FG not aware of Siasia, Dream Team trip to USA- Dalung

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, on Tuesday, distanced himself from the Olympic Games pre-tournament tour of…
First Lady Aisha thanks Nigerians for supporting her husband, Muhammadu Buhari, wishes incoming government of Tinubu peaceful tenure

US Government has no fraud information on Aisha Buhari

The United States government says it has no information on the alleged crimes committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha.…

Senator Dino Melaye lied over Saharareporters, Tinubu

Saharareporters report on the threat by Senator Dino Melaye to beat and ‘impregnate’ the wife of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

APC will lose Rivers re-run, even if Oyegun conducts election-Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has boasted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will lose the…

Osinbajo defends views on restructuring

For those criticizing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his views on the restructuring of the country, his Senior Special Assistant(Media…

Osinbajo seeks deeper debate on restructuring

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is calling for a deeper understanding of the current restructuring debate in the country, and supports…

Kidnapped Lagos Account Director, son rescued

Kazeem Ugbodaga The kidnapped Director of Account working with the Lagos State Government, Thomas Otuyemi and his son have been…