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Why we suspended operations – FirstNation Airlines

FirstNation Airlines on Thursday announced the suspension of flight operations in the country to enable it to maintain its aircraft.…

Brazil’s ousted President Rousseff appeals to Supreme Court

Brazil’s ousted President Dilma Rousseff appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the Senate’s decision to remove her…
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, is dead – Army Commander

The commander of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ Major General Lucky Irabor has reiterated the position of the Nigerian Army that the…

Prison beauty queen emerges in Kenya

Ruth Kamande has been crowned Miss Lang’ata Prison after a beauty contest in the prison, which is in Kenya’s capital,…
Audu Ogbeh

Federal Govt reinstates 91 sacked cocoa research institute staff

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Federal Government has reinstated 91 staff of the Cocoa Research Institute, CRIN, unjustifiably sacked in 2004 by…
President Ali Bongo of Gabon

1,000 arrested in Gabon over election unrest

Around 1,000 people have been arrested in Gabon following unrest that occurred after the incumbent president was declared winner in…

Pictures: Buhari visits Osun State

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday 1 September visited Osun State to commission a lot of projects to mark the 25th…

My wife seek divorce to marry ex-lover – husband

A 36-year-old man, Ikenna Ezenekwe, has said that his wife once demanded the termination of marriage and settlement so that…

Musician jailed 1month for stealing phone

A Karmo Grade1Area Court in the FCT on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old musician, Isaac Wilson, to one month imprisonment for…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Ondo APC crisis: ”I fear no juju”- Jigawa governor

Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State says he is not afraid of charms and will conduct the Ondo APC primary…

Edo 2016: Oyegun urges electorate to vote for APC

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has appealed to the people of Edo State…

Nigeria should not be blacklisted again – GIABA

The inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in West Africa(GIABA)on Thursday said Nigeria cannot afford to be…

Breaking: Another airline, First Nation shuts down operations

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed that the First Nation Airlines has shut down its operations in the…

Applicant jailed 16 weeks for criminal trespass

A Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old applicant, Ashiru Idris, to 16 weeks imprisonment for…

Lagos laments gross abuse of govt infrastructure at grassroots

The Lagos State Government has lamented gross abuse of government infrastructure at the grassroots level. The Special Adviser to the…

EKEDC condemns incessant attacks on its workers

Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Communications, Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC), has condemned incessant attacks on electricity workers by…

MOSOP condemns murder of human rights lawyer

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned the gruesome murder of the…

Mother Teresa to be made a saint

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, is set to become a Catholic…

Adultery crashes housewife’s 14-year-old marriage

A mother of three has lost her 14-year-old marriage to adulterous behaviour as an Igando Customary Court in Lagos granted…

Governor Wike sacks 17 local government caretaker committees

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, suspended four commissioners for three months, the…

Pedestrians appeal for expansion of Ojota foot bridge

Some pedestrians have appealed to Lagos State Government to expand the pedestrian bridge in Ojota to accommodate higher volume of…

80.9% of sex convicts in Lagos prisons abused during childhood

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 80.9 percent of sex convicts and inmates awaiting trial for sexual and gender based violence in…
Senator Liyel Imoke

No child should choose between education and food- Imoke

Former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke, said on Thursday that his foundation, Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF), would ensure…

Official says Dutch companies not leaving Nigeria

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria, on Thursday, said that the current economic situation in Nigeria…

Kumuyi calls for peaceful co-existence among Christians, Muslims

Pastor William Kumuyi, General Overseer, Deeper Life Bible Church, has called on Christians and Muslims faithful in Nigeria to learn…

Kebbi earmarks N3.6b for rehabilitation of schools

Kebbi State Government says that it has earmarked N3.6 billion for the rehabilitation and construction of primary and junior secondary…

NCAA dismisses airlines fold up claims

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Thursday, dismissed claims that some airlines were winding down their operations in the…

Five docked over burglary, stealing

Five persons appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates Court in Lagos on Thursday over alleged burglary and stealing. The accused are…

Workers besiege Aero Contractors over indefinite leave

Aviation unions on Thursday besieged the head office of Aero Contractors Airline at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. The…

Imminent price fall of rice predicted

Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall…