Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged Nigerians to reject what he Tuesday described as "prison-yard democracy, typified by the ignoble...
July 2018
The UN said it received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) said it had waded into the crisis in the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River which split the party...
Police in northern India on Tuesday said that a major manhunt was underway for eight men accused of having sex with a pregnant goat that later died....
The new Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly and former deputy Speaker, Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum from Rano local government area has paid homage...
GOVERNOR Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has submitted a bill to make for the provision a law for the establishment of Nasarawa State Agency...
The chief of Malaysia‘s civil aviation regulation, Azharuddin Abdul Rahmanon, stepped down on Tuesday after an official report found lapses in air...
That Nigeria is proclaimed the giant of Africa is trite. It is a slogan which has reigned for decades. But in the last two decades, or more, ...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked viral report on the social media suggesting that it was planning to commence paying salary to religious...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has restored peace to Iwukem community in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state attacked by suspected...
Gunmen stormed a government building after multiple explosions in an ongoing attack in Jalalabad on Tuesday that has left at least eight people wounded,...
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources, said on Tuesday that negotiations were on to fully concession the 30MW Gurara Power Plant in Kaduna State.
Continue...
Nigerian music sensation Wizkid has signed a deal with Ciroc, a brand of eau de vie vodka.
Continue reading Just in: Wizkid becomes Ciroc ambassador...
WITH anticipated rising demand for fertilisers on African continent, Nigeria’s leading fertiliser, agroallied, petrochemical and power producer, Notore...
“We stand by Gov. Simon Bako Lalong and we call on Lalong to contest the forthcoming Governorship election”. This is one popular sound bite...
The Adamawa chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says it is optimistic of bumper harvest in the 2018 crop season following successful...
A London woman recently got the “fright of her life,” after waking up to find a 3-foot-long python curled up next to her.
Continue reading Woman wakes...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said it recovered a stolen articulated truck with registration number NSR 141 ZX at the Sango -Ota Toll...
If you’re tired of struggling with high blood pressure, specifically someone who wants to cure hypertension, lower blood pressure and avoid heart attacks,...
Kebbi state governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has directed the commissioners in the state to relocate to their localities, to enlighten eligible voters on...
Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort on Tuesday becomes the first member of the president’s election team to face trial on charges stemming...
Cambodia’s strongman leader Hun Sen on Tuesday hailed this week’s elections as “free, fair and just” after a controversial vote with no viable opposition...
A roadside bomb which hit a bus in restive western Afghanistan on Tuesday killed at least eight people and wounded around 40, mostly women and children,...
Ted Odogwu
Barely 24 hours after the impeachment of the Kano State Speaker, Hon Yusuf Abdullahi Atta, the State’s Deputy Governor, Professor Hafiz Abubakar,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Tuesday said it recovered a stolen articulated truck with registration number NSR 141 ZX at the Sango-Ota Toll Gate in...
A fire outbreak occurred at Ecobank headquarters on Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday.
According to an eyewitness, who shared details on her Twitter handle,...
An emotional Andy Murray made a triumphant return to hardcourts Monday in his first match on the surface for nearly 17 months, outlasting Mackenzie McDonald...
A kangaroo has shocked a sleeping family by smashing through a bedroom window in suburban Australia and bleeding throughout their home during a distressed...
Success Nwogu, Ilorin
The dissolved Kwara State factional executive committee members loyal to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Tuesday...
A man was jailed for 17 years on Tuesday for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia after being prevented from travelling to Syria, with the judge...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would be the only winner in the event of Britain crashing out of the European Union next March without a withdrawal...
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri
Impeached Deputy Governor of Imo state, Eze Madumere has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha, of being the brain behind his “illegal”...
The Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, 81 Division Chapter, Lagos, has donated food items to some widows of Nigerian soldiers who died in the...
The Zamfara State Government has planted 24,000 trees in some of the Local Government Areas, as part of its campaign against desertification across the...
A dog called Stormy has been awarded a medal after completing a half-marathon in outback Australia and winning the hearts of its human competitors.
Continue...
In one of those instances of fuel scarcity in Lagos State, I drove to a fuel station, and, like the other motorists, parked my car in the line for petrol....
THE organised labour has called on the Federal Government to immediately review the privatisation of the power sector and revoke the licences of Electricity...
Mr Richard-Mark Mbaram, the Chief Executive Officer, AgroNigeria, says the Nollywood industry has a major role in projecting Nigeria’s agriculture digitally...
LOKOJA—Senator Smart Adeyemi has called for the creation of Local Council Development Authority, LCDA, in Kogi State, arguing that it will fast track...
abuja—Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, yesterday, said it had cut down the number of partner universities in the United Kingdom to 15, from...
ABUJA—AS part of the Federal Government commitments to support the growth in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME, 36 finalists have been selected...
SIX Christian groups in Osun State have described the PDP governorship a fraudulent exercise and urged the party to make amends
Continue reading Christian...
Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the reported defection of its former state chairman, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe,...
The leadership tussle in Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is fast turning into a never ending war, as the case yesterday received yet another adjournment...
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has rejected and dismissed the purported dissolution of party at the ward, local government and state levels...
ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said, Sunday night in Lome Togo, that he decided to take a second shot at the Presidency because Nigerians were solidly...
ON Wednesday 18 July, at a sprawling sports stadium in Johannesburg, former U.S. President Barrack Obama delivered the 16 Nelson Mandela Lecture. It...
The UN said it received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning of...
The head of Malaysia’s civil aviation regulator resigned Tuesday after an official report found failings in air traffic control when Flight MH370...
THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-East region, yesterday passed a vote of confidence on the national chairman of the party,...
ABUJA—FORMER Chairman, Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has x-rayed the current happenings the country and came...
THE crisis rocking the power sector is far from being over as the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has insisted that the Electricity...
THE Presidency on Tuesday exenorated President Muhammadu Buhari from the impeachment notice served to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State by eight out...
—Confusion stirred in Benue State, yesterday, after eight of the 30 members of the House of Assembly protected by heavily armed security operatives barricaded...
YENAGOA – RENOWNED environmental activist, Rev. Nnimmo Bassey, has tongue lashed governors, who are political leaders of states of the Niger-Delta region...
AWKA—THREE children had drowned, while two others were declared missing in a devastating flood following three days of downpour that wrecked havoc at...
THE APC Standard bearer, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has assured the people of the state of all round development, if elected.
Continue reading Oyetola promises...
ABUJA—The Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Godwin Adama, has condemned the killing of a Nigerian, Linus Chibuzor-Nwankwo from Enugu State by...
A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja has been urged to nullify the recent governorship primary conducted by the APC in Osun State on the ground of infraction...
Lagos—The Police, yesterday, arraigned a 30-year-old man, Goddy Inyama, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-old girl by raping her through the anus and vagina,...
IN recent weeks the Federal and Lagos State governments have combined forces in a spirited effort to decongest the Lagos highways, bridges and causeways...
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said, yesterday, that there was need for Nigerians to get value from the N123 billion Nigerian...
THE long sought bid to end gas flaring in Nigeria may come to fruition in no distant time, if the new legal framework signed into law by President Muhammadu...
ABUJA—Former Senate President in the aborted Third Republic, Chief Ameh Ebute, has expressed concerns over the existence of 68 registered political parties...
JALINGO—Deputy Senate Minority Leader, representing Taraba South on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Emmanuel Bwacha, has said All Progressives...
The power generation statistics for first quarter 2018, (Q1’18) shows that a total average of 92,747 megawatts per hour, mwh, of energy was generated...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)