-
Lagos bans Okada, tricycles in 15 Local Councils …Restricts their operations on 50 highways, bridges
Lagos State Government on Monday wielded the big stick against commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke NAPEP), proscribing their operations…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
MD Dangote Tomato coy calls for surveillance at ports to check tomato importation
By Tukur Muntari Kano, Jan. 27, 2020 Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, the Managing Director of Dangote Tomato Processing Company, has called…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Buhari orders Air Force to shell bandits in Niger State
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 26, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in…
Read More » -
Education
300 scientists hold conference on Sustainable Development Goals in Lagos
About 300 scientists will gather on February 4 and 5, 2020, at the Multipurpose Hall, University of Lagos, for the…
Read More » -
Faith
MFM debunks ‘Church with Highest Single Ladies’ report
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Sunday, debunked an online newspaper report that claimed it has the highest number…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
NDDC’s Acting MD dares NASS, insists on budget implementation
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh has ordered the Directorate of Planning,…
Read More » -
Health
Coronavirus: WHO DG to meet with Chinese govt., health experts
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, Jan. 26, 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO), Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he will meet with…
Read More » -
Arts & Entertainment
Dr Sid, Simi’s 5 year-old marriage crashes
By Patricia Amogu Abuja, Jan. 26, 2020 Popular Nigerian Singer, Sidney Esiri also known as Dr Sid and wife, Simi,…
Read More » -
Education
2020 UTME: JAMB registers 700,000 candidates in 2 weeks
By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Jan. 26, 2020 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 700,000 candidates have so far…
Read More » -
Education
JAMB halts UniAbuja admissions over unholy process
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has halted the ongoing admission of students at the University of Abuja due…
Read More » -
Local
Boko Haram: UniMaid female student abducted… Leah Sharibu hypnotised into marriage
A 100-level student of Zoology of the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) Borno State, Miss Lillian Daniel Gyang, who was abducted…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Basketball great, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, dies at 41 in helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball…
Read More » -
Local
We foiled 419 vandalism attempts on oil export pipelines in N/Delta in 2019 – Military Commander
The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta on Saturday said that more than 419…
Read More » -
Local
FAAN explains bush fire incident around airfield side at Lagos Airport
By Yunus Yusuf Ikeja, Jan. 25, 2020 The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says a bush fire incident has…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
SERAP asks court to order Buhari, Osinbajo, 36 governors to publish their assets
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order President Muhammadu Buhari,…
Read More » -
Health
Lassa fever: Enugu govt denies remoured death of nurse …Advises residents not to panic … Elaborates on precautionary measures
The Enugu State Government has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that one of the nurses that treated the…
Read More » -
Local
Tinubu and the pangs of leadership By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – A line from the play, King Henry the Fourth…
Read More » -
Local
Imo Governorship poll: Ikoro Mbaise Global Forum weighs Supreme Court verdict, demands justice
Ikoro Mbaise Global Forum, a world-wide Forum of prominent Mbaise people of Imo State, Nigeria has rejected the Supreme Court…
Read More » -
Local
Saudi Arabia wealth fund in talks to buy Newcastle United for £340 million
London, Jan. 25, 2020 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to buy English football club Newcastle United for…
Read More » -
Local
Northern/Southern leaders hold peace talk in Lagos
By Chioma Ugboma Lagos, Jan. 24, 2020 Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed…
Read More » -
Local
FG lauds UNHCR services in Nigeria
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Abuja, Jan. 24, 2020 Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…
Read More » -
News
Judiciary: Appeal Court President hails Ugwuanyi’s giant strides
The President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State,…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Education is in alarming, unacceptable crisis – UNGA President, other stakeholders
By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Jan. 24, 2020 Senior United Nations officials and other stakeholders on Friday in New York…
Read More » -
Gov. Zulum inaugurates Security Trust Fund, 3 other boards
By Rabiu Sani Maiduguri, Jan. 24, 2020 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has inaugurated boards of the newly established State…
Read More »
