Facebook partners Nigerian groups for safer internet
Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) (www.SaferInternetDay.org) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com) has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer
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Ambode to phase out danfo this year
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday said there were plans to remove yellow buses, popularly known as danfo, from Lagos roads.
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Ayegbeni joins Coventry City on trial
Yakubu Ayegbeni, the former Nigerian international is far from retirement. Russell Slade, boss of Coventry City FC, a Champions league team in UK
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Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, 92 other US companies file motion against Trump’s travel ban
A travel ban by President Donald Trump violates the Constitution, immigration laws and harms business, 97 American companies have said in a court
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Man rejects court verdict after killing wife’s lover
Man rejects court verdict after killing wife’s lover Haruna Tonga, who was sentenced to death by a Borno State High Court, for
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Buhari will be in UK for sometime until UK doctors give him clean bill of health — Presidency
Nigeria’s ailing President Muhammadu Buhari will remain in the United Kingdom until doctors give him a clean bill of health, his Special Adviser
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Thousands protest against Buhari in Lagos and Abuja
Thousands of angry Nigerians on Monday took to the streets in Nigeria’s capital Abuja and the economic hub Lagos to protest against the
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AFCON 2017: Cameroon lifts the trophy
Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score a late goal to steer Cameroon to a 2-1 victory over Egypt in the final
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N26m scam: Fani-Kayode seeks out-of-court settlement
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday, asked the Federal High Court Abuja, to adjourn his case to allow him explore other options
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NRC raises fares for Kaduna-Abuja rail service
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has announced new fares on its Kaduna-Abuja route with effect from this Monday. The 25 per cent hike, which
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Prophesy: Aisha Buhari soon to become a Christian — Prophet
Prophet David Attah, the General Overseer of Altar of Grace Ministries International has prophesied that the wife of the president Aisha Buhari would
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Bayelsa donates 1,200 hectares of land to herdsmen
The Bayelsa government has donated 1,200 hectares of land to cattle herdsmen to control indiscriminate grazing in the state. In December 2016, the
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Ibori: Quizzed, to face fresh 170 EFCC charges
The former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, still has 170 charges against him pending before a Federal High Court. It was gathered that
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Anti-Pope posters flood Rome
Posters accusing Pope Francis of attacking conservative Catholics appeared around Rome this weekend and were swiftly covered up by city authorities. The posters,
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BREAKING NEWS: Buhari extends vacation due to sickness, date of return uncertain
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly informing it of his desire to extend his vacation. President Buhari who left Nigeria
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Buhari death rummour: I was also ‘killed’ 12 times – Obasanjo
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described those behind rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari as wicked, callous and treacherous. In a statement
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Black Stars, Stallions battle for AFCON bronze
The Black Stars of Ghana and the Stallions of Burkina Faso will battle for the bronze of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
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Child Sex: 6 Australian archbishops face probe
The Catholic Church has instituted a probe into allegations of sexual child abuse levied against 6 Austrialian archbishops. The public hearing will begin
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Sex-starved housewife begs court to dissolve marriage
A 32-year-old housewife, Mrs. Jessica Buki, on Friday approached an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her three-year-old marriage to
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BREAKING NEWS!! James Ibori flies into Nigeria, heads to Oghara
Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori has arrived in Nigeria. It was gathered that he arrived Abuja this Saturday morning and is on
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US won’t change visa policy for Nigeria –Ambassador
TheUnited States has said that the recent executive order on immigration by President Donald Trump will not affect Nigerians, noting that visa applicants
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Pressure mounts on Buhari to allow anti-govt rally
A cross-section of Nigerians, socio-cultural and political groups have expressed anger over an order by the Nigeria Police cancelling the February 6 nationwide
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Buhari returns to Nigeria on Sunday, resumes Monday
Barring any last minute change in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back in Nigeria on Sunday after his 10-day vacation in London,
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APC members defect to PDP in Katsina
Over 1,500 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Radda town, Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Friday defected to
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128 firms bid for NNPC crude
About 128 indigenous and international oil and gas companies have indicated interest to participate in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s Direct Sale of
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AFDB approves $155m loan for Nigeria’s power sector
The Africa Development Bank says it has approved a loan of $155m for Economic and Power Sector Reform Programme in Nigeria. The Senior
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Guard clubs man to death over rice and malt
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court this Friday in Lagos remanded a security guard, Lazeez Idiris, for allegedly clubbing a man, Mohammed Saliy-Diya, to
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Okorocha, Obiano fight dirty
The war of words between Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, is far from being over. Just
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N8.5bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns army general, Atewe, Akpobolokemi, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, Friday, for the third time, re-arraigned a former Commander of the military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo
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Nigerian Professor cures 500 HIV/AIDS patients
A Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Virology at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia State says he has
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