AFCON 2017 Qualifying review: Nigeria, Cape Verde in good start
Nigeria made a winning start, Zimbabwe created an upset, and South Africa and Zambia were held at home as Africa Cup of Nations matchday 1 qualifying continued Saturday. Cape Verde scored seven goals...
View ArticleJTF destroys 32 illegal refineries in Delta
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shied, on Wednesday said it had destroyed 32 illegal refineries in Delta. Lt. Col. Isa Ado, the Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, disclosed this to...
View ArticleMultiple car bombings hit Yemeni capital
At least three car bombings have hit mosques in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, causing dozens of casualties, residents and officials say. One health official was quoted as saying that at least 23 people...
View Article18 Migrants found dead in Sahara desert
The bodies of 18 West African migrants hoping to reach Europe have been found in the Sahara desert near Arlit in Niger, the International Organization for Migration said on Sunday. The discovery of the...
View ArticlePray for Nigeria’s unity, Speaker urges Muslims at Ramadan
The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday urged Muslims in particular and Nigerians in general to use the fasting period to pray for peace and unity to reign in the...
View ArticleIMBIBING THE SPIRIT OF RAMADAN
Another Ramadan period is here. This Islamic holy month of fasting which starts all over the world today, as usual, opens up an avenue for Muslim faithful to rededicate themselves to the cause of...
View ArticleOUTRAGE OVER NASS JUMBO PAY
Labour threatens civil disobedience RMAFC to cut lawmakers’ salaries – Saraki Eminent Nigerians, trade unions, activists and other groups have expressed anger over the jumbo salaries and allowances...
View ArticleFinancial squeeze: FG can’t bail us out – Govs
Hope appears to have dimmed for cash-strapped states which are banking on a bailout from the Federal Government as the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, yesterday said the central government is also...
View ArticleFG to recover N1.5trn oil revenue loss
Federal Government has pledged its readiness to implement the findings and recommendations contained in the audit reports of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, and...
View ArticleDigital migration: Nigeria, S/Africa, 52 others still analogue
International Telecommunication Union, ITU, yesterday disclosed that after the deadline for the switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television, DTT, Nigeria, South Africa and 52 other...
View ArticleAPC should change its own mindset
The APC political party in Nigeria came on board by defeating the then ruling PDP party on the concept of change. General Muhammad Buhari’s phenomenon was so strong that manyBuhari’s of the so called...
View ArticleRamadan: Buhari begs Boko Haram to stop attacks
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the Boko Haram sect to stop their attacks and destruction of lives and property in the name of Islam. He said their actions were tarnishing the...
View ArticleRep member decries cult killings in Ijebu
A member of the House of Representatives representing Ijebu North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside federal constituency, Segun Adekoya, has decried the spate of killings by rival cult groups in Ago-Iwoye and...
View ArticleNIGERIA BROADCASTING INDUSTRY MUST GO DIGITAL
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 was the deadline for Television and Radio stations all over the world to transit from Analogue to Digital technology as directed by the International Telecommunication Union,...
View ArticlePower agenda for President Buhari
Solar energy is a sustainable, clean and practical way that can be quickly exploited to provide power to the teeming Nigerian citizens Aso Ude. There is no way a society can attain any level of...
View ArticleJune 12 remains true ‘Democracy Day’
Dear Friends and Comrades, Regretfully, I am unable to be with you tomorrow morning. However, I extend a warm embrace to you in your resolve to keep within Nigeria’s short memory the events that have...
View ArticleGov Ishaku to appoint 25 special advisers
Following the approval of the Taraba State House of Assembly, the Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku is to appoint 25 special advisers. The governor had made a request to that effect through a letter...
View ArticleBauchi Assembly approves 10 special Advisers, summons AG
The Bauchi state House of Assembly has approved the request of the state governor, Muhammad Abubakar to allow him appoint 10 special advisers to assist him in running the administration in the state....
View ArticleIgbos’ll rise against any plot to remove Ekweremadu, group insists
Igbos, on the platform of ‘South East Professionals United for Ekweremadu” have said that they would oppose any plot to remove Senator Ike Ekwetemadu as the Deputy Senate President. The group, in a...
View ArticleFayose’s govt owing only May salary, Ekiti govt clarifies
Ekiti State government has cleared the air on its indebtedness to workers in the State, saying only May 2015 salary was being owed by the Governor Ayodele Fayose-led government. Reacting to reports in...
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