As Nigeria marks 56 years of Independence from the British colonial masters today, we recall some major events which cannot be erased in our chequeared history.As Nigeria marks 56 years of Independence from the
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed never to stop blaming his predecessors for the current economic woes of the country despite the public outcry against the buck passing.
P rofessor Ango Abdhullahi, Spokesman of Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, has scoffed at the proposed sale of national assets as a way out of Nigeria economic recession. The former Presidential Adviser on Agriculture and
Seven members of a militant group, the Bakassi Strike Force led by the most wanted criminal Benjamin Ene alias G1, were killed after they attacked troops position in the early hours of Friday in Cross Rivers state.
Niger’s army said Friday that 14 of its soldiers and scores of Boko Haram fighters had been killed during a multi-month sweep operation in the nation’s southeast.
Pastor Williams Kumuyi, the General Overseer, Deeper Life Bible Church, on Friday, assured Nigerians that the country would soon come out of recession.
As the country celebrates its 56th independence anniversary, some women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the continuous hike in the prices of food items in the market as carton of fish hit N22,000.
ENUGU – PRO-Biafra, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB slammed Nigeria at 56 saying that their is no reason to celebrate
The Lagos State University (LASU) said on Friday that 24, 734 certificates of graduates who left the institution over the last 10 years were lying uncollected at its registry.
Soldiers of the Nigetian Army prosecuting anti-kidnapping and banditry operations in Bauchi State, on Thursday killed 2 kidnappers and rescued 5 victims including 4 women and a child.
Without more donor support the emergency caused by Boko Haram will become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, a top UN official said Friday, as a massive appeal remained just a quarter funded.
Lagos—THE Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, in Lagos State, Mrs. Idowu Alakija, has called on relevant agencies to assist the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, saying the commission is
ABUJA-United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Department for International Development DFID, have said raised alarm that Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate has risen to 10 percent where about 111 women die
Lagos – Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 16,353 cases of delayed flights between January and June, statistics from the Consumer Protection Department of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have revealed.
UGHELLI- THE Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDJM, today, bombed another Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, delivery line in Delta State.
Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, APBN, said in Lagos yesterday that the economic recession in the country was not bad as it was being painted.
Koko—The 19 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Koko, Delta State, has said that the military, particularly the Operation Crocodile Smile in the Niger Delta region, was not only about war alone but also about hygiene and cleanliness
ABUJA—Former Vice President and a leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, waded into the altercation between the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and another
YENAGOA—THE House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on Niger Delta and Joint Task Military Force, JTF, has visited Bayelsa State to investigate the cause of last year’s Agip pipeline explosion at Azuzuama in
LAGOS—The governor of Lagos State Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is expected to host World Igbo Day in Lagos, and the governors from Anambra and Enugu states, including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are some of the top
N newi —The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, yesterday alleged that suspected Fulani herdsmen armed with dangerous weapons including guns, attacked and kidnapped the Rector of Tansi Major Seminary, Rev. Fr. Dr. Emmanuel
Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, has said that there would be a change in Nigeria very soon as the Buhari-led federal government is leaving no stone un-turned in its efforts at reviving the
ABUJA – THE sacked Chairman of Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin who was Wednesday suspended for about one year by the House has said that he will never apologise to the
A bloody confrontation played out Wednesday in Owerri, between some members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, from Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State, and operatives of Imo Security Network, ISN,
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on security agencies in the country to arrest herdsmen found to be in possession of AK 47 assault rifles. Speaking yesterday at a conference aimed at promoting inter-religious understanding among Muslims
Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, on Wednesday said that the nation was already getting out of recession, saying the Federal Government had taken steps that were in the best interest of the citizens.
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday dismissed allegations made by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu alleging that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his
The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team ,IRT has arrested two suspected members of the kidnap gang that abducted four residents of Oshorun Heritage Estate, in Isheri North area of Lagos, a fortnight ago.
The Borno State Commissioner for Environment, Waziri Imam, is dead. Reports said he died on Wednesday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.
The management of the University of Ibadan on Wednesday said it had no intention to make life unbearable for the university community through the recent screening exercise introduced at the institution’s gates.
The North East Coalition Against Terrorism (NECAT) has said reports in some section of the media that Boko Haram terrorist group has hoisted their flag in some Borno villages, is untrue and a total misrepresentation of the
The Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association has intervened to “end the harassment of #BringBackOurGirls protesters and has asked for additional information on
Ibadan – The management of the University of Ibadan on Wednesday said it had no intention to make life unbearable for the university community through the recent screening exercise introduced at the institution’s gates.
ENUGU—Anxiety pervades commercial fleet operators and commuters in the south-east geo-political zone over the October 1, commencement of enforcement on Speed Limiters by the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,
ASABA—AS the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State rages, Senator Spanner Okpozo, yesterday, said that the caretaker committee set up to oversee the affairs of the party in the state was done by
E NUGU— RENOWNED Spiritual leader and activist, Prophet Anthony Nwoko has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari over his unrepentant position towards Biafra restoration,, warning him that the ‘ways of man is
ENUGU—Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has donated 12,480 writing desks and chairs for primary school pupils in the state and 868 tables and chairs to teachers to improve the standard of learning.
The Deputy Director linked to the plagiarism of Obama’s speech in President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech when he launched the “Change Begins With Me” campaign has been redeployed from the State House.
As voters in Edo State go out later today to elect a candidate to fill the office of Governor of Edo State for the next four (4) years, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Deji Adeyanju has compiled 5 things
Amid expectations from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, ordering members to freeze oil production, at its meeting yesterday, the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has pleaded for an exemption for Nigeria.
A top Chinese football official has urged FIFA to realise the “dream” of China’s fans by bringing the World Cup to the giant Asian nation in 2030 — or even sooner.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday welcomed the proposed five billion dollars investment in Nigeria by visiting Indian business delegation, led by Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
Thirteen Afghan army soldiers were killed in their sleep after two fellow soldiers poisoned them and later opened fire on them in Afghanistan’s embattled northern Kunduz province, officials said on Tuesday.
About 32 universities and colleges from the U.S. on Tuesday converged on Lagos to into introduce their institutions’ qualitative educational opportunities to young Nigerians.
As tempers flare across the country over claims that the federal government is planning to sell of its core assets as a means of bailing the country out of
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the stark realities of the current economic recession could be a blessing if concerted efforts are geared toward harnessing other critical sectors such as tourism apart from the major focus on oil.
At least six persons were feared dead in a petrol tanker crash which occurred at Kilometre 8, Obong Itam, along Uyo-Calabar highway around 8:30 p.m. on Monday. It was learnt that the driver, in a hurry to escape police arrest, sped off and
ABUJA—JUSTICE John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, disqualified himself from presiding over the trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
AWKA — PRACTISING lawyers and judiciary workers in Anambra State yesterday bemoaned the state of the judiciary in the state, saying that based on what was on ground, the state judiciary could be described as an establishment in chains.
Troops of Nigerian Army prosecuting the war on terror Tuesday repelled Boko Haram terrorists attack in two Borno villages resulting in a gun fight that left most of the terrorists escaping with gunshot wound.
ABUJA—-THE House of Representatives Tuesday approved the establishment of state police in the 36 states of the federation and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
A BUJA— Peeved by the continued movement of cattle in Abuja metropolis in despite several warnings to their owners by the Federal Capital Territory Authorities, the Senate, through its Committee on FCT, yesterday, asked
Britain will oppose all EU plans for increased military cooperation that could interfere with NATO, despite being about to leave the union, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Tuesday.
The lack of institutional accreditation body in the country have hindered access of goods and services to other countries of the world, the Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Hajia Aishat Abubakar has said.
Kano – The Kano State Police Command has arrested three housewives in connection with the alleged attempted murder of a girl. The command’s spokesman, DSP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the development on Tuesday in Kano.
Awka – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra has said that some fleet operators have complied with the Speed Limiting device ahead of the Oct. 1 enforcement deadline.
Following the six segments of a 90 minutes first U.S Presidential Debate held September 26th, between the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, Hillary Clinton, and her Republican counterpart, Donald J.
Nnewi – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on the Hon. Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer its leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu’s case to another Judge of the caliber of the
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday that the cleric would be charged for malicious damage and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace.
The Naira on Monday suffered a severe defeat against the dollar in all the major segments of the market. At the interbank segment of the market, the naira lost 53 kobo to close at
A middle-aged woman identified as Agnes on Sunday in Abakaliki lost the pot of rice she was cooking to thieves. Some pressmen who visited Agnes’ residence behind Nnodo Secondary
A former Head of State, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on Monday in Yola expressed satisfaction that the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East “has been substantially degraded.’’ Abubakar, who was the guest speaker at the opening of a three-day regional conference on “Peace
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will increase its investment in Nigeria by $4.1 billion between 2016 and 2017 and raise it up to $10 billion by 2019. The Bank’s President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, gave the indication while speaking with State House Correspondents after its delegation met
A Kano Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki on Monday sentenced,Rabiu Sani, 22, to 30 months imprisonment for theft of slippers. The Senior Magistrate, Aminu Fagge, sentenced Sani to two years and six
Sango-Ota (Ogun) – Dr Titus Okunronmu, a former Director in the Budgetary Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that selling the country’s assets to boost the econo my will further restrict income.
Enugu – Enugu House of Assembly has given its support for competence examination for principals of secondary schools in the state organised by the Post Primary School Management Board (PPSMB).
Dutse – An unidentified man on Saturday had stabbed one person to death and injured three others in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa, the police said on Sunday.
The dollar slipped Monday as traders shift focus from central bank policy to the US presidential election, while the Philippine peso tumbled to a seven-year low on worries over President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies.
Abuja – Barely 24 hours afer the Nigerian Army announced the death of 4 soldiers and 22 terrorists in a clash in Borno, anothèr officer and 3 soldiers have been killed and 16 soldiers wounded after a fierce fight in Maiduguri.
Tens of thousands of unionised workers at South Korea’s Hyundai Motor staged their first full strike on Monday for more than a decade after negotiations over a wage increase stalled.
WARRI- NIGER-DELTA Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, the only militant group in the Niger Delta that blatantly refused to honor the 60-day ceasefire between militants and Federal Government, which the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, frustratingly broke, last Friday, served a fresh notice,
The Lagos State University (LASU), on Monday promised to look into anomalies and complaints by students who sat for “ENT 202” examination on Sept. 19.
WARRI- THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, came hard on the Pan-Delta Coastal States Consultative Forum, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, for rejecting the Niger Delta Summit proposed by the Federal Government.
PORT HARCOURT – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions, EFCC, said it has recovered over 1 billion naira within seven months in the South-South States.
Exposing bare buttocks in public and running naked in a public place to shock or amuse have been officially made a crime in the Australian state of Victoria, a report said on Monday.
Rev. Samson Ayokunle, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has admonished Nigerians not to be dismayed by the current economic recession but be hopeful of better days ahead.
Residents of Surulere Estate, Alagbado, Lagos live in fear after cult members invaded the area hacking a prince and two others to death. In what could be described as a supremacy battle in the area between Aiye and Eiye confraternity, eye witness account said the group that invaded the area last
*Why we rejected Niger-Delta summit —Clark, others *S/South leaders to U.S.: Tell Buhari we want dialogue THE rejection of Federal Government’s two–day Niger Delta Summit, initially planned to hold tomorrow (Monday) and Tuesday, by the Pan–Niger
A pastor, identified as Wale Fagbere, got stuck in a shrine in Ketu community in Ayetoro area of Yewa North local government, Ogun State while destroying the traditional worshipers’ items.
A suicide bomber killed six people in western Baghdad on Sunday, a security spokesman said, a day after bomb and gun attacks hit a city north of the capital.
M inister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed is respected for his calmness, humility and ability to pay attention to all. With a calm mien and listening ear, Mohammed, has been able to serve at different levels.
Abuja – Dr Vincent Akpotai, the Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has fixed final verification of staff and pensioners of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to hold between Oct.3 and Oct. 21.
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the administration of former Governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion of diverting N4 billion bank loan. Oshiomhole, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Peter
The Ndokwa/Ukwuani ethnic nationality of Delta State has dragged the Federal Government and the leadership of the National Assembly to a federal high court sitting in Asaba over the none appointment of their citizens into the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
F or demanding and a bribe of N15 million from a Nigerian lawmaker under investigation for undisclosed financial crime, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained one of its operatives, whose name was given as Uzodinma Kingsley Agbazue.
ABUJA-A pro-democracy Non-Governmental Organization under the aegis of Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to end what it calls “persistent political persecution” of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of the Europe based Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Abuja – A Magistrates’ Court at Karu in Abuja on Friday granted seven persons from the Shiite group bail of N100,000 each on the three-count charges against each of them.
Former President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, yesterday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari, against rushing to heed to calls by some eminent Nigerians to sell-off some of the country’s national assets, as a way of reviving the nation’s ailing economy.
Kafanchan (Kaduna) – The Kaduna State Government on Friday performed the ground breaking for its $120 million Vicampro Potato Farm and Processing facility in Manchok, Kaura.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called on the international community to ensure speedy global humanitarian action in Nigeria’s North-East and Lake Chad Basin. A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said Buhari made the appeal at a High-Level Event on “The Humanitarian Crisis in the Lake Chad Basin: A Turning Point,” in New York.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said those who stole Nigeria dry are angry with his government and so have recruited the services of militants in the Niger Delta to fight his government.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Egbedayo Semilore and Elijah Jeremiah aka (jerry), a self-styled fashion Director of Datsol Industries Ltd. for alleged Internet fraud. This is contained in a statement issued by Head, Media and Publicity of EFFC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday in Abuja.
The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has called on Nigerians to be creative and positive in their thinking to enhance national development. Speaking at the 7 th Nigeria Book Fair in Enugu on Friday, the senator said that for Nigeria to grow, people needed to put on their thinking cap.
Ijaw youths have slammed the Federal Government anti corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over alleged deliberate witch-hunt against former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday in Abuja inaugurated an Air Force Girls Comprehensive School to improve girl child education in the country. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, inaugurated the school at the Air Force Base, Abuja.
An Ilorin Area Court Judge, Mr Abdulquadri Ibrahim, has advised intending couples to know their partners well before entering into marriage to reduce the rate of divorce.
A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance [APGA] in Katsina State, Alhaji Umar Tata, on Friday urged Nigerians not to expect much from President Muhammadu Buhari but rather support him with prayers to lead Nigeria out of its present predicaments.
Sen. Ben Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East) on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to adjust his approach to the anti-corruption crusade, saying policy was scaring investors.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters, Dr Samuel Ankeli, has advised Nigerians to stop murmuring but should rather be optimistic, diligent and confident that Nigeria will rise again.
Enugu The Enugu State Government on Friday released six long buses to convey the supporters of Rangers Int’l FC of Enugu to Abeokuta to cheer the team on Sunday.
The President, Shippers Association, Lagos State, Mr Jonathan Nicol, said the Federal Government had lost about N800 billion to the auto policy on imported vehicles.
The worldwide Sit-at- Home protest called by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the continued detention of its leader and Director of Radio Biasfra Mr. Nnamdi Kanu was complied with totally by resident of Onitsh and Newi.
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN, Mr Ferdi Moolman, announced on Friday that the telecommunications giant did not give bribe for the reduction of the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on the company for infraction.
The Army on Thursday said it killed Fifteen insurgents and lost two soldiers in a fierce battle between its troops and Boko Haram terrorists in Abadam village, Borno.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the programme of events for the commemoration of Nigeria’s 56th independence anniversary. Mr Bolaji Adebiyi, Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the
Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has reconstructed two Girls’ Arabic Secondary Schools in Sokoto city at the cost of over N180 million. The Executive Secretary of the State’s Arabic and Islamic Education Board,
Lafia – Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, has said that criminal elements dislodged by recent military operation in Zamfara have infiltrated the state. Al-Makura raised the alarm when the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur
President Buhari’s fight against corruption and terrorism has been lauded and backed by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon. He made this known when he revealed to the President that leaders across the world hold him in high esteem for the new image he has given Nigeria
Funtua (Katsina State) – A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance [APGA] in Katsina State, Alhaji Umar Tata, on Friday urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari with prayers to lead Nigeria out of its present predicaments.
OWERRI—It was a tale of woes for Imo pensioners that thronged their various pay points yesterday, to pick their cheques, as promised by Governor Rochas Okorocha. Vanguard, who closely monitored the exercise in parts of the state, noticed that despite the media hype that trailed the payment, only the pension of
N EW YORK — President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the United Nations to help mediate with the terror group, Boko Haram, in order to free the over 200 abducted Chibok girls.
PORT HARCOURT— Rivers State Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Edison Daminabo, has said that the prayers offered by the Founder and General Superintendent of the Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, will restore peace and sanity in the crisis ridden state.
ENUGU—The Enugu State Government has approved the award of contract for the rehabilitation of failed sections of the Federal Government road along Oji-River- Ugwuoba – Anambra State border (old road), which has collapsed to a state of disrepair, and now traps vehicles for several hours.
L AGOS— THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that 45 cases of cholera disease has been recorded in Isolo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state, with six deaths already recorded.
L AGOS— THE Police High Command, yesterday, said it has concluded plans to establish a police division in communities around the border between Lagos and Ogun States, with a view to curbing the activities of kidnappers.
The grave misdeed of too much dependence on sale of crude oil for revenue generation cannot be overemphasized, this is why, when oil prices fell from more than $100 a barrel to about $40, the naira lost more than a third of its value and is still falling.
Bothered by the biting economic recession cycle in the country, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared a three-day fasting and prayers for the country. The fasting and prayer is being held between September 21 and 23, 2016.
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was on Thursday shocked when Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West revealed that telecommunication giants in Nigeria, MTN, has been involved in gross money laundering.
As a show of commitment to swapping the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok with Boko Haram fighters in custody, President Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that Nigeria would welcome intermediaries from the global body.
ENUGU – Controversial Spiritual leader and pro-Biafra activist, Prophet Anthony Nwoko has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly fuelling the agitation for the actualisation of the Biafran republic indirectly through his anti-Igbo polices and utterances.
A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband,Tajudeen, sent her out because she refused to terminate a six month-old pregnancy.
As downpour continues to affect some of the flawed infrastructures in the country, the management of Ikeja Electric, has said it has cut off supply to the Agege 33KV feeder to forestall threat to safety of lives.
A 29-year-old businesswoman, Odor Oyinyechiwho, who allegedly poured hot water on her 14-year-old niece, Esther Ariserekwu, is facing trial at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The court, however, granted her bail in the sum of N200,000 with two
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on Thursday called on the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh to look into the cost of transporting agricultural and food products.
A buja —Over 14 million Nigerians are directly affected by humanitarian crises in the North-east region of the country, two international humanitarian groups have reported.
ASABA—SOME members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Delta State have been arrested by the Police, following a violent clash by supporters of the two factions of the party in the state.
G ROUP Chief Executive of Oando Plc., Mr Wale Tinubu has said that education, innovation and good governance remain key facets to sustainable long term socio-economic growth.
T he Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi, has thrown his weight behind the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over a major policy disagreement with the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, on interest rate.
D utse— The Emir of Kazaure, Jigawa State, Alhaji Najeeb Hussaini Adamu, yesterday, blamed the current high cost of food stuffs on hoarding by traders.
C AN wearing bras to bed harm the breasts or result in cancer? The answer to that will be a yes and a no. Based on different school of thoughts, there is a possible link but that has not been confirmed. There are
The Nigerian Police Force has arrested 19 suspected pipeline vandals and recovered a total of 19 Tanker Trucks loaded with vandalized PMS and suspected adulterated diesel from the hoodlums in several operations carried out by the anti-vandalism task force under the leadersip of CSP Murtala Abdullahi Minjibir.
Lagos – The Nigerian currency on Wednesday depreciated against the three major currencies in all the segments of the Forex market. At the Interbank market, the Naira fell by 0.25 points to exchange at N310.08, from N309.83 posted on Tuesday.
THE five- day standing committee of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, ended abruptly in Awka Wednesday following the sit-at-home threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The meeting, attended by 170 Bishops from all the Dioceses in the country, was the highest decision-making gathering of the church and would have ended on Friday.
A boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Egypt’s north coast, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation in which another 150 were rescued, officials said. The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta, police and health officials
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the long history of economic relationship between Nigeria and France on the one hand, and Nigeria and Switzerland on the other.
Islamic State group marriage contracts unearthed by pro-government forces battling the group in Libya reveal that the jihadists offered their brides unusual dowries: machineguns and explosive belts.
ONITSHA – Against the backdrop of Friday’s nation-wide sit-at-home protest scheduled by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, eminent groups and individuals have continued to react to the development.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York, has assured potential investors that Nigeria would soon be one of the most attractive places to invest as his administration has embarked on significant economic reforms.
The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirmed the death of three persons and declared 14 others missing after an 18-seater bus plunged into River Rijana on Kaduna-Abuja road.
The Nigerian Police, Lagos Command, has arrested Bassey Johnson, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl (name withheld) in Idimu, Alimosho Local Government.
ABA-Unknown gunmen have shot dead a legal practitioner identified as Blessing Nwalaocha at Alaoji, along Aba-Ikot Ekpene highway, Obingwa council area, Abia State. The gunmen were said to have waylaid Nwalaocha a few kilometers to his
The Senate on Wednesday put forward 13 recommendations for the President Muhamamdu Buhari-led federal government on probable ways of reviving the ailing economy. The senators made the recommendation at plenary when it commenced
Mr Henric Agbaje, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved the 17-year-old marriage between one Opeyemi Benson and her husband, Oluwatobi. Agbaje said that the court put an end to the relationship as a result of
THE Executive Assistant, Marine Development to Governor of Delta State, Ambassador Karo Ekewenu has called on members of Fulani Herdsmen, Boko Haram, MASSOB and Niger Delta militants to maintain peace as the world celebrate International World Peace Day today 21st September.
The Chief Executive Officer, Grocery Bazaar, GB, Mr. Samuel Ejeh has said that the company is committed to fazing out substandard goods in the Nigerian market with the provision of quality products.
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the long history of economic relationship between Nigeria and France. He also lauded Nigeria’s relationship with Switzerland.
Abuja – A stakeholder in education sector has tasked parents to ensure that they give quality education to their children as this would ensure their peace of mind in the future.
Adeleke David; popularly known as Davido alongside wordsmith; Phyno have been revealed to be the headliners at the highly anticipated upcoming concert; ‘3 Thrones’ set to hold on the 23rd of October 2016 at EKO Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos.
A swarm of flies has infested a village church in western Germany, leading to the cancellation of services, a local official said on Wednesday. Michaela Huether, mayor of the village of Reifenburg, which has about 800
Nigeria’s design and decoration services sub-sector has attracted a new foreign entrant with a focus on top grade architectural fabrications. Extravega, an Italian company with its branches in New York, Sydney,
A 42-year-old businessman, Livinus Uwa, has told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that he married a thief. Uwa made this known when he testified in his divorce petition against his
Nigerian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) NNS UNITY which was under construction in China has been completed and on her way to join the Nigerian Navy fleet. At the Handing over and departure ceremony in China, the Chief of the Naval Staff represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans
For allegedly defrauding a businesswoman of N66 million in a bid to solve her spiritual problems, two people — Innocent Chukwu and Obiageli Anachebe — were on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja High Court.
A driver to the speaker of Taraba state house of assembly was stabbed with a knife by a kidnapper who attempted to kidnap a daughter of the speaker at his house in Jalingo, Taraba state capital.
ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured President Barack Obama of the United States of America that his government was making frantic efforts to resolv the crisis in the Niger Delta region which he said has led to economic sabotage on a grand scale.
ABUJA – SENATE President Bukola Saraki had urged Mobile Telephone Network, MTN Nigeria to play what he termed, an increased role in sports development in the country.
Authorities of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, in line with global best practices, Wednesday said, it has introduced e-marker in examination process, beginning with the ongoing November/December examination nationwide.
President Muhammadu Buhari has, at the U.S.-Africa business forum, said that his administration would ensure that “Nigeria does not slip back into a lazy and dangerous dependence on the price of crude oil” again.
N ew York —President Muhammadu Buhari has said the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers.
THE Senate yesterday asked the federal government to stop the blame game and get the nation’s economy out of recession, saying Nigerians were hungry. It also urged the government to raise capital from asset sales to shore up the nation’s foreign reserves and promised to receive any proposal from the executive arm, including Emergency Power
AS school children resume from the long vacation,our investigations revealed that parents have commenced withdrawing their children from private schools to public ones, attributing their action to the harsh economic situation in the country.
E NUGU— The International Society for Civil Liberties and the rule of law, Intersociety has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to end what it termed his obvious meddlesomeness in the case of the leader of Indigenous
A 30-year-old self-ordained pastor, Adewumi Alade and his brother, Adewole,25, will spend six months each for job scam. An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate presided over Mr Adesoji Adegboye, who convicted on Tuesday, did not give an option of fine.
Despite calculated attacks by some militants, Nigeria’s oil production has increased from a daily average of 1,570,852 barrels per day in the last three weeks to a current week production of 1,752,536bpd, recording additional 181,684 barrels per day, Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu has said.
The Coalition of Niger Delta Youth Leaders will join the rest of the world to observe The International Day Of Peace with the Niger Delta Peace Walk tagged #WakaForPeace scheduled for Monday, October 3, 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Federal Government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the 500,000 jobs it promised. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed
German Goalkeeper, Marco Kwiotek has been arrested by the police for conceding 43 goals in one match which saw his team SV Vonderort smashed by their local rivals PSV Oberhausen 43-0.
The Lagos State Government has called for caution by all parties as it relates to the interpretation of the Appeal Court ruling over the use of hijab by female Muslim students in the State’s public primary and secondary schools, advising that the relative religious peace enjoyed in the State should not be sacrificed on the altar of religion.
Unconfirmed reports emerged Wednesday, that the Minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Al-Hassan, slumped on Monday at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Fufore local government area of Adamawa State.
The Police Command in Katsina on Tuesday said it had arrested a 60-year-old househelp of Hajiya Turai Yar’adua, the wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua over missing goods worth N91 million.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, has warned militants blowing up oil pipelines and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, clamouring for secession to refrain from the acts or be dealt with.
ABUJA – The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Tuesday, said the judiciary was determined to purge itself by weeding out corrupt and indolent judges.
Abuja – A former Executive Secretary of National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, Professor Peter Lassa, on Monday, condemned the state of education in Nigeria.
ABUJA- AS the Federal Government intensify efforts for smooth digital switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television a satellite operating firm, SES in collaboration with Cable Channels Nigeria Ltd, CCNL, yesterday commenced training of 100 people on conduct satellite installer.
Outspoken Czech President Milos Zeman announced Tuesday he is backing US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, pitting himself against his country’s prime minister who favours Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
An official of Samsung Electronic West Africa, Mr Zain Mamudu, says the Samsung Galaxy Note7 has not been officially introduced into the Nigerian market.
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, in New York, said that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has warned principals of Unity Colleges to adhere strictly to the directive on collection of only authorised school fees. The minister said that any principal who violated the directive would be sacked.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that community policing had become necessary to tackle internal security challenges facing the country. Osinbajo made the call at the 20th Memorial Service of the first female
The former EFCC Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says it is the statutory responsibility of a country’s president to fight corruption from all angles. Ribadu said this at the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) (Chartered), 2016 Annual Conference in Abuja on Monday.
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state. It’s Executive Secretary, Alhaji Yusif Sani, said this while briefing newsmen
Dr Uthman Mubashir, Public Health Physician of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, has said that emotional tears have special health benefits for people. Mubashir revealed in an interview in Ilorin on Tuesday that crying had “therapeutic emotional freedom”.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that there is no vaccine that is clinically proven to be effective in the prevention of Lassa fever at the moment.
Nigerians need to support the Muhammadu Buhari administration to succeed, in their self-interests, Engr. Amhed Zakari, has said. Engr. Zakari, a peace campaigner, told Vanguard in an interview that if the Buhari administration failed, Nigerians would be worse off, as the failure of
U.S. Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have sought to burnish their foreign-policy credentials late on Monday by meeting world leaders at the United Nations.
ABUJA – The Auxilliary Bishop of Abuja, Most Reverend Anslem Umoren has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed the calls made by the Catholic Bishops Conference and other well-meaning individuals on the current hardship faced by Nigerians, urging him to urgently take steps to reverse the dwindling fortunes of the economy.
Swiss commodity traders, under the aegis of Geneva-based African Refiners Association, ARA, yesterday, accused the Federal Government and those of other African countries for the shipment of toxic, poisonous and dirty fuels to West Africa.
ABONNEMA: THE people of Abonnema community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, say they have no hand in the death of four marine police officers, whose remains were found floating on Abonnema Wharf, last week.
M GBUITANWO- THE people of Mgbuitanwo community in Emohua, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, last week, held a three- day fast and prayer programme for God to intervene in the unrelenting cult activities in the area.
At the time this programme started we were told that they could procure forex at not more than N280 to the dollar and the price should not be more than N145 per litre. In working out the effective price of N145 the template provided for nothing less than N30 per litre margin for the marketer. You can quote me on this.
CHAIRMAN of Peoples Democratic Party OLEH , PDP, in Delta State, Mr. Kingsley Esiso, has said that Nigerians “are obviously” fed up with the economic policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC, insisting that the PDP was the only party that has the capacity to put the country back on track.
N igerians suffering from hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases can now heave a sigh of relief as scientists have discovered a locally formulated product, Ganoderma coffee and green tea that can help in the management of high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis.
PORT HARCOURT- SOLICITOR to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Ibifaka Goodluck Jonathan, First Law Associates, has given the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, 14 days with effect from September 18 to defreeze her accounts and tender a public apology to her.