BuhariSINCE the announcement on July 16, 2015 that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the governing boards of federal parastatals, agencies and institutions, many Nigerians have remained unsettled by the lack of clarity on the scope or spread [...]
Our attention has been drawn to the erroneous and defamatory publication by United Bank for Africa (UBA) in the Punch Newspaper of August 6, 2015 and also in ThisDay and Guardian newspapers. In the Punch Newspaper of August 6, 2015 our brand, Chicken Republic, amongst others, was listed [...]
International broker- ForexTime (FXTM) said it remains committed to educating Nigerian traders, as it holds an online foreign exchange (forex) trading and investment conference. The conference is billed to take place in Lagos and Abuja on August 14 and 15, 2015, [...]
Japanese police have arrested a man accused of bursting into a lawyer’s office and cutting off his penis with garden shears before flushing the organ down a toilet. Local media reports said Ikki Kodukai, a 24-year-old Tokyo graduate student, may [...]
UgwuTHE Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion urging the Executive arm to give automatic employment to Miss Josephine Ugwu who recently picked and returned a huge sum of money belonging to a passenger at the Murtala [...]
CourtA KUBWA Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja yesterday remanded a man, Eze Hilary, at Suleja Prisons for allegedly receiving a stolen roll of aluminium valued at N1.2 million. The Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Kutigi, who gave the order, said the accused [...]
An Indian court on Thursday overturned a government ban on Nestle’s hugely popular Maggi noodles brand, but ordered further tests before the product can go back on sale. Nestle had gone to the court to challenge the nationwide ban ordered [...]
Worker dormitories in Tianjin’s port area were reduced to twisted wreckage and injured migrants packed emergency rooms on Thursday, as the underclass of China’s economic boom bore the brunt of a series of giant blasts. The explosions in Tianjin — [...]
Giant Baby weighs 15lbs 7 ounces – Six-week-old George King, who was born weighing 15lbs 7 ounce, has been allowed to return home after he almost died during birth because of his staggering size. [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”XPVeCwS9BuY” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ [...]
The national emergency management agency (NEMA) has informed that a helicopter fell into the water of lagoon at the Oworonshoki area of Lagos. Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA spokesman, has told that a helicopter wrecked in a crash is yet to be [...]
August 12, 2015
General, Incidents
The national emergency management agency (NEMA) has informed that a helicopter fell into the water of lagoon at the Oworonshoki area of Lagos. Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA spokesman, has told that a helicopter wrecked in a crash is yet [...]
President of neighbouring Chad claims Islamist sect leader now replaced by deputy who is willing to enter peace talks. Abubakar Shekau, the head of the Boko Haram Islamist group that kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last year, has been [...]
August 12, 2015
General, Video
Music can be a very powerful thing but you might not really know it if you just turn on the radio and listen to some of today’s pop music. What exactly do I mean by “powerful?” Consider Bridge Over Troubled [...]
A man, described as a firm believer in Christianity, has died 30 days after he began fasting. Authorities say he was trying to fast for 40 days and 40 nights, just like Jesus Christ. Manyuka was known by his family and [...]
August 12, 2015
General, Video
The senate has just gone into a closed door session to discuss the report of the ad-hoc committee on the review of the senate’s finances. The committee was inaugurated on Thursday June 25 by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The [...]
The National Hospital in Abuja became the first hospital in Nigeria to live-tweet an operation that saved life of an eight-year-old girl. [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”xRZcTN8qSpw” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”hd720″]According [...]
August 12, 2015
Health issues, Video
Orji Uzor Kalu’s ambition to become the next FIFA president is generating excitement as Nigeria Football Federation appears reluctant to be drawn into declaring support for the former Abia State governor. Pinnick Amaju Uzor-Kalu, declared his intention to replace Sepp [...]
By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—A police corporal, Mr. Ali Christopher, who was alleged to have accidentally killed two nursing mothers at a funeral in Fugar, headquarters of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State last June, has been dismissed from [...]
Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, in this interview deflates claims by Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his recent book that the Yoruba never had a leader. He argues that the former president is distorting history. Osoba also [...]
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – An elder statesman and former Nigeria’s permanent representative at the United Nations, UN, Alhaji Maitama Sule has asked Nigerians to give support to the government of President Mohammadu Buhari and his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. [...]
By Ben EfeNigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick affirmed yesterday that the appointment of former Super Eagles captain Sunday Oliseh was not a mistake. He added that the NFF has full confidence Oliseh will deliver results. Oliseh, was appointed in [...]
By Emmanuel Aziken LAGOS — The Department of State Services, DSS, is set to take over investigations into the affairs of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, under its immediate past Director-General, Dr. Patrick Akpobokemi, from the Economic [...]
By Caleb Anyasina ABUJA – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has ordered the Mike Okiro-led Police Service Commission to refund to the government treasury the sum of N133.4 million out of the N350 million it received from [...]
The former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has responded to the allegation of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka that he (Daniel) closed down the state House of Assembly for almost one year with the aid of the police. Otunba [...]
BRT to Extend Lagos Free Ride – The LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd., operators of LAGBUS and the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA), operators of Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)– will extend their free ride to commuters on Easter Monday, April 1. [...]
August 12, 2015
Transportation
Piranhas are the type of fish that’s known for its sharp and deadly teeth. These creatures are often classified as carnivorous because it don’t just eat the little fishes, but also humans. This 11-year-old boy in Peru, died after [...]
August 11, 2015
International
The daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, has received a new job as young woman posted some photos on her Twitter account. Zahra becomes new ACE charity ambassador at large. She has signed charity agreement and shaken [...]
August 11, 2015
Employment, Video
The REST Of Nigeria [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”XYGIse8nKWE” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”hd720″][1] Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States, the rest of Nigeria is losing patience with you guys now. This Boko [...]
Anything that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian former president, does seems to become the theme for a discussion. Obasanjo licking his ice cream with so much enjoyment at the Green Legacy resort, in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, makes Nigerians to laugh [...]
This fatal accident involving a Lagos bus just occurred now at IGBO-EFON Roundabout, Lekki-Epe Expressway. The cause of the accident could not be ascertained as at the time of writing this report. No life was reportedly lost in the crash [...]
August 11, 2015
General, Video