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Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
The naira continued to regain strength and appreciate in value in the parallel market on Tuesday as it was sold for N425 to a dollar.However, it was N450 to a dollar at the close of transactions on Monday. A survey carried out by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday at the Bureau De […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
Fueled by the need to provide office accommodation to the growing business community in Victoria Island, the City of David, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has confirmed the selection of a building and civil engineering firm for its flagship project- Trinity Towers. The church has picked Messrs ITB Nigeria Limited […]
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Benue, Corruption Politics, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 27th, 2017

The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday invited former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam to explain his link to a cache of assorted weapons and exotic cars discovered by the agency at No. 44, Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama, Abuja. A statement by Tony Opuiyo, a spokesman of the DSS disclosed that on 24th February, […]
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Headlines
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
A police syndicate collected money and secretly carried out abortions for female cadets at the Police College, Lagos, to falsify pregnancy tests, OLALEYE ALUKO, who went undercover to the police hospital for two days, reports A major scandal is brewing within the heart of the nation’s best-known police college, the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. Tinuola Akande, […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Saturday, February 25th, 2017

TOP HEADLI Tonto Dikeh’s Abuja – Embattled Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh on Friday said her marriage to Olakunle Churchill was a sham. Churchill is alleged to be former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s nephew. She made the revelation on her Instagram @tontolet while responding to advice from her fans persuading her to have a rethink over […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, February 24th, 2017
No fewer than 43 Nigerians on Thursday night deported from Germany, Belgium, and Italy for several immigration-related offenses and unruly behavior. The deportees arrived through Hi-Fly chartered Airbus 330 aircraft with registration number CS-TQW at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at exactly 8:55 p.m. The deportees were received on arrival by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, February 24th, 2017
ose to 24 hours after their abduction, the whereabouts of the kidnapped German archaeologist, Professor Peter Breunij and his research fellow, Johannes Buringer remains unknown. The two german nationals were abducted on Thursday afternoon around Kaduna State-Abuja axis, a security source in Abuja who is closely following the situation has told SaharaReporters. Prof. Breunij is an […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, February 24th, 2017
e Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by a former Lagos court registrar, Oluronke Rosulu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi( retd.) of $330,000. Rosolu had been convicted by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Iraqi security forces have recaptured Mosul airport, a key part of the government’s offensive to drive the so-called Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city. The operation took four hours. IS continued to fire mortars at the airport from further inside the city after losing the ground to the army. The jihadists […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Libya’s eastern authority freezes women’s travel ban The authorities in eastern Libya have ordered a temporary freeze on a controversial travel ban on Libyan women under the age of 60. The directive, which came into force last weekend, was widely condemned and ridiculed across the country. Affecting women in eastern Libya, it prohibited those under […]