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Africa & World Politics, Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Monday, April 25th, 2016
Ivory Coast to host all-night tribute to Papa Wemba April 25, 2016 A still frame taken from Ivory Coast national television RTI 1 on April 24, 2016 shows Congolese music star Papa Wemba performing during the FEMUA music festival in Abidjan, before collapsing on stage. Papa Wemba, who won renown by helping to bring the […]
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Campus Sex Files, Headlines
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Dear Professor Oluchi, My boyfriend has a twin brother, but I didn’t have a chance to meet him since we have been dating in the last eight months until last week when he flew in for holidays from California where he studies medicine. They are not identical twins and I believe I am in love […]
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Headlines
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
UNIZIK students make mini bus from local materials Education By: Femi Ajasa Thursday, April 21, 2016 TOP HEADLINES By Ebele Orakpo Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress – Li Keqiang, Chinese politician. The time for Nigeria to look inwards is now. We have all the resources, both human and material, to be great. To ensure […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Women Politics
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Abuja— Former Finance Minister, Mrs Esther Nenadi Usman, was yesterday, taken into custody by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly receiving N2.5 billion of the N4 billion taken out of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the orders of the former National Security […]
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Headlines, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — Respite has come the way of the 36 states as the Federal Government, Tuesday, suspended deductions periodically made from various loans given to the states to enable them pay workers’ salaries and stabilise their economies. Buhari The suspension of deduction takes effect from April […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
The European Union (EU) has earmarked 36.1 million Euros (about N8 billion) to combat organised crime, trafficking and terrorism in the North East geo-political zone of Nigeria. The delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, in a statement, said three new measures had been adopted to tackle the root causes of irregular migration and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
A young journalist on trial for sedition in the Gambia has escaped from the hospital where he was receiving treatment under armed guard, according to court transcripts obtained by AFP on Thursday. Alagie Ceesay, manager of the Teranga FM radio station, was arrested by the country’s secret police in July last year and has been […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Pop superstar Prince dies at his Minnesota home By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, HILLEL ITALIE and JEFF BAENEN Prince Dead at 57 advertisement CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) rince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including “Little Red Corvette,” ”Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead at […]
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American Politics, Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an American businessman, Marco Ramirez, alongside his companies — Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP and USA Now LLC — on eight counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of $2.3m. Ramirez was arraigned before Justice Peter Affen of the Federal […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Leke Baiyewu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday said it had apprehended a woman, Dorothy Onyekasi, for allegedly faking pregnancy at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, with 86 pellets of a white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine tied to her belly. The NDLEA said the cocaine weighed 1.720kg with […]
