Player of the Year: BBC pundits pick the Premier League’s best player
Voting closes on Friday for the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award. So who should be on the six-man shortlist when it is Read more
Month: March 2017
Tiger kills 2 women in Nepal
Authorities in Nepal have launched a hunt for a man-eating tiger that killed two women in a month and a half in areas near the country’s Read more
NSCDC suspends 2 officers for oil theft
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended two of its officers for alleged involvement in oil theft in Bayelsa. The Corps Spokesman, Read more
Court grants Moro permission for foreign medical check-up
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday granted former Interior Minister, Abba Moro, permission to travel abroad for medical checkup. Moro was granted similar permission Read more
Fire guts Ebonyi govt. house
The accounts section of the Ebonyi Government House was on Friday gutted by fire which disrupted activities within the complex. No life was reported lost Read more
Divorce Scandal: How Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Fooled Everybody
There aren’t two sides to every story. When it comes to a celebrity’s private world, there are endless versions of what’s going on behind closed doors.Brad Pitt Read more
Dog retires after serving 68 years in US Department of Defence
New York – A U.S. Air Force dog, Jony, serving with the 20th Security Forces Squadron, has retired after nine years, or 68 dog years, Read more
Lassa fever kills 8 persons in Kano
The district Head of Tudun Wada, Tudun Wada local government area of Kano state, Alhaji Bashir Ibrahim Mohammed has said no fewer than 8 persons Read more
North Korean murder suspects go home with victim’s body in exchange deal with Malaysia
The body of Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has arrived in Pyongyang, Chinese officials say. North Korea had requested the Read more
Ousted South Korean leader behind bars after arrest on bribery charges
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye was behind bars in the Seoul Detention Centre on Friday after her arrest, on charges including bribery, in a Read more
Arsenal: Iwobi wants manager Wenger to stay
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been receiving unjust criticism and should extend his 20-year reign at the club, midfielder Alex Iwobi has said. Wenger, whose Read more
FIFA grants 2018 World Cup broadcasting rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
ZURICH – Soccer governing body FIFA on Thursday said it had awarded media right to five broadcasting groups in Sub-Saharan Africa for the 2018 World Cup Read more
N2.1bn contract fraud: EFCC probes Senator Nwaoboshi and brother
ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is closing in on Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his brother, Augustine Nwaoboshi, after stumbling on vital information on Read more
South Africa dollar bonds suffer after finance minister sacked
Yields on South Africa’s dollar-denominated sovereign debt rose across the curve on Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan following days Read more
S.Africa: Sacked finance minister says intelligence report used to fire him was nonsense
PRETORIA – South Africa’s outgoing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday an intelligence report President Jacob Zuma used as justification to fire him was “absolute Read more
Crisis looms for Eagles as NFF fails to pay Rohr
The Nigeria Football Federation has engaged in a desperate effort to source money to pay the Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr his salary arrears. The Read more
Meningitis attacks Jigawa, kills one
The Jigawa Government says meningitis has killed one person and infected four others in four local government areas of the state. Dr Muhammad Kainuwa, the Read more
DSS quizzes Ifeanyi Ubah on NNPC’s N11bn claim
The Department of State Services, on Thursday, in Abuja, interrogated the Group Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, over the Read more
Oh no! Dino didn’t know
Nigeria is a land of the miraculous. With or without God, all things wonderful, whacky, and weird are possible. More miracles occur in Nigerian politics Read more
Indian police make sixth arrest over attack on Nigerians
Police have made a sixth arrest in connection with a brutal mob attack on Nigerian students in northern India that rights groups labelled a hate Read more
Magu demands N5b, apology from Sun newspaper
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) EFCC, has written the publisher of the Sun Newspaper in Abuja seeking a N5 Read more
Student Affairs: Michael Okpara university students protest against govt
Students of the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia, on Thursday protested against the Federal Government’s policy Read more
Zuma sacks S/Africa’s finance minister
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked country’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets and currency. Mr Gordhan Read more
Surgeons grow ear on arm and transfer to head
Plastic surgeons from a hospital in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have successfully transplanted a regenerated ear from a patient’s arm to his Read more
Court lifts ban on Okafor’s Law
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos has lifted the injunction imposed on Omoni Oboli’s movie, Okafor’s Law. The order which was Read more
FCT to immunise 3,000 residents against Meningitis
The FCT Primary Health Care Development Board on Thursday began the immunisation of 3,000 residents of Dakwa village against Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM). The Executive Secretary Read more
Meningitis: Yobe records meningitis cases
Suspected cases of Cebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) have been reported in Fika and Nguru Local Government Areas of Yobe. Dr Bello Kawuwa, the state Commissioner Read more
Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Vice Chancellor, Bursar
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, for alleged fraud. Read more
Andy Uba’s kinsmen move for his recall from senate
ONITSHA—Senator Andy Uba’s kinsmen yesterday started the process of recalling him from the upper chamber of the National Assembly for allegedly failing to provide democracy Read more
Land Grabbing: Anambra govt. denies selling land meant for Oba airport
The Anambra Government has denied allegations that it is selling land it acquired to build an airport in Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area. Read more
