NPFL Match Day 15 Results
Heartland 2-1 El-Kanemi Plateau Utd 0-0 SunshineStars Rangers 1-1 Shooting Stars Wolves 0-1 Rivers Utd Wikki 2-1 Nasarawa Utd Akwa Utd 2-0 Ifeanyiubah Lobi 1-0 MFM FC Enyimba 2-1 Tornadoes Pillars 2-1...
View ArticleVicar General’s abduction: Governor Ortom booed in Otukpo
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom was over the weekend reportedly booed by angry residents in Otukpo over the failure of the State government to ensure the released of a kidnapped Catholic priest....
View ArticlePolice takes over Edo Assembly complex
The premises of the Edo State House of Assembly was on Monday taken over by the Police to avert possible breakdown of law and order. It was reported that more than 10 Hilux patrol vans and an Armoured...
View ArticleEdo Assembly lifts suspension on impeached Speaker
The Edo House of Assembly has lifted the suspension placed on its impeached Speaker, Victor Edoro (APC-Esan Central). The new Speaker, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, announced this on Monday at plenary. The...
View ArticleDogara reveals how younger generation can dominate Nigerian politics
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Monday observed that the country had been under the stranglehold of men and women of a generation that had overreached itself,...
View ArticleNational convention: PDP zones national organizing secretary to Abia
The South-East chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday zoned its party offices to the fives states in the area. The zoning came ahead of its congress scheduled for May 14, which would...
View ArticleOdua Defenders dare Niger Delta militants over threats to attack Lagos
The Odua Defenders’ Union, ODU, has described as an insult to the Yoruba race the recent threat by a new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, to attack Lagos within a matter of days. In a...
View ArticleFG trains 800 repented Boko Haram members
No fewer than 800 repented members of the Boko Haram sect are currently undergoing various trainings at the moment, the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Alhaji Mohammed...
View ArticleBuhari blasts Biafra agitators, says Nigeria remains indivisible
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, lambasted those agitating for the independent state of Biafra. Buhari insisted that his administration would ensure continuous existence of Nigeria as a united...
View ArticleN100m fraud: Olu Falae’s account frozen by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the bank account of a company belonging to a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. It was gathered that the...
View ArticleLai Mohammed explains why Buhari cannot be represented at foreign meetings
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be represented at engagements outside the shores of the country because so far, only...
View ArticleHow NIMASA paid me N97m for doing nothing – Bureau-de-Change operator
A Bureau-de-Change operator, Wakili Daudu, on Monday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere how N97.1 million was paid into his account by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
View ArticleDHQ denies granting amnesty to 800 repented Boko Haram members
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has reacted to a report which surfaced online that 800 Boko Haram members had been granted amnesty. The DHQ condemned the report, stating that it was false. A statement...
View ArticleSaraki gives Senate Committee May 25 deadline on North-East Development Bill
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has given the Joint Senate Committee on Special Duties, Establishment and Public Service up till May 25, 2016 to complete work on the North East Development...
View ArticleThree soldiers killed in Bayelsa
Gunmen believed to be militants on Tuesday, killed three soldiers at Foropa, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. The attack, according to SaharaReprters had forced resident of the...
View ArticleManchester United’s Champions League dream in doubt after West Ham defeat
West Ham defeated Manchester United 3-2, in the game played at Upton Park, on Tuesday night. The hosts took an early lead, thanks to Diafra Sakho’s intelligent finish. He should also have scored at...
View ArticleEFCC reportedly arrests Tompolo’s lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa
A lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, was arrested yesterday afternoon at his Lekki office by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Adegboruwa is a lawyer...
View ArticleWhy Manchester United pulled out of Renato Sanches deal
Manchester United have insisted that Bayern Munich did not beat them to the signing of Renato Sanches, but claim they pulled out as early as February. The Benfica teenager who was linked with a move to...
View ArticleReturn Nigeria’s stolen assets – Buhari replies Cameron
President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, over his comment on Nigeria being one of the fantastically corrupt countries. The Special Adviser to the...
View ArticleHow I kidnapped my employer’s son, demanded N20m ransom – Driver confesses
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 26-year-old driver, Jeremiah Igiri, who was alleged to have kidnapped his employer’s 4-year-old son and demanded a ransom of N20 million. Igiri,...
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