No Room For Fresh Faces — Keshi
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has shut out any surprises in the expected list of players to be invited for the team’s pre-World Cup camp. He has categorically said that there is no room for fresh...
View ArticleTokunbo Import: Manufacturers Embark On Importation Of New Cars
Following the extension of implementation of government policy on importation of used vehicles into the country, car assembly plants have commenced massive importation of brand new cars in readiness...
View ArticlePolice Raid Oshodi, Arrest 118 Hoodlums
As part of the efforts to boost security in Lagos, no fewer than 118 suspected hoodlums were, yesterday, arrested by the state Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) unit in...
View ArticleSolidstar Bags Nigerian Football Supporters Club Endorsement Deal
Nigerian music star Joshua Iniyezo popularly known as Solidstar has signed an ambassadorial deal with the Nigerian Football Supporters Club, to compose and perform the theme song for Brazil 2014.The...
View ArticleBamidele Preaches Peace Ahead Of Ekiti Governorship Election
With the temporary ban on election campaigns lifted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the June governorship elections in Ekiti State, the candidate of the Labour Party,...
View ArticleNESG Tasks Nigerian Engineers On NIIMP
The Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (Mr. Foluso Phillips) has called on consulting engineers in the country to take physical ownership of the National Integrated Infrastructure Master...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Witness Refuses To Testify In Open Court
A prosecution witness on Thursday refused to testify against suspected members of the Boko Haram sect after an Abuja Federal High Court rejected an application brought by the Federal Government to...
View ArticleNational Confab: Delegates Bicker Over Feeding Arrangements
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris KutigiSome delegates participating in the ongoing National Conference were on Thursday in Abuja divided over the...
View ArticleFayose’s Thug Shot APC Member — Fayemi Campaigner
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele FayoseThe Director General of Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Mr. Bimbo Daramola, on Thursday alleged that some suspected political thugs, said to be part of...
View Article2015 Elections: APC In Fresh Dilemma Over Presidential Ticket
Interim National Chairman, All Progressive Congress, Chief Bisi AkandeAn alleged proposal by the All Progressives Congress to present a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket is believed to have put the...
View ArticleSanusi Floors FG, SSS As Court Orders Release Of His Passport
Mallam Lamido SanusiA Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government, the State Security Service and the police to immediately release the passport of the suspended Governor of the...
View ArticleYouths Discover Baby Factory In Ogun, Set Building On Fire
The building on fire at Adigbe, Abeokuta.Inset: The alleged owner of the building.There was pandemonium in the Akinremi Estate, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday after some youths discovered a...
View ArticleScores Killed As Soldiers Attack Fulani Herdsmen In Nasarawa
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade.Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel...
View ArticleFalana Demands Refund Of N700m NIS Recruitment Fees
Mr. Femi FalanaLagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, to refund the fees collected from applicants in the ill-fated recruitment by the Nigerian...
View ArticleI’ll Give Marriage Another Shot – Chika Ike
Chika IkeStar actress, Chika Ike, speaks with Jayne Augoye of The Punch about her divorce and career.Nollywood actress, Chika Ike, is no stranger to controversy. In the last few months, she managed to...
View ArticleNigeria Overtakes South Africa To Become Africa's Largest Economy
Complicated statistical recalculation adds $240bn to the economy - the equivalent of finding six Ghanas within Nigeria.Ordinary Nigerians are the one class of people unlikely to benefit. Photograph:...
View ArticleHow Nigeria Became Africa's Biggest Economy Overnight
Nigeria's GDP has been revised up by 89%. Here are five things this tells us about the finances of Africa's most populous nation.A cameraman films a scene for the Nollywood film October 1 in Nigeria...
View ArticleMusa, Iheanacho, Others Arrive Flying Eagles’ Camp
Kelechi IheanachoSkipper Musa Muhammed, Kelechi Iheanacho, Chidiebere Nwakali and Chidera Eze on Thursday arrived at the Flying Eagles’ camp in Abuja.Their arrival is confirmed in a statement by the...
View ArticleEducationists Differ on N200,000 Fine For WAEC Cheats
Mixed reactions have greeted the proposed N200,000 penalty for any examination cheat in the West African Examination Council.A bill seeking to provide stiffer penalties against examination malpractice...
View ArticleNigeria Move Up In FIFA Rankings
Super Eagles Coach, Stephen KeshiThe Super Eagles are now 45th in the latest FIFA rankings released by the world football body on Thursday. The team moved up two places despite losing six points in the...
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