It was a good weekend for Nigeria in the English Premier League as Super
Eagles duo of Mikel Obi and Odion Ighalo attained new heights with
their respective clubs. Odion Ighalo struck in the 2-2
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has ordered the
suspension of three top officials of Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja, over the recent incident involving Turkish Airlines at
President Buhari says those who are found guilty in the $2.1 billion
arms deal fraud will be sent to jail. He said this in a recent interview
with BBC Hausa
According to reports making the rounds, an actor
named Charles ‘Igwe 2pac’ Okocha had a close shave with death after he
was hit by a stray bullet at a wedding ceremony held in Nnewi, Anambra
Lionel Messi won the Best Player of the Year award at the Globe Soccer
Awards in Dubai last night and he's the overwhelming favorite to scoop
the Ballon d'or 2015 best player of the year award in
The minority leader in the Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable
Samson Dejo Makinde, died yesterday December 27th at the age of 48 after
battling with an undisclosed ailment at a private
A top Yoruba actress, Dayo Amusa, has every reason
to glorify God because He averted what could have been a big tragedy in a
near-death accident in the early hours of December 28, 2015.
A prominent Syrian journalist and documentary film maker known
for his anti-Daesh/ISIS films has been assassinated in Turkey's
Southern Anatolia region. (Daesh is a terrorist group affiliated to the
A committee set up by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to
prevent hoarding of petrol and selling above official rate, has fined a
Forte Oil filling station in the state the sum of N4.2million.
The most anticipated concert of the year Olamide
Live In Concert (OLIC) 2, took place yesterday, Sunday, December 27,
2015, at the Eko Convention Center of the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria
The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has described as
falsehood, the recent allegation of a conspiracy between the Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN , the Boko Haram sect and the
Alfredo
Pacheco, a 33 year old footballer who is also the most capped
footballer for El Salvador national football team was shot dead by a
gunman outside a petrol filling station in Santa Ana yesterday Dec. 27th. Pacheco
was a defender who played
A Malaysian high court this morning Dec. 28th sentenced a 37 year old
Nigerian man identified as Ekene Collins Isaac to death by hanging
after he was found guilty of trafficking 915.6 grammes of
The national president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior
Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Francis Johnson, tells PREMIUM
TIMES how workers view the proposed
A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Nuhu Ribadu, on Sunday showed up at the Ila-Orangun country home of a
national leader of the All Progressives Congress for
A
young man was brutally attacked with a matchet after he attempted to steal plantain
from a farm to celebrate Christmas. The incident occurred at Akyem
Nsutem in Eastern region, Ghana, on Friday December, 25. The victim identified as Edem,
At least 20 persons were killed in a fresh explosion in Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital, Monday morning, as residents gathered around a
mosque in Buraburin, behind the Federal High Court in the
The Ogun State Police Command says its operatives
attached to Sagamu Division intercepted a truck loaded with vandalised
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Sagamu area of the state on December 27,
Popular Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola looks amazing and beautiful in a new makeover photo shots.
The
performer who officially started her television programme ‘The Morning
after Show’ on galaxy television
A panel set up by the Kano State Government to investigate
allegations of sodomy among students and teachers at the Hassan Gwarzo
College has found the school culpable in the offence.
The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Dan-Ali, has assured soldiers
fighting insurgency in the North East of government’s determination to
provide the needed logistics to expeditiously end insurgency in the
country.
Thousands of Muslims celebrating Maulud, which is the birthday of
holy Prophet Muhammad, on Thursday escaped what would have possibly been
an all-time record calamity, had some eagled-eyed vigilante
Still in the mood of Christmas, Nigerian
celebrities are really trying their best to make this Christmas a
memorable one by getting exotic gifts for themselves.
Katerina Putin, younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin got
married to Kirill Shamalov, son of an old friend of Putin. Their
wedding celebrations took place in February 2013, at Igora, a small ski
resort
The Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has
dissociated itself from the alleged unlawful diversion of $2.1 billion
meant for the procurement of arms by the immediate National Security
Adviser,
Several hundred protesters against police killings of black men marched
on Thursday along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, calling for Mayor Rahm
Emanuel to step down and aiming to disrupt Christmas Eve
We can call them beautiful and dynamic people who
have been long in their friendship especially when one takes a look at
the closeness and breakups of some friendships seen in the Yoruba movie
industry, one is left
After spending 444 days in captivity, and more than 30 years seeking
restitution, the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in
Tehran in 1979 have finally won compensation.
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has condemned
the investment of billions of naira into the running of today’s
churches in Nigeria.
The Nigerian government on Wednesday said it was in the process of
developing a national transportation master plan that would help in
diversifying the nation’s economy.
Under pressure Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal yesterday stormed
out of a press conference ahead of boxing day's clash with Stoke city
after he was asked questions about his future by the press. In a press
The Peoples Democratic Party has urged Nigerians to use this year’s
Eid-El-Maulud and Christmas to offer special prayers for the unity and
stability of the nation as well as recommit their individual and
collective
A couple who said a final farewell to their baby daughter as her life
support machine was turned off told of her miracle recovery.
Francesca and Lee Moore-Williams, 41 and 44, cried as they held Bella’s
hand and
PT: Let’s talk about the Presidential Advisory Committee of
which you are chairman. How far has the committee gone with its
assignment and are there any challenges so far? Sagay: You know, obviously, that it’s not everything we do
that I can say. The committee, to a certain extent,
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has called on
President Buhari to prosecute the Chief of Army staff Lt. Gen Tukur
Buratai and the soldiers that partook in the shooting of Shiite members
during a clash with the Islamic group in Zaria,
The woman left nothing to imagination as she appeared on the streets of
Limpopo, South Africa, wearing a see-through net dress which left her
bare butts on full display. People happily took photos and shared
online...