Nigerian innovators, SMEs to Headline ITU Telecom World 2015
The creative enterprise will be brought to bear as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosts the ITU Telecom World 2015 in Budapest, Hungary, October 12-15. It will be an opportunity…
Buhari Appoints Muhammadu as New CG of NSCDC, Abolurin Retires
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu succeeds…
Boko Haram Kills 50 As Eid-el-Fitri Prayer Turns Bloody In Damaturu
The authorities of the Nigerian Army have confirmed that 50 people lost their lives in two bomb explosions that rocked Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Friday. The Acting Director,…
Former NSA, Dasuki, Arrested over Missing Terror Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari may have quietly begun his fight against corruption and his quest to recover the stolen billions from the nation’s coffers as operatives of the Department of State…
Twin Gombe Bomb Blasts Claim 50 Lives
No fewer than 50 people were feared killed and many others injured when two bombs exploded in Gombe central market Thursday evening as customers were busy making last-minute Ramadan purchases….
Landlords Storm Police Command to Report Suspected Homosexual
No fewer than 25 landlords from the Temidire, Alagbado area of Lagos State stormed the premises of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, on Wednesday to report a suspected homosexual…
Clock Ticks for Aregbesola as Assembly Sets up Committee to Probe Impeachment Petition
The clock is ticking for Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the Osun State House of Assembly has inaugurated a seven-man ad hoc committee to investigate a petition written against him by…
Buhari Fires NIMASA DG, Dissolves Boards of Parastatals and Agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The termination of Mr. Akpobolokemi’s appointment takes…
Former Justice Minister’s Brother, Ahmed Adoke, Others Arraigned for Kidnapping Judge
A 72-year-old veteran journalist and rights activist, Pa Ahmed Adoke, and 41-year-old mechanic, Mr. John Sule, were on Wednesday arraigned by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a…
Babangida Backs Buhari to Crush Boko Haram
FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), Wednesday, lamented the resurgence in the devious activities of the Boko Haram sect since President Muhammadu Buhari administration was inaugurated, saying that it…