563, 051 Permanent Voters’s Card collected in Ekiti, says INEC
June 18, 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) said on Monday a total of 563, 051 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected by registered voters in Ekiti State,…
Dangote inaugurates 200 houses, school for widows in Borno
June 18, 2018 The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Monday inaugurated 200 housing units and a school it constructed for widows among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno. Alhaji Aliko Dangote,…
Iceland players pay tribute to Ikeme
ICELAND national team have shown their support for Nigerian goalkeeper Carl Ikeme who is battling acute Leukaemia, reports The Sun of UK. The Wolves keeper was given an honorary place…
Portuguese fan travels 4,640 km in 44 days by bicycle to Russia for World Cup
Portuguese football fan Elder Batista has traveled 4,640 km by bicycle to attend matches of the FIFA World Cup and collect money for a charity fund, he wrote on his…
2019: Emulate legacies of MKO, Agbakoba urges presidential aspirants
June 18, 2018 A human rights lawyer, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Monday urged presidential aspirants to emulate the legacies of the late MKO Abiola to enthrone good governance…
Head of VW’s Audi arrested in Germany over diesel scandal
German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen’s luxury arm Audi on Monday, the most senior company official so far to be detained over the carmaker’s emissions test cheating scandal. Munich…
Cultists run riot in Lagos, one dead
A deadly clash by two rival cult groups has resulted in the death of an unidentified man at Alapere in Ketu, near Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) crime…
Late signing of budget cannot translate to inflation – Economist
June 18, 2018 An Economist, Dr Aminu Usman, has said that the delay in the signing of the 2018 Budget and its late implementation cannot lead to inflation. Usman, who…
NAFDAC wants stiffer penalty for drug counterfeiters
June 18, 2018 The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has proposed stiffer penalty for drug counterfeiters in the country to serve as deterrent to others. The…
Rice smuggling: Federal Government to shut land border in few days
June 18, 2018 The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign…