President Muhammadu Buhari has painted a gloomy picture of the Nigeria his new government is battling to reshape, saying he met an almost empty treasury and huge debts left behind by his predecessor. At a meeting with state house reporters Monday, the first since his inauguration three weeks ago, the president said it was embarrassing […]
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BREAKING: Two female bombers strike in fish market ; Many feared dead!
June 22, 2015 
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Two suspected suicide bombers have detonated their bomb-laden vests inside a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno state. According to Premium Times’ correspondent, the two female bombers struck inside Gamboru fish market. Casualty figure is expected to be high, he said. One eyewitness told Punch,”I have counted 22 bodies but soldiers have now arrived and cordoned […]
Continue reading Buhari to merge EFCC, ICPC; 42 ministries reduced to 19
June 21, 2015 1 Comment
After three weeks of consultations with international and Nigeria’s political leaders, President Muhammadu Buhari appears set to effect major changes in the administration of the country in a bid to translate the ‘change’ mantra of his party into reality. To start with, the President is said to have accepted the recommendation of the transition committee […]
Continue reading Prostitution: Nigerian Trafficking Rate Worries UK Govt
June 18, 2015 2 Comments
Kevin Hyland The UK Government, according to the first independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Kevin Hyland, is “deeply concerned” that hundreds of Nigerians are brought in every year for prostitution, or forced labour, threatening a clampdown on those involved. Hyland told BBC on Wednesday that the problem of such exploitation was “enormous” and that the Home Office […]
Continue reading Dangote confirms plans to buy Arsenal, wants club to change their strategy
June 17, 2015 0 Comments
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest businessman, has confirmed that he is planning a bid to buy Arsenal. The 58-year-old Nigerian, whose estimated personal wealth of £11.5billion places him at 67th on the Forbes rich list, claims he has been an Arsenal fan since the 1980’s, and previously tried to buy them back in 2010. Dangote previously […]
Continue reading Xenophobia: Nigeria Union reports new attacks in South Africa
June 17, 2015 0 Comments
The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Tuesday reported new xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in Sternkopf, Namakwa Municipality, Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The President of the Union, Ikechukwu Anyene, said in Pretoria, South Africa, that the Northern Cape Province Chapter Chairman of the Union reported the incident to its National […]
Continue reading Anambra begins disbursement of N2bn small business loans
June 16, 2015 0 Comments
Anambra State Government has commenced the disbursement of the N2bn Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund. The state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, believed that small business owners in the state now have an opportunity to make significant progress. Obiano said this in Awka on Monday following the inauguration of the Anambra Small Business Agency […]
Continue reading 13 And 15-Year-Old Nigerian Brothers Build Mobile Web Browser
June 15, 2015 1 Comment
Anesi and Osine Ikhianosime, 13 and 15 years old respectively, are students of Greensprings school, Anthony Campus, Lagos, and they developed an Android based web browser called Crocodile Browser Lite sometime last year. Osine’s interest in computers began at the tender age of 7, the same age which he and his brother –who was 9 […]
Continue reading 3 men who trekked for Atiku stranded in Yola with no money to go back
June 14, 2015 3 Comments
Three men, who trekked to Yola in honour of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, are now stranded in Yola. The men, Salihu Jibrin, Aliyu Adamu and Abubakar Suleiman, who spoke to newsmen Saturday in Yola, said since their arrival they were unable to see their mentor, Atiku. They said all they needed was to see […]
Continue reading Catholics Vow not to Negotiate with Reverend Father’s Abductors
June 13, 2015 1 Comment
The Catholic diocese of Ekiti on Friday said it won’t pay any ransom or negotiate payment of ransom with the captors of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Akingbade, a priest of the diocese. Reverend Father Akingbade was on Tuesday kidnapped in Ido Ekiti by three gunmen around 7.30 pm who whisked him away to an unknown destination. […]
Continue reading FG bans police, other para-military agencies from use of camouflage uniforms
June 13, 2015 0 Comments
The use of camouflage uniforms by various security agencies other than the Armed Forces namely the Army, Navy and the Air Force has been banned. The Nigerian Police will however use the uniform when in Joint Operation with the military or on special operation such as specific anti-riot missions, a statement by the Director of […]
Continue reading I’m preparing military needs for G-7 leaders – Buhari
June 12, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he had directed the nation’s service chiefs to produce a list of the logistics needed by the military to successfully execute the war against the Boko Haram sect. He said he would forward the list they will prepare to the leaders of the Group of Seven Industrialised Nations (G-7) […]
Continue reading My husband can’t perform well, does not last a minute in bed, wife tells Lagos court
June 10, 2015 1 Comment
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved a nine-year-old marriage over husband’s poor sexual performance. The President of the court, Mr Hakeem Oyekan, said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live together as the wife had insisted on divorce after several interventions. The petitioner, Mrs Ifeanyi Samuel, 33, a businesswoman, […]
Continue reading Housewife / Evangelist stabs self to death over her husband’s poor sexual performance in Delta
June 10, 2015 2 Comments
A 32-year-old housewife and evangelist, Nancy (surname withheld) in Delta State, allegedly committed suicide by stabbing herself to death on Saturday June 6th. Friends say she committed suicide after complaining about her husband’s poor sexual performance since they got married. According to Leadership, Nancy complained bitterly to a relative that she got to know of […]
Continue reading Three issues President Buhari will discuss with world leaders at G7 summit
June 9, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently attending the G7 summit in Germany along with other world leaders. Buhari is expected to present Nigeria’s wish list to the world leaders as earlier requested by them. Below are three things he will discuss at the summit: The Boko Haram insurgency and other security problems being witnessed in the […]
Continue reading Oscar Pistorius to be released from prison
June 8, 2015 0 Comments
A parole board is set to recommend that the disgraced athlete, Oscar Pistorius, convicted in the killing of his girlfriend, be released from prison in August, South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services said on Monday. Pistorius, 28, was sentenced in October to five years in prison for culpable homicide in the killing of Reeva Steenkamp on […]
Continue reading FG, marketers agree to end petrol scarcity next week
June 6, 2015 0 Comments
The Federal Government and petrol marketers on Friday agreed to put an end to Nigeria’s fuel scarcity problems before the close of business next week Saturday. At the end of the meeting with the marketers and other operators in the oil and gas sector, all sides agreed to work speedily to end the shortage that […]
Continue reading 15-year-old dies aborting 5-month pregnancy; lover docked in Lagos
June 5, 2015 0 Comments
A 20-year-old man, Sodiq Sulaimon, yesterday appeared before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly procuring abortion for his 15-year-old lover (names withheld), who died in the process. The defendant is facing a one-count charge of manslaughter brought against him by Lagos State Government, for which he pleaded not guilty. “Sodiq Sulaimon, on or before December […]
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