archiveAugust 24, 2019

    Kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume, who has been in the middle of the raging storm between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police over the murder of three police operatives and two civilians by soldiers in Ibi town, Taraba state, has finally opened up and made...

Frank Lampard celebrated his first victory as Chelsea manager with Tammy Abraham’s double, inspiring their 3-2 win over Norwich City in a pulsating Premier League encounter at Carrow Road on Saturday. The 21-year-old Abraham struck on the half-volley in the third minute and, after a see-saw contest in which Norwich...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaech, has said the need for new approvals is responsible for the slow pace of work on the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway line. Amaechi said this on Friday evening while briefing journalists after the inspection of the project. He inspected the project in...

The 24-year-old  Mr Nigeria, Nelson Enwerem, late on Friday in Manila in the Philippines emerged one of the top five talents at the just concluded Mr World pageant. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who monitored the contest on cable network from Lagos, also reports that Jack Heslewood...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says no tariff increase has been approved by the commission yet. In a statement, Usman Arabi, NERC’s General Manager, Public Affairs, on Friday said it was still consulting with stakeholders. He said that the commission wished to notify the public that no tariff increase...

  The 774 local governments in Nigeria have rejected the 23 per cent revenue sharing formula proposed by state governors. The council chairmen under the aegis of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) demanded 35 percent from federal revenue. Alabi David, ALGON's National President, told Punch in an interview...