A Tokyo man accused of accessing a woman’s Facebook account and allegedly downloading pictures of her in her underwear has been arrested, police and reports said Tuesday. In what is being reported as the first such arrest in Japan, Ryosuke Koga, 25, allegedly logged into the victim’s Facebook account 17 times between January and March, […]

LAGOS — The recent N1.04 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, may have claimed one person in the company as the President and Chief Executive Officer, MTN Group, Sifiso Dabengwa, resigned from his position, yesterday.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,has denied the Facebook posting on the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal which annulled the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Aisha Alhassan as winner of April 11, 2015 poll on Staturday.

Lagos – The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Monday said the industry was facing a sharp lower revenues from the country’s oil assets. Kachikwu said this at the 33rd Annual International Conference and Exhibition organised by Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos. The NNPC boss […]

ABA—A middle-aged man, identified as Papa Ogada, has dumped his 14-year-old son in a well, accusing him of being behind his inability to make progress in life.

Lagos—The presiding President of a Lagos Customary Court sitting at Agboyi/Ketu, Mr. O. T. Williams, yesterday advised women to always do proper investigation before going into marriage.

The flag-bearer of All Progressives Congress, APC, for the November 21 governorship election in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has said he knows how to fix the problems of the state better than any other candidate in the poll.

Former Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, yesterday, at Ekwulobia, the Headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra state, called on wealthy Nigerians and prominent politicians in the country to show love and concern to fellow Nigerians.

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Gen. Tukur Buratai, has constituted a five-man board of generals to investigate alleged partisanship of members of the Nigeria Army during the 2015 general election.
General Officer Commanding, GOC, 1 Division of the Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. Adeniyi Oyebade, said he was made the Chairman of the board by Gen Buratai.

Lagos – Some football enthusiasts on Monday in Lagos said that members of the Golden World Eaglets have written their names in gold in the country’s football history. They lauded the team for lifting the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals staged in Chile. The National cadet team defeated their Malian counterpart , 2-0. Friday Ekpo, […]

Some residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on last Thursday expressed divergent opinions toward the celebration of Halloween in the country

United Nations – UN’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday congratulated Ms Amina Mohammed on her appointment as Minister in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed was the Secretary-General’s Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning. Ban, in a statement in New York, says he is deeply grateful for Mohammed’s outstanding service and […]

Despite the huge investments made in the energy sector since the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, about 75 percent of the Nigerian population still live without access to regular electricity supply.

LAGOS — NEW Chairman/CEO of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Mr. Christian Olakpe, has declared that he will soon become the enemy of traffic offenders in Lagos with the way the parastatal will be working henceforth.

The ancient city of Iwo in Osun State stood still, yesterday, when the Oluwo-elect, Prince Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, entered the town for the installation process.