High expectation in SON, as Ag. DG warns importers
Monimichelle assures on Enyimba stadium
Oyegun commends Buhari over crop of cabinet members
Dynamo Kiev v Man City line-ups: Iheanacho makes team
‘Love’, ‘haha’ or ‘angry’: Facebook expands ‘like’ feature
Diamond Bank mobile app users hit 1m
EFCC plotting to arrest Ekweremadu, Akpabio – PDP
Breaking News: Heavy shooting in new GRA of PH
Donald ‘did not insult Mexicans’ – Melania Trump
Strange killer disease in Lagos:How I lost three children in three weeks
Blatter, Platini bans reduced from eight years to six on appeal — FIFA
Secondus, PDP dep chairman detained over Omokore’s N300m exotic cars
UEFA extraordinary congress, a first step towards possible new boss
130m active mobile money users recorded globally in 2015 – GSMA report
FG denies knowledge of $250m payment by MTN

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Turning Mobile into Mobile Broadband for everyone
In Q3 2015, Nigeria was among the top five countries worldwide in terms of mobile subscription additions, and Nigerian businesses are increasingly adopting mobile-first strategies. But, while 4G LTE deployments began in some sub Saharan countries the transition and deployment in Nigeria hasn’t come out of the starting blocks, subscriptions were predominantly still GSM and WCDMA in 2015. This is expected to change rapidly as we look towards 2021, when the mobile broadband access options, WCDMA/HSPA and LTE, will account for almost 80 percent of subscriptions.
‘Military on red alert to combat militants – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, has said that troops have been placed on high alert to combat any militant attack in the Niger Delta.
Ronaldo becomes first athlete to hit 200 Million Social Media Followers
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media.
Botched budget ’embarrassing’, says Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday his botched 2016 budget was “embarrassing” after criticism it was littered with costly errors and opened the door to graft.
Oduah, Uba, others remain elected- Supreme Court
The supreme court has declined to interpret a judgment it gave on January 29 involving the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra state.
Saraki, Atiku, Tinubu, Oyegun keep mum after meeting with VP Osinbaja at Aso Villa
Frantic efforts by the State House Correspondents to get a word from many chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC who rose from a crucial meeting with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential Villa on Wednesday afternoon met a brick wall.
BlackBerry launches professional security services
Canadian phone maker, BlackBerry Limited Wednesday announced the launch of its new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice that will further expand BlackBerry’s security portfolio by offering organizations new consulting services, tools and best practices to assess and thwart ever-changing cybersecurity risks.
Akpobolokemi’s alleged N754.7m theft case stalled
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned till Feb. 29, the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, charged with stealing N754.7 million.
$2.1bn arms probe: Why Metuh has a case to answer – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has adduced reasons why trial Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja should compel the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, to explain the alleged role he played in the illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms.
Comedian seeks annual budgetary grant to support comedy industry
Comedian seeks annual budgetary grant to support comedy industry
MTN drops lawsuit against Nigeria, pays $250m toward possible settlement
South African mobile phone operator, MTN Group, withdrew its lawsuit against Nigeria’s regulator over a 3.9 billion dollars fine and paid 250 million dollars toward a possible settlement.
FG seeks abolition of visa requirement among D-8 member countries
Visa,The Federal Government has called for the abolition of visa requirement among the members of the Developing Eight (D-8) Countries Organisation for Economic Cooperation to ensure free movement of people and trade.
Naira appreciates further to N305/$
The naira continued its appreciation against the dollar in the parallel market Wednesday, as the parallel market exchange rate dropped further to N305 per dollar.
I didn’t strangle my neighbour’s 7 year-old girl, footballer tells court
“I was scared of what would be done to me if people in the neighborhood found out what happened to Ayuba,’’ ,’’ Nwachukwu testified. He, however, admitted that he disposed Ayuba’s corpse with a rope in an underground septic tank also known as ‘soak-away’. He said, “I did the only thing that came to my mind by disposing the corpse in a soak-away located on the street.’’
Mother cannot stay permanently in son’s flat, rules German court
A German court ruled on Wednesday that the mother of a university student was not allowed to stay permanently at her son’s flat, if his flat mates do not want her there.

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