Year: 2017
UK-based actress, Juwon Quadri bags City People Movie Award
Fast-rising UK-based actress, Oluwajuwon Quadri won big at the maiden edition of City People Movie Awards, which was for her recognition in…
Habitat Day: Lagos plans to deliver 20,000 housing units in 3 years
As part of the efforts to tackle the problem of accommodation in an emerging megacity and make affordable housing available…
Work To Enhance Confidence In Legal System, Ambode Tells Judges, Lawyers
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday urged judges and lawyers to embrace transparency and accountability in the administration…
Monkeypox: 31 suspected cases reported in 7 states – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 31 suspected cases of monkeypox have so far been reported in seven…
Corruption has produced thousands of thieves in Nigeria – Kenyan Professor
A Kenya Professor of Law, Patrick Lumumba on Monday decried rising wave of corruption in Nigeria, saying that the malaise…
Digital trackable identity essential for curbing crimes – NCC
Mr Tony Ojobo, the Public Affairs Director of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that online trackable identity was…
FUT Minna VC calls for support from old students
Prof. Musbau Akanji, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, has urged old students of the school to support its quest…
Two policemen, naval personnel, 15 others kidnapped in Kogi
Two serving policemen and a naval personnel were among 18 kidnap and armed robbery suspects paraded before newsmen on Monday…
Health minister, UNICEF, others urge actions to curb child mortality
Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday, remarked that the country’s mortality in children Under-Five “is still very unacceptable’’. In…
APC mourns Malu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the family, Nigerian Army and government and people of Benue over the…
Gov Ortom admits his administration has failed workers
Benue governor admitted on Monday that his government had failed in its responsibility of paying workers salaries. “A worker deserves…
NAF refurbishes disused fire trucks
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has made substantial progress in its efforts at refurbishing the disused fire trucks…
Development funds: CBN tells entrepreneurs to design good plans
Malam Faruk Abdullahi, Business Development Financing Officer, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sokoto State branch, on Monday, urged small and…
President Buhari updated on peace mission, oil exploration in Sokoto Basin
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the peace mission by five Northern governors to…
NUJ cancels proposed illegal award on Dino Melaye
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared as illegal, the proposed ‘Senator of the Year Award’ to Sen. Dino…
Nigerian Army officers undergo training on operations planning
Nigerian Army on Monday opened training for 50 officers in the “Operations Planning Cadre’’ to sharpen their skills, the News…
Police Commission probes CPs over misconduct allegations
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday said it was investigating allegations of abuse of office against some Commissioners of…
President Buhari mourns Gen. Victor Malu
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Malu family as well as the government and people of Benue on the…
Osun assembly passes Universal basic education bill
The Osun House of Assembly on Monday passed the State Universal Basic Education 2017 bill. The bill was passed after…
Lagos Govt in continuous search for infrastructure development
The Lagos State Government on Monday said it would continue to search for new and innovative ways to drive infrastructure…
$3.5m needed for DRC asylum seekers in Zambia – UNHCR
The United Nations Refugee Agency Zambia office, on Monday said it required about 3.5 million dollars to manage the influx…
Nutrition crisis: UNICEF advises caution in Mali
A nutrition crisis is threatening the lives and future of thousands of children in Mali, the United Nations Children’s Fund…
Monkeypox: Akwa Ibom government advise residents against panic
The Akwa Ibom Government has advised residents of the state not to panic over the outbreak of monkeypox disease. According…
NYSC offers free healthcare services in Katsina
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has offered free medical services to over 1,000 rural dwellers in Doro village, Bindawa…
Investors delighted in Nigeria, Says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday declared that Nigeria was an investors’ delight as the Buhari Presidency was making specific…
FIBA Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers: Clubs threaten legal action against NBBF
Kano Pillars and Gombe Bulls, winners of Nigeria’s two tickets to the forthcoming 2017 FIBA Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers, plan…
Poor Healthcare: Buhari’s wife angry, wants State House clinic probed
The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari on Monday expressed anger at the country's health care delivery system and…
Insurgency: Yobe demands refund of N4bn
Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe has requested for the refund of at least 30 percent of the N13 billion the…
Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Victor Malu, is dead.
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Victor Malu, is dead.
NIPOST rolls out innovative products to mark World Post Day
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) says it is introducing innovative products by reinventing itself through leveraging on digitalisation to compete…