Year: 2017
Assets management: Bill to establish agency passes 2nd reading
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill to establish the Nigerian Assets Management Agency.
COWLSO donates ICU, Medical equipment to General Hospitals
In a bid to stem maternal mortality rate, the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Official, COWLSO, has donated an…
Ondo Govt. to procure Breast cancer diagnostic machine
The Ondo State Government says it will procure detective diagnostic machine latest December to reduce the scourge of breast cancer…
Sokoto state restates commitment to secure govt. establishments
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Wednesday, restated the commitment of his administration to ensure the security of all…
Election bribe: Court commences trial-within-trial of INEC official
A prosecution witness, Mr Tosin Owobo, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court Lagos, that Christian Nwosu, an INEC official…
Dangote Sugar: Emir confirms compensation of 2,000 farmers
No fewer than 2000 farmers in Awe Local Government Area of of Nasarawa State have received full compensation for ceding…
Borrowers Programme: CBN disburses N43.92bn to farmers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has so far disbursed N43.92 billion to local farmers through the Anchor…
Improved weed control demonstration farm records 27 tons – IITA
On-farm demonstrations in Ogun State, a project under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), have produced average yields of…
Federal Government to investigate poor quality yams exported to U.S.
The Federal Government is to investigate the poor quality of consignment of yams exported from Nigeria to the United States,…
NLC to picket companies over anti-labour practices
As part of the activities marking the World Day for Decent Work, the Nigeria Labour Congress says it will picket…
APC mourns AVM Mukhtar Muhammed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the family of late Air Vice Marshall Mukhtar Muhammed (rtd), a former…
Quality training for teachers key to rebuilding educational system – TRCN boss
Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says a good training for teachers will help rebuild…
VSF begins livestock distribution in North East
Victims Support Fund (VSF) will on Thursday launch its pilot distribution of livestock in Yobe in continuation of its 2017…
Climate change: NGO calls for introduction as a topic in secondary schools
Mr Mohammed Zakari, Coordinator, African Climate Reporters, an NGO, on Wednesday called for the introduction of climate change as a…
`Felabration’ opens in Lagos with schools debate
The annual festival to commemorate the life and times of Nigerian musical icon, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti opened on Wednesday with schools…
NIPOST to inaugurate online Postal, Money order
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) says it will inaugurate an online Postal and Money Order as part of activities to…
Yobe approves N777m for hospital, school equipment
Yobe Government on Wednesday approved over N679 million for supply and installation of equipment at newly rehabilitated Potiskum, Gashua and…
16 hectares of hemp farm destroyed in Osun
The Osun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday announced that 16.8 hectares of Indian…
Youth demands active participation in politics
The National Youth Council of Nigeria says it has constituted a directorate to facilitate youths’ active participation in politics with…
Money laundering: Senator loses bid to stop forfeiture order
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Peter Nwaoboshi’s application to vacate…
Nigeria, 2 others on brink of World Cup qualification
Nigeria, Egypt and Tunisia could all book their spots at next year’s World Cup in the penultimate round of African…
Senate investigates corruption allegations against IGP
The Senate has set up an eight-man ad hoc committee to investigate allegations of corruption brought against the Inspector General…
ECOWAS: Member states to ratify international conventions
Mr Awudu Gumah, the Head Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation of the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, says there is the…
New minimum wage: NLC accuses Federal Government of foot-dragging
The Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Solomon Adelegan, announced on Wednesday that the Federal Government was foot-dragging…
Vector Opens Up On Alleged Feud With MI
Nigeria's rapper and hip hop recording artiste M.I Abaga who is today celebrating his birthday is in the news for…
Gunmen abduct musician, shoot wife in Benin
A Benin-based musician and social critic, Osayomore Joseph, was Tuesday night abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
Hmmnn! This is sweet: Bride holds penis-shaped balloon
This Nigerian bride certainly appreciates the stuff her man is made off as she proudly held a giant inflatable penis…
NNPC Palaver: Why I wrote to Buhari – Kachikwu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed the reason why he decided to write a letter…
Davido Breaks Silence On Death Of Friend
24 hours after Caroline Danjuma called out Davido on Instagram over the death of her friend, a guy known as…
October 1 and the Torment of Memory
Forget the rose-scented official statistics, the sweet words of the establishment. There can be no procedure to tracking Nigeria’s progress…