Year: 2017
World Literacy Day 2017: Association calls for support on literacy
Mrs Irene Mbanefo, president of the Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) has called on Nigerians to support and promote literacy…
Recession exit: Farmers commended, urged to reduce prices of food items
The Federal Government has commended farmers across the country for their contribution toward exiting the country from recession. The News…
Lagos to deliver Pen Cinema Flyover bridge December 2018
The Lagos State Government says it will deliver the Pen Cinema Flyover bridge by December 2018, even as it appealed…
Presidency commended on recession exit
A social advocacy group, Citizens for Progress and National Development, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the turnaround of the…
DSS ordered to grant ex-director access to doctors, lawyer
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to allow its former director, Mr…
2019 Election: Governors, Ministers want Buhari to contest
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have…
Recession: Exit to improve standard of Living – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that standard of living of Nigerians will improve as the…
UITH continues operations in spite Association strike
The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin says the national strike by the National Association of…
IDPs in Maiduguri to receive free surgical treatment
No fewer than 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri are to benefit from a two-week free surgical treatment initiated…
Niger Delta agitators tasked on protection of national assets
The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has urged ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region to work…
Dieziani :Court fixes Sept. 22 to hear application for final forfeiture of N2.6bn properties
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria on Friday fixed September 22, 2017, to hear the…
Olajumoke Shares Real Story Behind Her Success
Nigerian model Olajumoke Orisaguna is out with a new episode of her vlog series “Olajumoke Sauce”.
SUG president warns students against partisan politics
Mr Henry Nwabueze, the President, Students’ Union Government (SUG), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has warned students against getting themselves involved in…
Association chairman pledges good relationship with customs
Mr Omo Peter-Akintoye, the newly elected Chairman of Tin-Can Chapter of International Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (IFFN), has promised to…
See Video Of Actress Eucharia’s Son’s Burial
Owerri born Nollywood actress, Eucharia Anunobi who recently lost her son has finally laid the child to rest at the…
Al-Hassan never believed Buhari’s ideologies – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Friday said the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan never believed in President Muhammadu…
Navy commitment to protect nation’s maritime domain
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it would continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain against crude oil theft and any…
GDP: Telecoms sector contributes N1.5tn in 2nd quarter
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications sector contributed N1.54 trillion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in…
More health workers threaten to join doctors’ strike
Health professionals, including the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are threatening to…
Police re-arrest fleeing Rivers ritual killer in Jos
The Rivers State police command on Friday confirmed the re-arrest of fleeing suspected ritual killer, Ifeanyi Dike.
Video: I Get DMs From Nicki Minaj – Skales
Nigerian songwriter and singer Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, known as Skales says American rapper Nicki Minaj sends him DMs.
Madison Keys crushes Vandeweghe to reach US Open final
Madison Keys played superbly to beat Coco Vandeweghe for the loss of just three games and reach her first Grand…
33 dead in Mexico’s earthquake
An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing…
I am 34 Years Old, Not 40 – Eniola Badmus
Actress Eniola Badmus yesterday celebrated her 40th birthday with friends and family who wished her well. The 9Mobile ambassador even…
Man docked for impersonating Lagos Deputy Governor
About two years after the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, suspended her social media accounts, a 45year-old man,…
Waje Releases New Single
Aituaje Iruobe popularly known as Waje has just dropped a single.
Army to check violent agitations in South East
The Army is to launch “Operation Ogbu Eke II’’ – “Python Dance II’’, in the South East between Sept. 15…
Why prices of commodities are high – MAN chief
An Industrialist, Mr. Frank Jacob, said on Friday that the prices of domestic commodities were up because the exchange rate…
Jigawa council supplies drugs to mobile veterinary clinics
The Miga Local Government Council in Jigawa has procured and distributed drugs worth N350,000 to five mobile veterinary clinics in…
LASU sacks 15 lecturers, two non-academic staff
The authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, has sacked 15 lecturers, two non-academic staff and demoted two others over…