Year: 2017
NAPTIP Inaugurates Squad To Fight Human Trafficking
The Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ms Julie Okah-Donli, has set up a…
Arabic Teacher Arrested For Defiling 3 Sisters
A 23-year-old teacher, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling three teenagers of…
Ondo Gov Urged To Review Subvention Slash
Labour unions in Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, on Tuesday urged Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to reverse…
Ghost Workers: SUBEB Conducts Biometric Verification
The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Tuesday, said it had begun the biometric verification of its staff…
Association – Nobody Imported Raw Eggs Into Nigeria
Dr Ayoola Oduntan, President of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), said on Tuesday that nobody imported raw eggs into the…
Train Crash Leaves Dozens Wounded Outside Philadelphia
A high-speed train has crashed into an empty train in a station outside Philadelphia early Tuesday, leaving dozens injured.
Man electrocuted while attempting to steal cable
Nemesis caught up with a man who tried to steal transformer cable belonging to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC)…
Medical Practitioners Call For Meningitis Vaccine, Health Personnel
Some medical practitioners in Talata Mafara LGA of Zamfara State have called for Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) vaccine and qualified health…
4 Men Nabbed Over Alleged Armed Robbery
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of four men in Ilesa Prison over alleged armed robbery.
Pope Francis may visit Russia – Vatican
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Tuesday that there was “positive momentum” behind the idea of Pope…
Outdoor Lights Might Increase Breast Cancer – Study
A new U.S. study has found that exposure to city lights might increase the risk of breast cancer, reports said…
Sexual Violence Against Under-Age Girls Increases
The number of sexual offences on under-age girls has been growing in Fiji in recent years, Fijivillage news website said…
Sexual Violence Victims Must Get Justice -UN
Iraq must ensure that women and girls subjected to sexual violence at the hands of Islamic State militants have access…
Jigawa Completes Transportation Of Intending Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia
The Jigawa Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has completed the transportation of the intending pilgrims from the state to…
Oil prices rise, heading to $53 a barrel
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, lifted by indications that supply is gradually tightening, especially in the United States.
4 suspected Barcelona attack plotters appear in court
Four men accused of being members of an Islamist cell behind the August 19 van attack that killed 13 people…
No Nigerian died in Ghana protest – Federal Govt
The Federal Government has said that no Nigerian died during the August 20 protest by Ghanaian in Sowutoum area of…
Obaseki inaugurates committee to set up Sports Commission
In a move to reposition sports in Edo, the state government on Monday in Benin inaugurated a committee that would…
State spends N3bn in schools rehabilitation
The Niger State Government says it has spent N3 billion to rehabilitate nine secondary schools under the first phase of…
Anambra Guber Poll: Igwebike emerges APGA’s candidate for Agbaso’s faction
As the crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), deepens, members of the party loyal to Chief Martin Agbaso,…
NCAA optimistic Nigeria will retain Category One safety status
Capt. Muhtar Usman, the Director-General, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has expressed optimism that the country would retain its…
APC National Secretary hails Buhari’s stance on unity
The National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Maimala Buni, on Monday extolled President Muhammadu Buhari’s firm resolve on…
You can’t afford to fail your people, Lagos charges LG chairmen
The Lagos State Government on Monday charged Local Government and Local Council Development Areas chairmen in the state not to…
UBEC set for National Basic Education sector plan
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that it would have a National Basic Education Sector Plan by October…
Anambra 2017: Cleric condemns IPOB on no-election campaign
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obidimma, has urged the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu…
Abia PDP express happiness over Buhari’s safe return
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia says the party is happy over the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari…
Adadevoh: Lawmaker reiterates need to immortalise late Doctor
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Mr Segun Olulade on Monday reiterated the need for…
Mudslides: WHO moves to prevent disease outbreak in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread…
Suspected Ritualist escapes from police custody
A suspected ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, who was paraded on Saturday by the Rivers State Police Command for raping and killing…
Hajj: Saudi apologises to Nigeria for beating 2 pilgrims
Saudi Arabia on Monday apologised to the Federal Government over an alleged maltreatment of two pilgrims by its security agents…