Year: 2017
Stop sending ‘crazy bills’ to customers, Fashola warns DISCOs
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has warned electricity distribution companies to desist from estimated billing, noting…
Ilegal Mining: 16 Chinese, 8 Nigerians arrested in Plateau
Sixteen Chinese nationals and eight Nigerians involved in massive illegal mining were on Monday arrested in Zurak, Wase Local Government,…
Mudslides kill hundreds in Sierra Leone
Hundreds of people are feared dead following massive mudslides near Freetown, the capital of the West African nation of Sierra…
Strike paralyses academic activities in UI
All academic activities at the University of Ibadan, UI, were on Monday paralysed as the academic staff totally complied with…
Obaseki, party leaders fail to resolve Edo Assembly crisis
Following the impeachment of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and the Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly on…
ASUU strike: NANS tells Federal Government to intervene
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to look into the plight of the…
Oyo vows to prosecute people vandalising government properties
The Oyo State Government has said that the full weight of the law would be applied on anybody caught vandalising…
JUTH: Gardeners, cleaners embark on indefinite strike
Cleaners, gardeners and other outsourced staff of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), have embarked on an indefinite strike over…
Academic activities grounded in University of Ibadan
All academic activities in the University of Ibadan, UI, were on Monday grounded as its academic staff totally complied with…
UNILAG to display cashew nut crushing machines at research conference
The University of Lagos says it is set to display cashew nut crushing machines, among other research outputs, at its…
How Speaker Dogara foiled plot to declare Buhari incapacitated
Details of how the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara foiled moves by some members of the…
Niger Assembly promises investor-friendly laws
The Niger House of Assembly on Monday pledged to enact laws that would ensure an environment conducive to woo investors…
Presidency to Jonathan: Buhari inherited corruption
Presidency said on Monday that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was handed an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and…
Kano spends N4.3bn on scholarships
The Kano State Government has spent N4.3 billion on scholarships for students studying abroad in the last two years.
7 killed as crane falls on minibus
A total of seven people were killed and 11 others injured, when a crane fell onto a minibus in Turkey's…
Abia attorney-general tasks stakeholders on efficient justice delivery
Chief Ume Kalu, the Attorney-General of Abia, has urged stakeholders to be dutiful in the administration of criminal justice in…
Federal Govt approves N39bn loan for DISCOs for supply of meters
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved N39 billion loan to Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) for the supply of meters,…
Pro-Buhari Protest: Presidency replies critics
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, has dismissed the assertion that the presidency sponsored…
Somalia celebrates 3 years polio-free
Somalia and the UN on Monday in Mogadishu celebrated the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the country…
Mob kill soldier in Nasarawa state
Nasarawa state Police command has arrested two persons in connections with a mob action that led to the death of…
UN chief condemns Ouagadougou terrorists attack
The Secretary-General of the UN, Mr António Guterres, has condemned Sunday’s terrorists’ attack on Ouagadougou.
Kebbi House of Assembly staff begin indefinite strike
Staff of Kebbi State House of Assembly on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their allowances…
Protest: Charly Boy, Others deny receiving N300m from governors
The Coalition of Democracy and Good Governance Groups, ‘#Resume or Resign’ and ‘Our Mumu don do,’ have described allegations published…
Flood kills 2 in Abia
Heavy flooding has severely ravaged at least 46 communities in Abia, killing two children, an official of the State Emergency…
Senator Sani Backs ASUU Over Strike
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly has thrown his weight behind the nationwide strike embarked upon…
Ooni Of Ife’s Marriage Allegedly Crashes
The marriage of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II and Queen Wuraola-Zynab Ogunwusi has allegedly crashed.
Yobe Govt To Quarantine Sick Animals
Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Programme (YPLDP) says it will quarantine animals coming into the state with life-threatening diseases so as…
Governors’ Forum inaugurates Secretariat, unveils Director
The South- East Governor’s Forum on Monday in Enugu inaugurated its secretariat
Lagos Goes Tough On Illegal Waste Dumps, arrests PSP operator
The Lagos State Government has warned residents fond of deliberately dumping refuse in unauthorized places to henceforth desist from such…
Fire stations: 21 states needs establishment – Fire CG
The Controller-General, Federal Fire Service, Mr Joseph Anebi, has urged National Assembly to speedily amend Fire Service Act 1963 to…