Year: 2017
Women are key in nation building, Ambode, Fayose, Osibanjo’s wife insist
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Five Nigerian governors, including Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and the…
Tambuwal requests N4.31bn virement from Sokoto Assembly
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday received letters from Gov. Aminu Tambuwal requesting additional virement of N4.31 billion…
Niger warns against security threat
Niger Government on Tuesday warned that it would take “swift and decisive enforcement’’ action against any form of security threat…
Senate raises panel to probe Maina’s reinstatement into civil service
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari's order that the former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension, Abdulrasheed Maina, should be disengaged…
Olakunle Churchill Releases Video Of Tonto Dikeh Assaulting Him
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh through a lawyer Festus Keyamo has threatened to sue bloggers and journalists that use the edited…
JEDC sacks 150 workers
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), has sacked 150 workers, in what its management said was part of a re-organisation…
World Polio Day: Kaduna celebrates 5 years without polio
The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Dr. Hadiza Balarabe on Tuesday said the state has…
Ban power sector stakeholders from using generators: Association
The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors has suggested that public officers responsible for…
Alleged N11bn fraud: Shema’s trial to begin Feb.13
A Katsina State High Court has fixed Feb 13, 2018, for mention of the case filed by Economic and Financial…
Air traffic controllers want second runway at Abuja airport
The President of Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (NATCA), Mr Victor Eyaru, has called for the construction of a second…
Kwese TV assures Nigerian subscribers of home grown programmes
Lizzy Amkpa, the General Manager, Kwesé TV Nigeria, a new satellite pay TV network, on Tuesday assured subscribers of home-grown…
Air Passengers to double to 7.8bn by 2036 – IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the four…
Odinga urges supporters to boycott repeat presidential poll
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday called on his supporters to stay at home and boycott the repeat presidential…
NLC calls for review of minimum wage
Kwara State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Abdulyekeen Agunbiade, has called on the Federal Government to review…
Police sanction 20 personnel for corruption
The Nigeria Police Force, says it has sanctioned 20 personnel involved in corruption between Jan. 2016 and Jun. 2017 in…