Year: 2017
Mother, Son Emerge Badminton Champions In Lagos
Israeli Internationals, Svetlana Zilberman and her son, Misha Zilberman, made history following their heroic attainment at the just- concluded Lagos…
FG Set To Achieve Exclusive Breastfeeding By 2018
The Federal Ministry of Health has reiterated its commitment toward achieving 50 per cent exclusive breastfeeding by 2018 in line…
NAF Workshop Produces First Batch Of Security Uniforms
The Nigerian Air Force Investment Ltd. (NAFIL) Tailoring Workshop says it has delivered the first batch of security uniforms sewn…
35 Orphans Get Scholarship In Kogi
Mr Abdulkarim Abdulmalik, Director-General, Kogi State Bureau of Information Services, has offered scholarships to 35 orphans from various communities in…
Appeal Panel Upholds NCAA’s N33.5m Sanctions
A five-man appeal panel has upheld and reaffirmed the N33.5 million sanctions imposed on FirstNation Airways and one of its…
Ambode Promises Business-Friendly Policies
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos says the government will continue to initiate policies and strategies that will enhance business opportunities…
NGO Canvasses For Legislation To Promote Breastfeeding
The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has urged the National Assembly to enact laws that would promote…
Female Shoe-Maker Urges Youth To Acquire Vocational Skills
A female shoe-maker, Ms Mary Matthew, has advised youths to imbibe the culture of self reliance by acquiring vocational skills…
Airlift of Hajj pilgrims begins
As the airlift of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia commences today, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has assured…
Borno Terrorist Attacks: We’re On Top Of The Situation – Osibanjo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday condemned the appalling ambush, attack and abduction of soldiers, and civilians who were carrying…
Lagos Deputy Speaker Sues Banire Over Forgery Of Election Withdrawal Letter
Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni has dragged the National Legal Adviser of All…
Osinbajo recommends sack of SGF, NIA spy master
The presidential panel that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal and the Director-General…
Nigerian Army statement on abduction of NNPC staff
The incident of 25th July 2017 where some Boko Haram Terrorists ambushed our troops including members of the Civilian Joint…
NAN suspends 3 senior editorial staff
The management of the News Agency of Nigeria has retracted a story published 26 June on alleged increase in school…
Zamfara appoints new emir of Tsafe
The Zamfara State Government on Sunday announced Alhaji Muhammadu Bawa as the 18th Emir of Tsafe Emirate Council.
Why Is It So Difficult to Trust God?
Jesus used five loaves of bread to feed 5,000 people. He then used seven loaves to feed 4,000. Nevertheless, instead…
King of Witches, Struggling Against Community Madness
In the first quarter of the year 2000, then a student of the University of Calabar, Sam Itauma, upon a…
NTA director advises movie producers on good scripts
Mr Wole Coker, Executive Director Programmes of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has advised movie producers to insist on good…
Recession: Businesses finding it difficult to operate with profit – Director
Many businesses are finding it difficult to operate with profit due to the biting economic recession in the country, Mr…
2017: Adamawa Govt. vaccinates over 20,000 livestock
Adamawa Government has vaccinated over 20,000 livestock against contagious diseases across the state.
C’River partners Arewa on cotton production
The Cross River government said that it is partnering with the Arewa Cottons in Kaduna state to cultivate a cotton…
SERAP drags Dogara to UN over bill to crackdown on CSOs
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs over the National Assembly’s…
Nigerian Army admits feeding public with lies
The Nigerian Army has admitted feeding the public with bareface lies over the abduction of NNPC staff by a faction…
I am not not dying – Robert Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no…
Okra can lead to infertility in men
Okra, though very nutritious, can lead to infertility in men of reproductive age, Dr Ochuko Erikainure, a Senior Research Officer…
Late Suntai to be buried Aug. 19
Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has announced the postponement of the state burial of former Governor Danbaba Suntai from August 5…
Herbalist in police net over fatal concoction
The Enugu Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Adekunle Oseni, who allegedly prepared a concoction for the detection and arrest…
Lagos PDP factional chairman hands over secretariat to Bode George
Chief Segun Adewale, the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, on Saturday handed over the state secretariat of…
Death toll in Kogi petrol tanker accident rises to 13
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) on Saturday said the death toll in the Friday petrol tanker accident in…
8 killed as suicide bombers hit IDPs camp
No fewer than eight persons were killed and 14 others sustained in Friday night suicide bomb attack in Dikwa Local…