Year: 2017
840,000 remain displaced outside Mosul – UN
UN migration agency on Friday said in Geneva that 839,118 individuals remain displaced following heavy fighting to retake the northern…
Institute urged to tackle challenges in the aviation sector
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday urged the Air Force Institute of Technology to develop indigenous solutions to…
850,000 children fled militia violence in DRC – UNICEF
UNICEF says of the 1.4 million who fled violence between the army and a local militia central Democratic Republic of…
NYSC appeals to Govt. to restore water in camp
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday appealed to the Delta State Government to promptly repair the collapsed overhead-water-storage…
APC committed to repositioning the country – Minister
Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, says the Buhari-led government of the All Progressive Party (APC) is committed to repositioning…
Hajj: Pilgrims warned against drugs smuggling
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe has warned intending Muslims pilgrims against smuggling of hard drugs and…
No Plan To Shut Down UNIMAID – Minister
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, says the Federal Government has no plan to close the University of Maiduguri…
Nigeria Is Gradually Exiting Recession – Economist
An economist, Prof. Ben Aigbokhan says Nigeria is gradually exiting recession with the growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and slight…
CBN Tasked On Intervention To Enhance Cassava Production
Mr Duro Kuteyi, a former Chairman of the National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), has urged the Central Bank…
Amosun Tasks Manufacturers On Tax Payment
Gov. lbikunle Amosun of Ogun on Friday urged manufacturers to pay their taxes regularly to facilitate rapid development of the…
Immunisation: Sokoto Govt, UNICEF Adopts New Strategies
Sokoto State Government and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) plan to adopt new strategies in 2018 to upscale…
I Caught Another Woman Cooking For My Husband – Wife
Mrs Bimbo Olajumoke, 49-year-old dealer on fabrics, on Friday, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught another…
2 Men Remanded For Stealing 2 Generators
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded in prison two men — 20-year-old Dauda Aliyu and 19-year-old Sani Mu’azu —…
Driver Wines, Dines At Club, Fails To Pay
A driver, Sunday Lawal, 33, who allegedly obtained three bottles of Hennessy and food valued at N75,000 from a bar…
Customs Generates Over N49m On E-Auction
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks…
103,030 Students For JSSC Examination In Kaduna – Official
No fewer than 103,000 students from 1,300 public and private schools in Kaduna state would sit for the Junior Secondary…
Kano Govt To Sanction School Over Sanitation
The Kano State Government is to sanction its School of Health Technology for shunning the state’s monthly sanitation.
German Environmentalists Win Bid To Ban Diesel Cars
A German environmentalist group, on Friday won its bid to ban diesel cars that do not meet the latest emissions…
UN Appeals For Calm In Venezuela
appealed for calm ahead of Sunday’s elections for the new Constituent Assembly, urging the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro…
World Bank Provides Zambia $600m For Development Projects
The World Bank has provided 600 million dollars to Zambia to invest in various sectors of the economy as well…
Buhari Urges Governors’ Wives To Domesticate Future Programme
The Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, advised Governors wives to domesticate her pet project, ‘’Future…
Nigerians worry over deleting of NYSC decree from 1999 Constitution
Some Nigerians in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings on the deleting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Decree from…
Indonesia ombudsman faults execution of Nigerian
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict in…
U.S. orders Venezuela embassy families out
The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave by Thursday as a political…
Bali cracks down on dog meat trade
Authorities on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali are seeking to curb the sale of dog meat, an official said on…
Prices of staple foods still high in spite of harvesting period
The prices of staple foods in markets around Lagos metropolis are still high in spite of the fact that majority…
Afreximbank grants $200m financing facility to Arab Contractors
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has granted Egyptian construction conglomerate, The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Company)…
Pentagon announces death of 7 ISIS leaders in airstrikes
Coalition airstrikes killed seven senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propagandists and facilitators in Iraq and Syria, Combined…
Bus driver abducts FRSC official, causes road crash in Ebonyi
An alleged attempt by a commercial bus driver in Abakaliki to abduct a Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) official has…
Taiwan braces for arrival of Typhoon “Nesat”
Taiwan is preparing for the arrival of Typhoon “Nesat”, expected to slam into the island on the weekend, officials said.