Year: 2017
Ambode: Civil Servants must acquire commercial, behavioural skills
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday charged civil servants in the state to acquire commercial and behavioural skills to…
Lagos, Echostone sign MOU to deliver 2,000 housing units
The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU with Echostone Development Nigeria Limited to deliver 2,000 housing…
EFCC should make public outcome of investigation on Gwarzo – Rights Group
Rights group, Campaign Against Impunity in Nigeria, CAIN, has demanded that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, quickly make…
Utako Market traders promised adequate security
The Senate on Thursday assured shop owners and traders at Utako Market in Abuja that it would protect them from…
12m Farmers Join Rice, Wheat Revolution
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared the administration's Anchors Borrowers' Programme a huge success, saying 12.2 million farmers have joined the…
Enugu state generates N18bn in 10 months
The Enugu State Government on Thursday said it raised N18 billion as Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) in 10 months.
Court declare “State of Osun’’ name change illegal
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared that the change of name to “State of Osun” by…
An evening of tributes for Abiola Irele
Evening of Wednesday December 13, 2017, family, friends, students and scholars gathered at the Quadrangle, Faculty of Arts of the…
Foreign-based athletes should expect stiff competition AFN official says
Sunday Adeleye, the Technical Director of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says foreign-based athletes will not be able to easily…
Beaches ready for fun seekers, tourists ahead of the Yuletide
The management of the some beaches located in Lagos, said they have upgraded their facilities ahead of the Yuletide, to…
NSE Index drops further ahead of Yuletide
The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped further by 1.56 per cent on Thursday following profit taking…
Reps seeks revival of Federal Government Printing Press
The House of Representatives Committee on National Orientation, Information, Ethics and Values on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to…
Niger state Gov. presents N128.10bn budget for 2018
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Thursday presented a N128.10 billion budget estimate for the 2018 fiscal year to the…
Dangote Refinery will revamp oil, gas industry – Soyode
Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant on Refinery to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertilizer projects…
Bauchi women to receive empowerment kits worth N1.5bn
The Bauchi State Commission for Youths and Women Rehabilitation (BACYWARD) says it will distribute empowerment kits worth N1.5 billion to…
LBIC boss warned over misconducts
The Lagos State House of Assembly Ad hoc Committee on Housing on Thursday warned that it might evoke its powers…
Seriki Features Reminisce In “Saka Manje”
Indigenous rapper Seriki has dropped a brand new single. In the song he features sensational rapper – Reminisce for the…
PDP South Africa chapter favour reconciliation
Mr Ekos Akpokabayen, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South Africa chapter, says the post-election reconciliation by the new national executive…
Iceberg Slim, Juliet Ibrahim Announced As Perfume Brand Influencers
Actress Juliet Ibrahim and her rapper boyfriend Iceberg Slim have been announced by International perfume brand Oros as their celebrity…
Tanzania calls for probe into killings of 14 UN peacekeepers
The government of Tanzania on Thursday asked the UN to conduct a thorough investigation into an attack by rebels that…
Police arrest driving instructor for allegedly raping, killing NYSC member
The police in Ogun say they have arrested a 29-year-old driving instructor, name withheld, for allegedly raping and killing one…
FAAN begins repair works on Enugu Airport runway
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday began repair works on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International…
Air Peace commends Nigerian Govt over repair of Enugu Airport runway
Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has lauded the Federal Government over the palliative repair work on the runway of the Akanu…
Ex-Mr Nigeria, Bryan Okwara lists opportunities in Nollywood
Ex-Mr Nigeria and an actor, Bryan Okwara, on Thursday said that Nollywood was an evolving industry with immense opportunities to…
Lagos to produce new education policy
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Idiat Adebule, on Thursday said there was the need for education policy that…
Frankie Jay Out With “Only God“
Upcoming artiste Frankie Jay after the success of his trending song “Bless Me” where he featured Vector, has now followed…
Nurses, spinal cord of health system – Group
The Inspire Nurses Network and Nurses in Diaspora on Thursday in Abuja said nurses were “spinal cord’’ of health system…
Zone 5 new AIG assumes office
The new Assistant Inspector -General of Police (AIG) for Zone 5, Rasheed Akintunde, has assumed office in Benin, headquarters of…
Spanish Maritime Rescue confirms 114 rescued in Mediterranean
Spanish Maritime Rescue Services confirmed that one person died and 114 others were rescued from six inflatable dinghies close to…
Uganda’s Museveni inaugurates committee to extend tenure
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has inaugurated a committee to scrutinise a proposal seeking to extend the presidential and parliamentary…