Year: 2017
Super 6: Competition to improve home-based Eagles ahead of CHAN – Asst. coach
Salisu Yusuf, the Super Eagles Assistant Coach, has said the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Super 6 Tournament was…
Northern caucus want compulsory primary school education in Nigeria
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF), has called for the amendment of the section four of the 1999 constitution to make…
Peace Corps moves to indict Inspector general of police
The Peace Corps of Nigeria wants the Federal High Court, Abuja, to commit the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris…
VAIDS: FIRS To Offer Free Consultancy Services To Tax Payers
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will offer free advisory services to taxpayers, who are ready to comply with the…
PTAD targets 2, 596 pensioners in Niger
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), says it is targeting 2, 596 federal pensioners in the on-going verification exercise in…
EFCC confirms attack on Magu’s house
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed the attack on the farmhouse of the acting Chairman of the…
Agencies partner on management of trafficking, migration in Nigeria
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Nigeria Imigration Service (NIS) have partnered with the…
Federal Govt. urged to Reinstate whistleblower to his job
African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has urged the Federal Government to reinstate a whistleblower to his job,…
Christmas: NURTW to monitor motorists on highways
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has set up a task force to ensure that drivers comply with…
ITF decries migration of Nigerians to Europe
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on Wednesday decried the illegal migration of Nigerians to Europe, describing it as worrisome.
Global e-waste: Untapped raw materials worth billions of dollars
Gold, silver and other raw materials worth 55 billion euros (63.5 billion dollars) are contained in the world’s electronic waste…
El-Rufai inaugurates poultry diseases diagnostic laboratory
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Wednesday in Kaduna, inaugurated a complex called ‘Poultry Disease Diagnostic Laboratory’ to serve…
Adamawa Govt. to invest in Livestock Farming
Dr Umar Bindir, the Secretary to Adamawa State Government, on Wednesday, said the state government was working on the possibility…
Renewable energy: Ministry advocates for more investments
The Ministry of Science and Technology has called for more investments in the renewable energy sector to promote sustainable industrialisation…
Labour matters high on Nigerian Govt’s priority matters – Udoma
Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, says labour matters command high priority in the administration…
Apapa Customs command generates N36.2bn in November
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated N36.22 billion in November, authorities of the command have said.
Fuel attendants in Niger cash in on fuel crisis
Motorists now pay between N500 and N1000 to petrol station attendants before they are allowed to fill their car tanks…
Nigerian Govt urged to ban importation of maize
The President, Maize Association of Nigeria (MAN), Alhaji Bello Abubakar-Funtua, has called on the Federal Government to ban importation of…
Kiss Daniel’s Lawyers Comes For G-Worldwide Entertainment
G-Worldwide Entertainment Ltd dragged Kiss Daniel to court for “taking steps to appoint a new manager, solicit for bookings, and…
Boko Haram: Theatre Commander seeks community support
The Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, has called on people in the North-East to support the military…
Nigeria’s export value hits N3.57bn in Q3 2017 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria’s total exports in the third quarter of 2017 stood at…
Bank of Industry urged to assist artists with soft loans
The Association of Professional Creative Art and Designers (APCAD) has urged the Banks of Industry and Agriculture to assist artists…
FMC Abeokuta acquires land worth N2.6bn for proposed University of Medicine
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, says it has acquired 170 hectares of land for the construction of proposed University…
Shorae Moore Drops ”My Way”
Adekunle Seyi also known as Shorae Moore had dropped ''My Way''
3 Kogi policemen dismissed for drug trafficking
Kogi State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of 30 bags…
DSS absence stalls hearing on Wike’s suit against IGP
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday could not hear Rivers Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike’s application for an injunction against…
Yuletide season: Lagos recreational parks set to host visitors, guests
Mr Abdulateef Olajide, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) on Wednesday said that its…
NSCDC clamps on Jigawa roadside petrol hawkers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, said it had set up a Monitoring Team to check…
Rapper, Zoro Acquires G-wagon
Nigerian rapper, Zoro, on his Instagram page has showed off his newly acquired G-wagon, which is reportedly sold around N36million.
Apapa ports not designed for haulage trucks but rail transport
The Apapa ports in Lagos were designed for goods to be transported by rail from the ports to the hinterlands,…