Year: 2017
Kano police commissioner assures Igbo residents of protection
The Police Commissioner in Kano State, Mr Rabi’u Yusuf, has assured Igbo residents in the state of adequate protection of…
Federal Government pegs 2017 budget on economic recovery
The Federal Government has christened the 2017 Budget which was signed into law on Monday by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo…
Child Labour: NAPTIP warns negligent parents
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says negligence and greed of parents which expose children…
Foundation urges public to stop abuse of Albinos
The Albino Foundation (TAF) on Monday says it is taking steps to stop the abuse and discriminations against albinos in…
Kano NBBF election illegal – Sports Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports on Monday in Abuja said the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) elections held in…
Presidency tells Nigerians to buy into $300m Diaspora Bond
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged Nigerians to take advantage of…
Wike moves to decongest traffic in Port Harcourt
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Monday that the newly constructed Rumuokoro market would help in decongesting traffic in…
Budget padding: EFCC invites Jibrin
The suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been invited by the…
Lagos to engage 12,000 tertiary institution students on RSW Programme
A total of 12,000 students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State will be engaged in the second edition of the…
Soldiers, Civilian JTF loot Borno villages, set them ablaze
The residents of Ali Dawari ward in Borno State have accused soldiers and Civilian JTF of looting their foodstuff, livestock…
Opadokun, Yoruba leaders collected dollars from Abiola’s killers – Al-Mustapha
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha(rtd), ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Military head of State, General Sani Abacha has alleged that Yoruba…
NUJ to sue EFCC over seal-up of SUN newspapers
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has condemned Monday’s invasion of the Apapa, Lagos premises of The…
NGE condemns EFCC invasion of SUN Newspapers
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed shock over the news of the alleged invasion of the premises of…
Recall of judges: NJC misrepresenting facts – Presidency
The Presidency has accused the National Judicial Council (NJC) of deliberate misrepresentation of the law and facts over the recall…
South-West royal fathers applaud Alabi‘s appointment
The appointment of Chief Lekan Alabi, a veteran journalist as the Cultural Ambassador of the National Museum, Ile-Ife, Osun, has…
JOHESU strike: FMC Keffi losses 3 staff
Dr Joshua Ndom-Giyan, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, has called on resident doctors and other health…
NSE to introduce Exchange Traded Derivatives
Nigeria is to launch Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) before the end of 2017 to boost stock market development, an official…
Polio: Nigeria, 2 others get $1.2bn
Global health leaders on Monday pledged 1.2 billion dollars to reaffirm their commitment to eradicating polio and finance efforts to…
Abiola’s ideals yet to be realised – Ajimobi
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says the ideals of the late Chief MKO Abiola were yet to be realised…
LASG initiates scheme to employ graduates
The Lagos State Government has introduced an entrepreneurship scheme called “Ready-Set-Work (RSW)” to prepare undergraduates to fit into the labour…
EFCC debunks molestation of The Sun’s staff
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked alleged molestation of staff of The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of…
NYSC: Don’t reject corps members says Zamfara government
The Zamfara Government on Monday directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state to accept all corps members posted…
Customs impounds imported vehicles, others, worth N138m
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Owerri says it has impounded illegally imported…
2 feared dead as Gunmen attack Melaye, again
Senator Dino Melaye escaped death on Monday in Lokoja when unknown gunmen attacked him during a rally in Lokoja.
Igbo quit notice: Uwazurike meets northern groups in Kaduna
Ralph Uwazurike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has appealed for peace…
2,577 corps members complete orientation in Lagos
The Lagos State Government has called on all employers of labour in the State to accept members of the National…
June 12, 1993 And The Lessons Of History
Those who were not born before June 12 1993 may not know what is all about. For record purposes, June…
Dangote donates N200 million food items to 371, 000 IDPs
In an effort aimed at complementing government’s humanitarian intervention to bring reliefs to the victims of insurgency and other Internally…
Obaseki charges new Corps members on national unity
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has charged new Corps members deployed to the State to work for the unity…
Osibanjo signs N7.441 trillion budget into Law
Nigeria's Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday signed the 2017 budget of N7.441 trillion into law.