Year: 2017
Minister refutes media claim regarding Budget signing
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has refuted a story in a section of the media quoting…
Revenue collectors decry police harassment in state
Revenue collectors engaged by the Benue Government on Wednesday decried incessant harassment by Policemen, and claimed that they had lost…
Passengers to go through screening to check spread of Ebola
The Federal Government has ordered health workers to intensify screening of passengers coming into the country as part of deliberate…
Zamfara Govt seeks support on housing projects
The Zamfara Government has appealed to the Federal Government to provide additional houses in the state to solve the accommodation…
NASS promises to tackle issues of climate change
The National Assembly has assured Nigerians it would pass the bill which seeks to provide legislative framework to check the…
Late Gen. Adebayo at Service of Songs
Numerous politicians, among others converged on the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Oba Akinjobi Road, GRA, Ikeja on Wednesday as…
Petroleum import to reduce by 60% in 2018– Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has reiterated Federal Government’s resolve to reduce importation of petroleum…
Gov. advises against attaching soldiers to politicians
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has advised the military high command to desist from posting soldiers on attachment to politicians.
Nigeria critical to U.S., Africa relations – Envoy
Amb. Mary Warlick, the Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs says Nigeria remains a critical priority for…
Ikoyi cash: I won’t appear before you, CBN Governor dares Reps
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has declined to appear before the House of Representatives…
Breaking: Mother, 3 children burnt to death in Lagos fire
Tragedy struck at Surulere area of Lagos at the early hours of Thursday as fire burnt a mother and her…
Ronaldo breaks Jimmy Greaves 46-year scoring record, bags brace in Madrid’s win
Cristiano Ronaldo broke Jimmy Greaves' 46-year European scoring record as Real Madrid moved within a point of their first Spanish…
Police officer shot dead at checkpoint
Two armed men operating on a motorcycle on Wednesday reportedly killed a police officer at a checkpoint and made away…
Trump in trouble: Special counsel named to probe his Russia ties
Besieged from all sides, the Trump administration appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Friday evening as a special counsel to…
Monaco win Ligue 1 title
Monaco have won the Ligue 1 title for the first time in 17 years after a 2-0 win at home…
Another Chibok schoolgirl rescued
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday confirmed that another Chibok schoolgirl had been found, barely 12 days after the release…
Lai Mohammed refutes story about 2017 budget
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has refuted a story in a section of the media quoting…
Police tasked on combating crime
The Police Community Relation Committee (PCRC) in Nasarawa State has called on the police command to sustain its efforts on…
Reps pass North-East Development Commission Bill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a Bill for an Act to establish the North-East Development Commission.
Al-Makura warns residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse
Gov.Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages and undesignated sites to…
Reps donate clothes, toiletries to released Chibok girls
Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday paid a visit to the released Chibok school girls at the DSS…
Nigeria Condemns Mutiny In Cote D’Ivoire
The Nigerian government has condemned in strong terms the recent developments in Cote d’Ivoire in which a small fraction of…
Sheriff-led PDP tells members to shun alternative platforms
Ali Modu Sheriff-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged members of the party to ignore an advice for those of…
Again, Dasuki’s Absence Stalls N13.5bn Fraud Trial
For the second time in a week, trial of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), at a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High…
Eyo Festival: Don’t wear shoes, head ties on Saturday, Akiolu warns
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu II has warned Lagosians not to put on shoes and women not to…
Police to arrest groups involved in violent protest
The Police Command in Enugu State says it will arrest and prosecute any groups involved in violent protests in the…
Council approves N46.15bn to complete Kashimbila dam
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved additional N46.15 billion for the completion of the remaining 10 per cent…
Saraki seeks global action against terrorism
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts by the international community to tackle terrorism,…
Court jails battery thief
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Aliyu Yusuf, to two months imprisonment for…
FG advised to include climate change in school curriculum
Mr Henry Akwitti, President of Ecolife Conservation Initiative, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to include environmental and climate change…