Year: 2017
Airline boss seeks more protection for personnel at airports
The Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, has appealed to the Federal Government to provide adequate security for airlines…
Plateau youths guard Mosques, Churches during festivities- PCRC
The Police Community Relations Committee, (PCRC), says it has adopted a strategy whereby Christian youths guard mosques during Muslim festivities…
Chinese broadcaster urges Nigeria to harness its resources for development
A Chinese-Hausa On Air Personality (OAP), Zhang Weiwei popularly known as Murtala, says for Nigeria to achieve viable developments, it…
Authority urges Enugu residents to keep environment clean to check diseases
The Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) has advised Enugu residents and its environs to clean their environment to check…
French President backs Macron in second round
French President Francois Hollande on Monday said he would vote for centrist Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election’s run-off in…
Reporter’s expulsion: Buhari will not muzzle media
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, says the president does not intend to…
Environmentalists urge Agip to obey Court verdict
Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Monday urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to respect the…
FG to hold national conference in June to end farmers-herdsmen clashes
The Federal Government says it will hold a national conference to discuss and proffer solutions to farmers/herdsmen clashes currently ravaging…
FAO urges urgent support to Northeast Nigeria
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has restated its call for urgent support to Northeast Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and…
Kano Pillars board accepts Coach resignation
The Kano Pillars Football Club’s board has accepted the resignation of its Technical Adviser, Coach Kadiri Ikhana.
Coordinator urges Nigerians to fight against malaria
The National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) Dr Audu Muhammad, has called for collaborative effort among Nigerians on malaria…
Nigerian government inaugurates BOA board
The Federal Government has inaugurated an Interim Management Board for the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), as part of efforts to…
DisCos urge Nigerian government to release electricity subsidy
The Association of Electricity Distribution Companies (ANED) has appealed to the Federal Government to provide the N100 billion subsidy it…
N1.5b Fraud: Court orders temporary forfeiture of senator’s house to govt
Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court Lagos on Monday ordered temporary forfeiture of a 12-storey building located at…
Presidency orders reinstatement of expelled Punch Reporter
The Presidency has ordered the recall of the Correspondent of Punch Newspapers, Olalekan Adetayo, attached to the State House, Abuja,…
Anti-Graft War: Presidency will not succumb to media attacks
The Presidency has condemned retired Col. Dangiwa Umar’s media attacks against the ongoing anti-corruption campaign of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Nigeria Airforce showcases new attack aircraft
Nigeria’s air force has shown off new assets it says will be used to combat the Boko Haram insurgency in…
Niger Delta Youths tell Nigerian government to cleanup Ogoni
The Niger Delta Youths Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP) has urged the Federal Government to fast-track the cleanup of…
Presidential panel ratifies 2 days for business registration
The Presidential Ease of Doing Business panel has reduced the number of days required for registration of new businesses in…
Olumide Bakare’s death unfortunate – Ajimobi
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has described the death of the late veteran actor, Olumide Bakare, as very unfortunate.
WHO unveils new malaria vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday unveiled a new malaria vaccine called RTS,S that will be piloted in Kenya,…
Court orders temporary forfeiture of PDP Senator’s building
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of a 12-storey building belonging to a People’s Democratic…
Lagos rent-to-own programme to bridge housing deficit
Mr Gbolahan Lawal, the Lagos Commissioner for Housing, has assured Lagosians that the state government’s rent-to-own housing programme would help…
Kenya Launches School Broadband Connectivity Project
Kenya on Monday launched a school broadband connectivity project aimed at improving the level of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills…
4 Dead As Scrap Buyers Clash With Security Agents
At least four people were feared dead on Monday following a clash between scrap dealers and security men guarding oil…
Youths Should Be Encouraged To Embrace Journalism
Mr Idahosa Asowata, a Senior Editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has called on veteran journalists to encourage…
FG To Hold National Conference In June
The Federal Government says it will hold a national conference to discuss and proffer solutions to farmers/herdsmen clashes currently ravaging…
Abia To Scale Up Shoe Making In Aba
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says his administration will enhance the standard of shoe making in Aba as part of…
FG Pledges To Make Nigeria Disability-Friendly Nation
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to make Nigeria a more disability-friendly country by prioritising needs of physically challenged persons.
Security Guard Bags 6 Months Imprisonment
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced one Yohanna Matthew,27, to six months imprisonment for absconding with…