Year: 2017
Former Customs Spokesman, Others Decorated As Comptrollers
The management of the Nigerian Customs service (NCS) on Wednesday in Lagos, decorated Mr Wale Adeniyi, its former National Public…
Chimamanda, others elected into American Academy of Arts and Science
Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with 227 new…
Corruption: SSANU demands sack of 4 VCs
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Wednesday in Abuja called for the sack of four Vice Chancellors…
Jos carnival begins with Children Fiesta
The maiden edition of the Jos Carnival kicked off on Wednesday, with a fiesta for Plateau children.
EFCC recovers $38m, N23m in Lagos home
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has discovered another large sum of money in a house in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Arik Air owes a debt of N375 billion
The Receiver Manager of Arik Air, Mr Oluseye Opasanya, has said the embattled airline was indebted to its trade and…
State Govt. invests N4.5bn to upgrade infrastructure
Enugu State Government says it will spend N4.5 billion to execute infrastructural projects in the 450 autonomous communities in the…
Easter: NSCDC beefs up security in Kano State
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, said it had deployed 400 personnel to provide security…
SON staffs, stakeholders undergoes training on vehicle inspection, standards
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Wednesday commenced the training of its staffers and other stakeholders on vehicle inspection…
Lagos is set to deepen ease of doing business – Prof. Abass
Lagos State government has reiterated its desire to further enhance the ease of doing business so as to attract more…
APC inaugurates committees to intervene in Kogi, Bauchi crisis
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated two fact-finding and reconciliation committees to look into the crises rocking its chapters…
Oyo APC still united, says spokesman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State says it remains a united and progressive platform through which the state…
How Lagos Reflated Economy To Overcome Recession – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that his administration took decisive steps, deployed workable strategies and judiciously…
Peace in PDP, Nigeria, prerequisite for growth – Ayade
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has said that peace within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigeria in general…
State Govt. begins public hearing on 2016 Hajj
The Katsina state government has constituted an 8-man public hearing committee to investigate and submit its reports on the anomalies…
Dangote Flour Mills returns to profitability, posts N12bn profit
Dangote Flour Mills has posted a profit before tax of N11.82 billion for its financial year ended December 31, 2016.
Build signature refineries, Minister urges international partners
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday urged oil giants to build signature refineries in…
Zambia energy regulator receives submissions on electricity tariff hike
Zambia’s energy regulator on Wednesday said it had started receiving submissions from stakeholders on the intention of the country’s power…
Oyo govt. issues appointment letters to 54 caretaker chairmen
The Oyo State Government on Wednesday presented appointment letters to caretaker chairmen of 54 local government councils and Local Council…
Gombe treats 1,221 malnourished children in 3 months
A Nutrition Officer in Gombe State, Malam Suleiman Mamman, on Wednesday said 1,221 malnourished children received complete treatment from January…
NIFST urges FG to partner with stakeholders to ensure food security
Mr Sunday Bamgbose, Chairman, Nigeria Institute of food Science and Technology (NIFST) Lagos State chapter, on Wednesday urged Federal Government…
Cleric seeks dissolution of marriage over threat to life
Bamidele Asimiyu, an Islamic cleric, on Wednesday sought from an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, the dissolution of a 24-year-old…
Igbo groups in US hold cultural festival
Igbos in the United States of America say they will hold an all-Igbo cultural festival on September 1 and September…
2017 Okpekpe race to boost tourism in Edo – organisers
Organisers of the 5th edition of Okpekpe road race have said that this year’s event would be used to boost…
Inventor urges FG not to politicise National Research Innovation Council
Mr Banjo Kathir, an inventor, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government not to politicise the establishment of the National…
Police arrest Boko Haram recruiter in Senegal
Senegalese police say authorities have arrested a suspected recruiter for the Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.
Kenya needs 2m homes to curb sprawling slums, World Bank says
Kenya needs to build two million affordable city homes to meet its housing deficit and stem the growth of its…
Otodo Gbame: Court Declines Jurisdiction On Application For Contempt
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Wednesday dismissed a contempt application filed by some displaced residents of Lagos waterfront…
Minister clarifies Buhari’s absence at FEC
he Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said President Muhammadu Buhari deliberately assigned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to preside…
ASUP calls on FG to end dichotomy between Polytechnic and University graduates
National Vice-President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Ogunseye Timothy, on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to end the…