Year: 2017
Oyo assembly passes self accounting bill
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at entrenching financial autonomy and transparency in the…
Reps canvass clear policy on deregulation of kerosene
The House of Representatives has stressed the need for a policy framework on deregulation of kerosene to make it easily…
N11m Fraud: Appeal Court Dismisses Suntai’s former Aide’s No Case Submission
The Yola Division of the Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal filed by Alhaji Inuwa Usman, Chairman Muslim Council…
Salary arrears: Akeredolu sets up committee
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has set up a committee on payment of outstanding salary arrears of workers from…
N458bn Lagos-Ibadan Railway project for Completion Dec. 2018-Osinbajo
Acting Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the N458bn Lagos-Ibadan Railway project will be completed by December, 2018,…
Bayelsa Assembly intervenes in Radio Bayelsa labour dispute
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has waded into the stand-off between workers and management of Radio Bayelsa, known popularly…
Rainstorm destroys buildings in Edo
No fewer than 100 residential buildings in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo, were destroyed by a downpour…
Reps wade into Auchi Polytechnic strike
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, urged the striking workers of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo to call off…
Kaduna Airport ready for 24-hour full operations – NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna (KIAK) is now fit and ready…
Labour Party Senator defects to APC
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central-LP) has defected from the Labour Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Suspected cultist rearraigned for murder
A 35-year-old, Ibrahim Oriyomi Balogun a.k.a Jaypron was on Tuesday rearraigned and remanded in Ikoyi Prisons for alleged murder and…
Osinbajo charges new CJN to restore judicial confidence
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has sworn-in the new Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, with a call…
Group hails Ngilari’s jail sentence
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed Monday’s judgment by an Adamawa High Court sentencing former Governor of the state,…
Abuja airport shuts down Wednesday night
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the shutting of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, remains at midnight…
Lawyers tell new CJN to give judiciary new life
Some Abuja-based lawyers on Tuesday urged the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to pursue reforms that…
UCH opens stroke clinic
The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has established a Cerebro-Vascular Accident (CVA) clinic for the treatment of stroke and stroke-related…
NBC set to roll out digitisation
The Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Malam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, says all is set to roll out Digital Switch-Over (DSO) in…
Strike: Ondo Varsity resumes academic activities
The Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) in Okitipupa has resumed academic activities after a six-week strike.
Police assure Enugu schools adequate security
The Police Command in Enugu State says it will continue to provide adequate security to schools in the state for…
Osinbajo’s visit: Obaseki apologizes to Edo people over traffic difficulties
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has apologised to people of the state, especially those in Benin metropolis, for the traffic…
SSANU issues Plateau varsity 2-weeks ultimatum
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), has given the management of Plateau State University, Bokkos, a two-week deadline…
Bauchi approves death sentence for kidnapping
Kidnapping in Bauchi State is now punishable by death or life imprisonment as Gov. Mohammed Abdullahi signed into law a…
Nigeria records 6.5% increase of external trade
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the value of the total trade at the end of 2016 was N17.…
3 in court for defamation of character, intimidation
Three persons were on Tuesday arraigned in a Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge bordering on criminal defamation of…
Nigerian troops must respect human rights- Commander
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, says his troops must respect human rights in the counter-insurgency operation…
5 arrested for stealing street light batteries in Katsina
The Police in Katsina State have arrested one Jamilu Sani and four others for allegedly stealing 16 solar batteries of…
PDP leaders to pay sympathy visit to Buhari
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees [BOT], Sen. Walid Jubril, says the party leaders are…
Adequate balanced diet can prevent cancer- Nutritionist
A nutritionist, Mrs Ngozi Nnam, has advised Nigerians to eat adequate balanced diet to live healthy, saying that adequate diet…
Guterres arrives on ’emergency visit’ to Somalia
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, arrived on Tuesday to an “emergency visit” to drought-stricken Somalia, saying he wanted to “focus…
2 children die after poisonous toad egg meal
Two Vietnamese children have died after eating poisonous toad eggs in central Vietnam, local media reported on Tuesday.