Year: 2018
Minister launches science and Technology Roadmap 2030
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has launched the South-South Sensitisation Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation…
Nigeria commended on Boko Haram suspects’ trial
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the Government of Nigeria on conducting trials of Boko Haram suspects, and urged it…
Spaniard Karanka unveiled as new Nottingham Forest manager
Nottingham Forest, who upset Arsenal in the English FA Cup third round, on Monday appointed Spanish coach Aitor Karanka as…
2017 Hajj: Kano to investigate non-payment of pilgrims’ deposits
The Kano State Government has constituted a six-man committee to find out why the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency failed to…
Customs Zone ‘A’ intercept contrabands goods worth N5.96bn in 2017
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted contraband goods with Duty Paid Valued (DPV)…
Kaduna police warn against unlawful assembly, lawlessness
The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday issued a stern warning against unlawful assembly, lawlessness, incitement and acts capable of…
Baro River port to be ready 2018 – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, on Monday said the Baro River Port in…
Scholarship Board: Senate to investigate alleged fraud
Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tetfund, Senator Jibrin Barau on Monday said that the committee would investigate the…
FG, states to tackle herdsmen/farmers clashes
The Federal Government, security agencies and states affected by violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers have devised strategies to check…
Texas couple sentenced to jail for enslaving Nigerian woman
A U.S. couple will go to jail after holding a Nigerian woman captive as an unpaid maid and nanny for…
Communal violence kills 83 in Nigeria since Dec. 31
At least eighty-three people have been killed in communal violence in Nigeria since Dec. 31, government and police officials said,…
Union Bank raises $163 mln via share sale to boost buffers
Nigeria’s Union Bank has raised N49.7 billion ($163 million) through a rights issued which it said was 120 percent subscribed.
Nigeria foreign reserves hits $40.4 billion
Nigeria’s foreign reserves reached $40.4 billion as of Jan. 5, an increase of roughly $1 billion from December, the Central…
Nigeria Hosts ICAO’s World Aviation Forum
Nigeria is the first country in the world to host the ICAO’s World Aviation Forum (IWAF) outside the ICAO headquarters.
Nigeria carries out C-check on Boeing 737 aircraft after 14 years
Fourteen years after the liquidation of the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways, a company from the country has successfully carried…