Year: 2018
We intend to re-engage our sacked employees – Airline
Med-View Airline Plc says its recent sack of 60 employees was part of its restructuring plan to fully maximise its…
Half of mental health disorders start at adolescence – WHO
Half of all mental illnesses begin at the adolescent age – before the age of 14 – but most cases…
FRSC redeploys 8 Assistant Corps Marshals, others
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has redeployed eight Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) and 21 Corps…
How Nigeria confronted, decimated Boko Haram – Envoy
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Tijjani Bande, has said that Nigeria has taken measures that contributed…
Passengers stranded as aviation unions shut down MMA2
Hundreds of passengers were on Wednesday stranded as protesting aviation unions shut down operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2…
AFCON qualifier: Libya coach quits
Libya coach Adel Amrouche has resigned just days before his side face Nigeria in an African Nations Cup qualifier. The…
Borno community lauds UNDP’s resettlement programme
The people of Ngwom community in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno have lauded the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Baba Sala, an epitome of peace – Community leader
A leader for Zone 1, Lejoka-Abiola Community in Ilesa, Osun, Chief Bayo Fadunsi, has described the late Moses Olaiya Adejumo,…
Kano border communities call for provision of social amenities
Border communities in Kano state have called for the provision of social amenities such as roads to complement free polio…
Ogun Police arrest man who allegedly butchered motorcyclist
The Ogun Police Command on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old-man for allegedly robbing and killing a motorcyclist, Oni Oluwajuwon, in Odeda…
CAF qualifiers: FIFA ban knocks out Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone may have gifted Ghana Black Stars six points in two African Nations Cup qualifiers scheduled for Kumasi on…
Brutal killing of Bulgarian reporter ‘attack on press freedom’ – UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has condemned the “brutal” killing of investigative reporter Victoria Marinova, declaring…
Yobe primaries, a product of transparent exercise – APC officials
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has attributed the widespread acceptance of the outcome of the party primaries in Yobe to…
Agric education: Leventis Foundation trains 5,000 Nigerians
Leventis Foundation Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), said it had offered free training to 5,000 Nigerians in its 30…
UNICEF rehabilitate 833 children involved in the Northeast
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with Borno government, had rehabilitated 833 children involved in armed conflicts in…
EFCC insists on transfer of its cases from Justice Nyako
The EFCC made the request in a letter dated July 31 and addressed to the Chief Judge of the Federal…
Oyo Govt presents N1m cash to wife of late NSCDC officer
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Government has donated N1m to the family of Inspector Sunday Omikunle, an officer in the Oyo…
Gov Ajimobi grants amnesty to 15 prisoners
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has granted amnesty to 15 various offenders currently serving prison sentences at…
Cross River with 17 percent teenage pregnancy rate – UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has decried the high rate of teenage pregnancy in Cross River put at 17 per…
2019: APC automatic ticket, a ‘surprise’ gesture- senator
The only female senator from the North in the National Assembly, Sen. Binta Masi of Adamawa North Senatorial, said the…
Flood: Official calls for proper dredging of Rivers Niger, Benue
Mr Ladein Omiebi, Chairman, Flood Management Committee, Patani Local Government Area, Delta State has called on the Federal Government to…
Nigerian woman commits suicide over closure of shops in Ghana
Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three children has committed suicide,…
2019 Polls: Afenifere in closed-door meeting with Obasanjo
Members of the Pan Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in…
Quickteller Paypoint effects charge-free transactions for customers
Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services (IFIS), trading as Quickteller Paypoint, has announced partnerships with key billers in various sectors (Betting, Energy…
Police nab siblings for killing motorcyclist
The Ogun State Police have arrested two brothers and an accomplice for killing a motorcyclist over his Bajaj Motorcycle.
No part of Nigeria will be ignored under my watch – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said no part of Nigeria would be ignored under his watch.
Optometrists calls for extention of eye care facilities to rural dwellers
The Nigeria Optometrists Association (NOA), has tasked both Federal and state governments to put in place necessary mechanisms to ensure…
Emir pledges N2.4m annually to empower Almajiris
The Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samai’ila Mera, on Tuesday, pledged N2.4 million annually to support the training of students in…
Akwa Ibom ex-militants, cultists embrace amnesty programme
Former militants, cultists and kidnappers, numbering about 420, from Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom on…
APC Rep. candidate pledges to attract more FG presence in constituency
Mr Bello Suleiman, the winner of the APC primary election for Isa/Sabon-Birni Federal Constituency in Sokoto State, has pledged to…