Year: 2018
South Sudan’s displaced relocate to new home
Nearly 3,500 people displaced by violence in South Sudan have been relocated from a UN-run camp in the capital, Juba,…
Inactivity: Over 1.4bn adults at physical, mental risk – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental…
Arik Air aborts take-off due to abnormality
An Arik Air aircraft operating from Benin Airport to Lagos Airport on Tuesday aborted take-off when the Pilot-in-Command observed an…
Nasarawa Assemby passes youth empowerment bill
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Nasarawa State Agency for Youth Empowerment Scheme (NAYES) bill.
2019: Sen. Sani urges APC leadership to drop indirect primaries
A National Assembly member, Sen. Shehu Sani, has urged the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) to jettison indirect primary…
South Africa: UN agency condemns xenophobic attack on foreigners
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned the recent aggression against foreigners, including refugees, by South Africans during a…
I will support any candidate that emerges PDP presidential aspirant — Bafarawa
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has pledged to support any presidential aspirant in the party…
Bayelsa takes safe child delivery campaign to churches
The Bayelsa Government has decided to take its Safe Motherhood Initiative, a campaign aimed at reducing the high rate of…
Young innovators are future Nigerian billionaires – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that future billionaires from Nigeria will be those with knowledge in technology, computer and technical…
Niger Govt. pays N2.6 billion as retirement benefits to pensioners
The Niger Government says it has so far released N2.6 billion as pension to 1,599 state and local government pensioners…
Bianca tells rural women to join active politics
Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu has called on rural women in Anambra to join active politics in order to be part of…
Qatar lifts controversial exit visa system for workers
Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their…
Man allegedly arranges kidnap, death of father
The Osun Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 27 year-old man Isa Adamu, who allegedly conspired with…
PDP expands Kano State Caretaker Committee
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has resolved to expand the Kano State…
Customs boss solicits support of Ebonyi Govt. to end smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service is soliciting the collaboration of the Ebonyi government in ending the smuggling of rice in the…
U.S., UK, others welcome Libya’s ceasefire accord
The Governments of the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the result of the…
4.5trn cigarette butts thrown away yearly – UN studies
The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says cigarette butts have become the most discarded waste…
Boko Haram: World Bank swells Berlin Conference with $600m
The World Bank has announced an additional $600 million (about N216 billion) for projects in the Lake Chad Basin region…
IGP Idris donates cow, food items to Lagos orphanage
The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday donated a cow and other food items to children…
Police apologise to Clark over Abuja residence raid
The Nigeria Police Force has apologized to Chief Edwin Clark over the unauthorized raid of his residence in Abuja by…
Ogun Assembly rejects lawmakers’ defection from APC
The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday, rejected defection letters of two members of the House over failure to prove…
APC releases timetable for 2019 primary elections
Presidential aspirants for the 2019 election in the All Progressives Congress will pay N45million to obtain the party’s Expression of…
My sex partners own human parts found on me – ‘Madwoman’
Folake Falade, a mentally deranged woman has denied knowing anything about human parts found in her possession in Aiyetoro, Cele-Nizer,…
Raid on Clark’s residence: IGP orders detention of 4 policemen
The Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the detention and investigation of four policemen and the…
APC Presidential aspirants to pay N45m for forms
Presidential aspirants for the 2019 election in the All Progressives Congress, APC, will pay N45 million to obtain the party’s…
Oil Firm M.D arraigned over alleged N35m fraud
The Managing Director of Yaklabbs Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, Christy Silas Tafida, 53 has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court…
Delta APC defends Uduaghan, says we’ll send Okowa, PDP into exile in 2019
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Delta State, has come in defence of the immediate past governor of the state,…
Task Force chairman frees seized vehicles from traffic yard
The Lagos State Task Force Chairman, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, has ordered immediate released of vehicles impounded at the agency's traffic…
IFDC Launches Milan Fashion Week for modest Fashion designers
The attention of stakeholders in the fashion industry will shift a little as Islamic Fashion & Design Council’s (IFDC) announces…
NNPC retail outlets to be powered by solar – Baru
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is planning to venture into solar power generation to power all its…