Year: 2018
Eko Disco compensates staff beaten in line of duty
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has handed N1.7 million to its staff, Mr Abayomi Ololade, who sustained…
Nigerian Govt urged to stop shipwreck dumping on coastline
An environmentalist, Prince David Omaghomi, on Tuesday called for enactment and enforcement of laws against to dumping of wrecked ships…
Sandra Ikeji Is Engaged
The Ikeji's are all over social media as they will be having yet another wedding to plan not long after…
IFAD-VCDP/OLAM partnership yields benefits to farmers – Coordinator
Mr Emmanuel Igbaukum, Benue Programme Coordinator, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said the organisation’s partnership with OLAM Nigeria Ltd.…
USAID donates medical equipment to 169 Kogi health facilities
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated medical equipment worth about N35 million to 169 health facilities in…
Ecobank fire incident: No loss of life, only tanker, generator house burnt – Management
The Management of Ecobank Nigeria has said that there was no loss of life in Tuesday's fire incident at the…
Shell to construct gas line in Abia
Shell Gas Nigeria Limited on Tuesday said that plans were underway to construct a gas line around key industrial areas…
Nasarawa Assembly approves 5-year single tenure for varsity VC
Nasarawa House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a five-year single tenure for Vice-Chancellor for the state-owned University, Keffi and other…
Mrs Ambode, Joke Silva, others to grace LASU 2nd Distinguished Lecture
The First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, renowned thespians, Joke Silva, Segun Arinze and Mrs Anne Dan-Faparusi, have…
South Africa’s trade surplus jumps on metal exports
South Africa’s trade surplus widened more than expected to 12 billion rand ($915 million) as exports in precious, base metal…
Supremacy of human dignity, responsibility for all — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the supremacy of human dignity is the responsibility of everyone and not only medical personnel…
Nigerian Govt partners AfDB on youths employment
The Federal Government says it has entered into partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to engage more stakeholders in…
N-Power: Bello commends Nigerian Govt for recruiting 7,425 Kogi indigenes
Gov.Yahaya Bello of Kogi has commended the Federal Government for recruiting 7,425 unemployed graduates from the state into the second…
Capacity building: NAF to partner African Public Relations Association
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is ready to partner with the African Public Relations Association (APRA) in the…
Iran sees no value in Trump’s talks offer
Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Kamal Kharazi, said Tehran saw no value in U.S. President, Donald Trump’s…
Niger donates 10 Hilux patrol vehicles to Police Command
The Niger Government has donated 10 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Police Command in the state to enhance the security…
Zimbabwe Election: High turnout of voters excite Mnangagwa
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday said he was delighted by the “extremely positive” information on Monday’s vote, the first…
China urges U.S. not to allow stopover by Taiwan president
China on Tuesday urged the U.S. not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit its territory when she visits…
2018 NSF: Federation insists on upgrading scrabble into mandatory sport
The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) on Tuesday in Abuja insisted that scrabble should not be listed as an optional sport…
Man allegedly slaps wife to death
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a 47-year-old man, Premie Imafidon, for allegedly slapping his wife…
Enugu CJ pardons 129 inmates
No fewer than 129 prisoners were granted pardon in three prisons in Enugu State by the state’s Chief Judge, Justice…
NSCDC nabs 4 illegal private guards in Ondo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State has arrested four men for allegedly operating as guards…
Active mobile lines hit 162.3 million in June – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria have increased to 162.30 million in June. NCC…
Bin Laden’s ex-bodyguard probed after release
A suspected former bodyguard of deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, who was deported from Germany earlier this month is…
2 jailed for assaulting Ogun TRACE officials
A Magistrates’ Court in Ijebu-Ode on Tuesday sentenced two men, Michael Godwin, 24, and Yemi Odutosin, 24, to three months…
Security worker who joined Macron aide in demo sacked
French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party has sacked the security official filmed alongside an aide to Macron as the latter…
‘Army worm’: Jigawa provides free pesticide to farmers
The Jigawa Government has provided free 500 cartons of cypermethrin pesticide to farmers in Hadejia to eliminate ‘army worm’, a…
NDLEA arrests 87 suspects in 6 months in Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, says it arrested 87 suspects and seized 1,614 kilogrammes of dried…
Buratai promises to stabilise security situation in Birnin Gwari, Zamfara soon
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday promised to ensure the state of insecurity in Zamfara…
Fake soldier jailed 3 years over N7m job placement scam
A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man, Tanko Mohammed, to three years’ imprisonment for parading himself…