Year: 2018
PENGASSAN extols Baru for prudence, integrity
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) branch, on Tuesday extolled…
Party chair: Oshiomhole meets Dogara, APC House caucus
Former Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, met members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of…
Economy maintenance: Federal Govt. targets job creation
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to embrace maintenance economy to create…
Britain to publish Brexit position paper
The British government will publish detailed plans for its future relationship with the EU next month in an attempt to…
U.S. embassy relocation: Nigeria didn’t attend event – Presidency
The Presidency has refuted media report that Nigeria attended an event during which the United States officially relocated its embassy…
Benue killings: Not product of any planned agenda – Osibajo
Vice President Yemi Osibajo has denied claims that the killings in Benue were the outcome of a planned agenda to…
Ramadan: U.S. felicitates with Muslims
The U.S. has felicitated with the Muslims on the occasion of Ramadan as the holy month begins.
Christ Embassy set to storm Ikorodu with Xpraise
Christ Embassy also known as Believers' LoveWorld Incorporated is set to storm Ikorodu town in a big way at the…
Lagos police boss orders investigation into Makoko killing
Commissioner of Police (CP), Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered investigation into alleged killing of three men during a raid…
Ekiti guber: No petition received on election primary- APC Appeal Committee
Amb. Fati Balla, chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State Governorship election Primary Appeal Committee, said no petition…
LG Election: El-Rufai briefs Buhari
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of last Saturday’s Local Government…
Commonwealth helped Nigeria recover $3b – Secretary-General
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has said the Commonwealth assisted Nigeria in recovering about $3 billion within one year.
Internet ‘trolls’: Twitter revises strategy
Twitter Inc. on Tuesday revised its strategy for fighting abusive internet “trolls”.
Germany set to flush out 30,000 Nigerian migrants
Germany has proposed a new process that will facilitate the smooth repatriation of over 30,000 illegal Nigerian migrants back to…
Security situation under control – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the security situation in the country is…
Bauchi procures tonnes of fertiliser for 2018 farming season
The Bauchi State Government says it has procured over 10,000 tonnes of fertiliser for the 2018 farming season.
CBN boosts foreign exchange market with $210m
In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday injected 210 million dollars into the Inter-bank…
Women in politics: Aisha Buhari calls for increased participation
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called for an increase in the participation of women in active…
Federal Govt. will rebuild damaged communities in Benue — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to rebuild damaged communities in Benue to give…
Bomber kills 5 civilian JTF, injures 6 others in Borno
A male suicide bomber on Tuesday killed five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, while six others were injured…
Agriculture: Buhari commends Jigawa governor
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Gov. Mohammed Badaru of Jigawa for keying into the Federal Government’s agricultural programmes.
Relocation of U.S. embassy to Jerusalem heightens tensions – AU
Chairperson of AU Commission, Moussa Mahamt, on Tuesday, said the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem can only further…
Paul Okoye clap-back at troll begging for school fees
Paul Okoye aka Rudeboy, one of the brothers of the defunct popular music group Psquare has clap-backed at an internet…
Another bank robbery claims 2 in Ekiti
Armed robbers struck again at Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti, killing a policeman and a…
JOHESU’s strike and needless loss of lives
I was not unaware of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) members’ indefinite industrial action which commenced nationwide on April…
Speaker: Ajimobi congratulates Oyo Assembly
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi has congratulated members of the Oyo State House of Assembly on the rancour-free election which led to…
North Korea cancels talk with South Korea
North Korea has cancelled high-level talks with South Korea because of anger over military exercises, state media reports.
Pedestrians, others injured, as mentally-ill woman causes confusion in Benin
Several persons, including pedestrians and traders along Ibiwe Street, in Benin, Edo State, on Tuesday sustained varying degrees of injury,…
FG signs US$6.68bn contract for Ibadan-Kaduna railway
The Federal Government on Tuesday signed a US$6.68 billion contract for the Ibadan-Kaduna Railway segment of the Lagos-Kano Railway Line, with the…
Lagos urges entrepreneurs to take advantage of Climate Change
The Lagos State Government has urged entrepreneurs in the state to harness budding business opportunities inherent in the climate change…