Year: 2018
JOHESU strike: LUTH, FMC Ebute-Meta join
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, and Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Meta, were crippled on Wednesday…
Lagos to announce new bidder for 4th Mainland Bridge in June
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday revealed that new bidders for the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge would be announced in…
NASS invasion national embarrassment – FCT residents
Some residents of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by hoodlums, who forcefully made away with…
Corruption: FIFA Council member Omari arrested in Congo
FIFA council member Constant Omari has been arrested over suspected corruption in his home country of Congo, local media reported…
RSW programme is the needed catalyst for graduates to excel – Caleb VC
The Ready Set Work, RSW, an employability and entrepreneurship training initiative of the Lagos State Government has been described as…
Trump contradicts himself over Comey firing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not fire James Comey because of the phony Russia investigation, contradicting…
NUC to make varsity education accessible
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says it has constituted a committee to make university education accessible to the teeming population,…
NASS invasion: Federal Government orders probe
The Federal Government has directed security agencies to immediately unravel the circumstances surrounding the invasion of the National Assembly and…
APC national convention to hold May 14
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday announced that its National Convention to elect officers for a new term in…
I didn’t bring hoodlums to remove Senate Mace – Omo-Agege
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has debunked claims that he brought hoodlums to invade the Senate Chamber on Wednesday to remove the…
How man slipped hand into my bra to squeeze my breasts – Adichie
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has narrated how a 'big media' man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into…
Kaduna/Katsina Customs generate N1.1bn revenue in 3 months
The Kaduna/Katsina Customs Area Command on Wednesday said it had generated N1.1 billion as revenue from January to March this…
Commonwealth leaders urged to halve malaria next five years
The Global Malaria Community has urged Commonwealth leaders to make a game-changing commitment to halve malaria across the Commonwealth within…
Olusosun: Police Destroy Shanties, recover two guns, cutlasses
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A joint operation which consist of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, Task Force, LASEMA, Lagos Fire Service…
WHO train health officers on E-surveillance
No fewer than 23 Disease Surveillance Notification Officers (DSNO) in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been trained by World Health…
House of Reps. brands Senate mace seizure, a mockery of democracy
The House of Representatives on Wednesday described the “seizure” of Senate mace by some hoodlums as mockery of the country’s…
Bayelsa stadium declared unfit for international games
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says the Samson Siasia stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, is not fit for international…
Sokoto communities receive N7m worth of cement
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on Wednesday donated 2, 040 bags of cement worth N7 million to 68…
Zamfara state inaugurates Emergency Operations Center for Disease control
Zamfara state government has inaugurated an Emergency Operations Center as part of efforts to ensure prompt responses to disease outbreaks…
Pilgrims commission boss urges Nigerian Govt. to improve airports
Rev. Tor Uja, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, has urged the Federal Government to improve the state of…
Civil society Organisations condemn Mace “abduction’’ humiliation
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja said the “abduction’’ of the mace at the Senate’s chamber in…
JOHESU strike: UUTH CMD, others assures of skeletal services
The Management of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) has promised to provide skeletal services during the duration of the…
N22.1bn fraud: Amosu’s statement taken in presence of his lawyer — Witness
A prosecution witness, Mr Tosin Owobo, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that the statement made by a…
Tata calls for ban on Tokunbo cars, rolls out 200 locally assembled vehicles
Asian leading car manufacturer TATA Motors on Wednesday rolled out it 200 locally assembled vehicles, which the company said was…
Senate Attack: Mace snatching saga disgraceful, dangerous — Balarabe Musa
A former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has described Wednesday’s snatching of the mace in the Senate…
Senate attack: Saraki commends colleagues, members for defending democracy
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended lawmakers for standing up firmly in defence of democracy and…
Nigerian Army to commence manufacture of helicopters soon – Buratai
The Nigerian Army says it is working with some of its indigenous and foreign partners in the defence industry to…
NSE appreciation short-lived with 0.04% lose after two day growth
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday nosedived by 0.04 per cent after appreciating for two-consecutive days. Seplat,…
World Bank predicts 3.1% growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank projected that the economy in Sub-Saharan Africa would grow by 3.1 per cent in 2018 and to average 3.6 per cent between 2019…
Vehicles Inspection Office registers over 59,000 vehicles in FCT
A total of 59,424 vehicles were registered by the Vehicles Inspection Office (VIO) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in…