Year: 2018
NAFDAC urge operatives to maintain safeguarding public health mandate
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged its operatives to work as a team to…
Healthcare: Kogi doctors resume work
Normal medical and healthcare services have resumed at Kogi Government-owned hospitals following the suspension of the 74-day old strike by…
We are Set for LG By-elections Saturday – LASIEC
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, said all is now set for the Local Government by-elections in the state…
Cleaner Lagos Initiative: Collectors carrying out free waste evacuation
The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, says that Waste Collection Operators (WCO) have started carrying out free waste…
Lawmakers to launch probe into unlawful seizure of goods by Customs
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to conduct an investigation into the activities…
Russia probe: Trump’s lead lawyer in ongoing investigation resigns
President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer in the U.S. investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election said on Thursday…
2019: Youth Group Target Two Million Votes For Ambode
As the 2019 elections beckon, a youth group, The Asiwaju Redrive Youth Initiative (TARYI) has set a target to get…
2019 election: INEC to deploy 20,000 ad-hoc personnel to Imo state
Prof. Francis Ezeonu, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, says that the commission will deploy 20,000 ad-hoc personnel in…
Vice President pledges commitment to focus on human development
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday reiterated the determination of the present administration to focus on the development of the…
Federal Govt. commeded on release of Dapchi girls
The Co-Founder of Beehive Initiative, Mrs Zainab Abubakar, has applauded the Federal Government on the release of Dapchi schoolgirls, fight…
Replicate SDGs Global Festival at national, regional levels – Presidential aide
The Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has called for the replication of…
`We have completed 500km of roads in three years’ – Umahi
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi says his administration has completed no fewer than 500km of roads across the 13 local…
VAIDS: Fear Of Prosecution Grips Tax Debtors
With less than a week to the end of the period afforded tax debtors to declare their indebtedness by the…
Entries for annual Okonkwo essay competition for secondary schools open
The entries for the 15th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition for Secondary School Students in Nigeria open from March 26…
Qatar place 28 people, entities on new terrorism watchlist
Qatar said on Thursday it had placed 28 people and entities on terrorism list, including several Qatari nationals already blacklisted…
600 guests to grace British Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding
No fewer than 600 people have been sent invitations to attend British Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s anticipated May 19…
Abia Govt. boosts tourism, arts, culture with ‘Creative Hub’ launch
Abia Government has established a creative hub to boost tourism, arts and culture sector in order to create a sustainable…
INEC registers 231,072 new voters in Oyo state
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State says it has registered 231,072 new voters in the Continuous Voter Registration…
FMR President encourages women to take up roles in politics
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday urged women to get more involved in politics, ahead of 2019.
Best Service-Based Small Business Ideas
When thinking about starting a new business, most people think about selling things, but you can have an even higher…
President Buhari pledges to address security challenges in Zamfara
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Gusau, Zamfara, pledged to address security challenges in Zamfara before the commencement of this…
301 lawmakers sponsor bill against commercialising Ajaokuta
A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Enterprise (Privatisation and Commercialisation) Act to review the list of enterprises…
African Experts to create strategies to accelerate global climate action
Keriako Tobiko, Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry says experts from Africa will meet in Kenya in April to…
Explosion kills 4 outside busy hotel in Somalia’s capital
At least four people were killed when an explosion went off outside a busy hotel in Somalia’s capital on Thursday,…
Nigerian govt. to adopt tunnels and underground transport technologies
The Senate on Thursday said the it would partner with stakeholders to adapt underground space technologies and tunneling as alternative…
5 South African peacekeepers to face paternity tests – UN
The UN says five South African peacekeepers are facing paternity tests for the children of four women and a girl…
APC UK hail parents and wards of Dapchi girls heroes
The United Kingdom chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described parents of the Dapchi schoolgirls released from captivity on…
March 21 Bond auction rakes in N64.06bn for federal govt.
The Federal Government allotted N64.06 billion bonds in its March auction, as against the N70 billion earlier planned, the Debt…
Orphans, juveniles counselled on good moral upbringing
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has advised children to live purpose-driven lives and focus on their educational…
57-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape
Justice Jude Dagat of Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced Yusuf Umar, 57, to 10 years in…