Year: 2018
Road Construction: Kebbi governor releases N984m compensation to property owners
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved the release of N984 million as compensation to property owners affected by ongoing…
2018 UTME: Candidates express dissatisfaction over use of computer
Some candidates who sat for the ongoing 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) say they found the use of computers…
Enugu Disco urges customers to adhere to safety rules
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has appealed to its customers to adhere strictly to safety rules and avoid unsafe…
NAFDAC calls for personnel at borders to check illicit drug
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for the deployment of its personnel in ports and entry…
Nigerian Govt claims most suicide bombings done under drug influence
The Federal Government says it is taking measures to control certain drugs, having discovered that most suicide bombings and other…
President Buhari receives U.S. Secretary of State, Tillerson
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, at the Presidential…
Group appeals to National Assembly to pass 2018 budget
A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Connected Development (CD), has appealed to the National Assembly to strive hard and pass the…
Saudi pledges $10m food items for victims of insurgency – NEMA Coordinator
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has promised to donate food items worth 10 million US dollars to support the Federal…
Dangote Academy admits fresh 100 trainees
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says his resolve to provide technical manpower needs for the country’s industrial…
Nollywood’s growth is hampered by impostors, pirates – Mr Ibu
Award winning actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, says the activities of pirates, has impacted negatively on movie productions in…
Photo News: ‘Ghosts’ welcome Buhari to Benue State – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, an aide of former president Goodluck Jonathan says the streets were silent in Benue State as President Muhammadu…
Russia 2018: FIFA allocates 1.3m tickets, sales restart on Tuesday
A few days after celebrating 100 days to go until the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the outcome of…
Syria War: UNICEF says 1.5m suffered permanent physical, psychological injuries
UNICEF says no fewer than 1.5 million people have suffered permanent physical or psychological injuries in Syria’s seven-year war.
I am genuinely worried about the attacks in Benue – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that government was deeply worried about the incessant attacks on Benue’s rural communities, and…
Measles Campaign: Lagos State targets 3.6 million children
No fewer than 3.6 million children are being targeted in the Lagos State Government’s 2018 Mass Measles Campaign, to protect…
Saraki, Ekweremadu felicitate with Eboe-Osuji on election as ICC President
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday congratulated Mr Chile Eboe-Osuji, a Nigerian Judge, on his election as the President of…
International Criminal Court elects Nigerian judge president
The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session, on Monday elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji (Nigeria)…
Gov. Al-Makura promises not to compromise professionalism in civil service
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has said that his administration would not compromise professionalism in the appointment of permanent…
Mr Ibu calls for “Structured Nollywood” rather than financial aid
Popular Nigerian comic actor John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, says lack of standard structure in Nollywood was worrisome.
2018 Budget: Financial experts lament delay, confirm MPC nominees
Some financial experts on Monday in Lagos frowned at the failure of the National Assembly to pass the 2018 Budget…
Nigerian Govt, herdsmen urged to embrace artificial insemination
Mr Yusuf Gomu, an official with an Artifical Insemination (AI) Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Kano, on Monday, urged the Federal…
Lagos ports to receive 31 ships laden with petroleum products, food items
Thirty-one ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island…
We’ll take positive position on Land Use Charge next week – Ambode
Governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday said the state government will come out with a positive position to…
Court adjourns pre-trial conference of Ojukwu’s property dispute to May 7
An Awka High Court on Monday adjourned until May 7, the pre-trial conference in the sharing of late Sir Louis…
Court orders Police Service Commission to reinstate 95 dismissed workers
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the reinstatement of 95 dismissed workers of the Police Service Commission.
Osun Police Command arrests 55 for murder, kidnapping, others
The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it had arrested 55 suspects for various offences, including murder, kidnapping, defilement…
FAAN generates N38bn from Passenger Service Charges in 2017
Mr Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday said the authority generated N38 billion…
2019: South West is strategic to PDP “inevitable victory” – Publicity Secretary
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said on Monday that the South West was strategic to…
Daddy Freeze Commences New Online Church
Free the sheeple promoter and controversial OAP Daddy Freeze has finally launched what looks like his online church for all…
Measles: Centre trains 69 health personnel in Daura
The Centre for Disease Control is training 69 health personnel in Daura Local Government Area, Katsina State on the control…