Year: 2018
United Nations moves to protect 357m children in crisis situations
The UN calls for urgent action on protection of 357 million children in crisis situations, saying they face a raft…
Lassa fever: Nigerian Govt to receive vaccine to address outbreak
The Federal Government on Monday said it would soon receive vaccine to check the spread of Lassa fever in the…
Updated: N3bn fraud: LSGNPPA account freezed
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday froze the bank accounts Lagos State Government Number Plate Production Authority (LSGNPPA) over an…
United Nations, humanitarian partners to assess Rann attack
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) humanitarians would, on Friday, conduct an assessment of Rann in…
Video: First Lady, Aisha Buhari advocates for unity among APC women
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged the All Progressive Congress (APC) women leaders across the country…
29 African countries in dire need food aid – FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said 29 African countries out of 37 are currently in need of external food…
Of the Hijabites and the nuns
There is no much difference between the head cover used by the Muslim women and the Christian nuns. This piece…
Presidency to Clark: State of emergency in Borno can’t win terrorists war
The Presidency has responded to a former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, who asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a…
Passenger dies in Lagos-Ibadan auto crash
One person died in an auto -accident involving a Mark truck and a Toyota Hummer bus at Ibafo market on…
Police foil kidnap attempt, arrest 2 in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it arrested two suspects over alleged attempted kidnap of a teenager (name…
Young entrepreneur launches ‘Bizzybody’ app in Lagos
Young entrepreneur, Seun Ayeni has launched has launched a multi-functional application called ‘Bizzybody App’ to bridge lacuna in the entertainment…
2 more evicted from Big Brother Naija house
Sunday’s live show came with the usual tension and anxiety as the duo of Ahneeka and Angel, popularly known as…
Matic’s stunning strike takes United back to second in EPL
Nemanja Matic scored a stunning stoppage-time winner as Manchester United came from 2-0 down to go second in the Premier…
Lagos orders Tejuoso shop owners to take possession or forfeit ownership rights
Lagos State Government has ordered shop owners at Tejuoso market in Yaba to occupy their allotted shops or risk forfeiture…
Court freezes LASG Agency’s account over alleged N3bn fraud
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that the Zenith Bank account of the Lagos State Number Plate…
UI admits 5,000 postgraduate applicants for 2017/18
The Dean of Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, UI, Professor Jonathan Babalola has announced that the institution has offered admission…
Dapchi girls abduction: Presidential committee visits Yobe
Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe has called on the Federal Government to intensify aerial survelliance to rescue the abducted Dapchi…
Minister assures workers on new minimum wage aggrement
The Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, on Monday assured Nigerian workers that implementation of a new minimum…
Over 800 persons trained on modern agriculture techniques in Imo
The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) says empowerment of over 800 women and youths in Imo will eradicate poverty…
Innovative Nigerians urged to invest in fabrication
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Monday said it is collaborating with the Nigerian Content Development Management Board to encourage…
FG drags Chinese oil firm to court over unremitted $3.09bn tax
The Nigerian government has commenced legal proceedings against the Chinese-owned oil firm, Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Ltd, over the company's…
Enugu state set to to immunise 5,000 children against measles
The Enugu State Government on Monday said it would immunise no fewer than five thousand children between the ages of…
LG chairman moves to resuscitate proper refuse disposal culture in area
Chief Isaac Anwuzia, Chairman, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta, has pledged to revive that culture of proper refuse disposal…
Drug abuse: NSCDC establishes special squad in Jigawa to fight menance
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it had set up a…
PENGASSAN attack indigenous companies’ disregard for labour laws
The Petroleum Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Monday condemned the actions of some indigenous companies for…
Zamfara, Kebbi rice farmers to receive farming input to boost Productivity
More than 40, 000 rice farmers are to receive farming inputs from the Federal Government in Kebbi and Zamfara for…
Emir urges Federal Govt. to rehabilitate dilapidated Federal Highways
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on the Federal Government to rehabilitate all dilapidated Federal Highways…
Power supply: TCN install new transformers, transmission lines
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has installed and energised new transformers, transmission lines in its substations in five…
Alao-Akala re-arraigned in court over N11.5bn fraud
Former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala and two others were on Monday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
My greatest regret in life – Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed his greatest regret in life. And that is that his parents did not live…