Year: 2018
Lagos to empower communities to execute 250 grassroots projects
The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangement to empower communities to execute over 250 self-help projects across the 20 Local…
Agency distributes 900 school desks to female colleges
The Sokoto State Agency for Female Education has distributed 900 school desks to various girls colleges in four local government…
Improving young Nigerians in STI necessary for national development – Minister
The Federal Government has resolved to encourage young Nigerians to achieve their full potential by deploying Science, Technology and Innovation…
Trump supports effort to improve gun background checks
White House spokesperson, Sarah Sanders said on Monday that President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve federal background checks for…
Group calls for establishment of hajj biometric centers in all LGAs
Independent Hajj Reporters, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has called for the establishment of biometric centres across the 774 Local…
Maritime security: CNS expects more platforms to boost operational efficiency
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy will soon take delivery of additional…
Nation building: Lawmaker tasks Christians on involvement
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Tunde Braimoh has urged Nigerians, especially Christians to participate in politics for nation-building, saying “INEC won’t…
2019 general elections: Nigerians advised against voting for older men
Youth Take-Over 2019 Movement, a pressure group, has called on Nigerians to elect youths of quality character and integrity into…
Power outage, petrol price hike worsen water shortage in Yenagoa
Prolonged power outage and the high cost of petrol have worsened the acute water shortage in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital.…
FRSC challenged on huge tasks in managing nation’s highways
Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, on Monday urged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to brace up for the “enormous…
Ford Foundation donates $600,000 to Lagos Museum Project
Ford Foundation has donated $600,000 (N216 million) towards the architectural design and commencement of the iconic Lagos Museum Project to…
JUSUN strike: Police deny disruption
The Police Command in Nasarawa State said it did not disrupt the strike embarked upon by members of the state…
Cosmetics industry needs regulatory body – Tinurella boss
Atinuke Hassan, the Creative Director of House of Tinurella, says a regulatory body governing the make-up industry in the country…
UBA Foundation inaugurates pedestrian bridge in Sokoto
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Foundation, on Monday, inaugurated a pedestrian bridge at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Inaugurating the…
Taraba warring communities warned to eschew violence
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, also the Chairman, National Economic Council Technical sub Committee on Ending Herders/Farmers Crisis, on Monday,…
Gunpoint robbery: 8 men remanded in prison
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded eight men, who allegedly robbed people of their phones and motorcycles at…
Insecurity: Benue Govt. urge NIS to register foreigners to in all LGA
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has urged the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to embark on registration of foreigners in all…
I have no intention of defecting to APC- Aliyu Babangida
The former Governor of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that he has no intention…
Nigerians warned against EU data protection regulation
The National Information Communication Technology Agency (NITDA) on Monday warned Nigerians using European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to…
FG to bar multinational oil companies from shipping out crude
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday, said multinational oil firms would soon not ship…
Group demands removal of APC National Chairman, Oyegun
For three consecutive working days, the 2019 Buhari Initiative, has persisted in its demonstration demanding for the removal of the…
DPR, NSCDC impound 5 vehicles with fabricated tanks
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Gombe field office, in collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has…
RATTAWU leader commends BBC’s Igbo, Yoruba services
The Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has commended the launch of Igbo and Yoruba services…
Disease Surveillance: WHO donates motorcycles worth N8.4m to Jigawa Govt.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 28 motorcycles worth N8.4 million to Jigawa Government to enhance Disease Surveillance and…
Buhari congratulates Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu at 70
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Netherlands, Dr Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, on her 70th birthday, slated for…
Air Force trains 20 officers on cyber security, software development
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) said it had trained 20 of its officers as software developers and Cyber Security personnel…
Yellow fever: Kwara immunizes 90% of targeted population
The Kwara Government says it has immunised about 90 percent of the targeted population for the Yellow fever vaccination in…
African countries urged to collaborate, trade with one another
Dr Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC), on Monday urged African countries to collaborate…
Gov. Ortom, Suswam reconcile
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he has reconciled with his predecessor, Mr Gabriel Suswam.
NAFDAC prosecutes Lagos businessman over sale of unregistered products
A prosecution witness, Mr Folorunsho Idowu, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a businessman, Ezeudu Emmanuel,…