Year: 2018
Salvador, Agbaje other PDP bigwigs plot to dislodge APC in 2019
The Lagos State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Moshood Salvador, on Friday charged members of the party…
Customs distributes seized rice, maize to IDPs in Adamawa
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has handed over seized rice, maize and soaps for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
NHIS boss: NANS faults corruption allegation
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has faulted the allegations of corruption against the reinstated Executive Secretary of the…
NSE Capital market indices drop by 0.46%
Nigerian equities dropped further for the fifth consecutive day on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with the market indicators dropping…
Imam urges parents to allow children/wards to be immunised
Sheik Ibrahim Fari, the Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, on Friday urged parents in the state to allow their…
School proprietors tell Delta Assembly to address multiple taxation
National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Delta chapter, on Friday appealed to the state House of Assembly to address…
Buhari condoles with Buratai over father’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Buratai family over the death of Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, father of the Chief…
2018 World Cup: FIFA confirms Team Base Camps for participants
FIFA on Friday confirmed the list of Team Base Camps (TBCs) for the 32 teams which will participate in the 2018…
22 Ethiopian migrants missing off Yemen – UN
Twenty-two Ethiopian migrants are missing after being dumped in the sea off Yemen, the UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM)…
Traffic signs: FCT VIO enlightens Nigerian Army
The FCT Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) on Friday said it would extend its traffic signs enlightenment programme to the Nigerian…
17 ships discharging petroleum, other commodities at Lagos ports
Seventeen ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at the Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos, the Nigerian…
Nigeria’s democracy not delivering dividends – Jega
Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Friday said Nigeria’s democracy was not delivering dividends to…
Prolong pregnancy: Frequent sex hastens labour, Gynaecologist says
Dr Chris Agboghoroma, Chief Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at National Hospital, Abuja, says frequent sex hastens labour for women experiencing…
Foundation tasks FG on more radiology centers, machines
The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, Mr Runcie Chidebe, has called on the Federal Government to establish more radiology centres…
Cross border crimes: Interpol solicits Nigeria’s support in tackling menace
The International Police (INTERPOL) has called for continued support from Nigeria in tackling organised crimes in the country, as well…
NHIS scribe: KOWA Party calls for restraint
The National Secretary, KOWA Party, Mr Mark Adebayo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to delay the reinstatement of Prof.…
Buratai’s father laid to rest amid tears in Maiduguri
Hundreds of people on Friday attended the funeral prayer for late Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai,…
Suspected thieves open cargo hold of Air Peace aircraft
Suspected thieves on Thursday night opened the cargo hold of an Air Peace aircraft scheduled for departure at the runway…
President Duterte insists ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait stays
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philistines on Friday said that the ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait will stay…
MI Abaga releases 7th solo project
Nigerian rapper, Jude Abaga a.k.a MI, has released his seventh project titled “Rendezvous- The Playlist.” The song was released after…
Desist from patronising unpainted taxi cabs, VIO advises FCT residents
The FCT Directorate of Roads Traffic Services (DRTS) also known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) on Friday advised residents of…
200 Nigerian peacekeepers withdraw from Liberia after 5 years
The last batch of 200 Nigerian peacekeepers deployed to Liberia under the UN Mission in Liberia (UNSMIL) have withdrawn after…
Eko Disco announces closure of cash offices on Lagos Marathon route
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Friday announced the closure of its cash offices along the Lagos marathon route…
BBNaija `Double Wahala’ viewers launch Prayers on Twitter to save Tobi
Some viewers of the ongoing reality show, BBNaija `Double Wahala” have launched prayers on Twitter to save Tobi Bakre, the…
Lassa Fever: Residents warned against bush burning
Mr Abdulsalam Braimah, the Head, Environment Department, Etsako West Local Government Area, on Friday advised residents of the area against…
Nigeria Prisons Service task officers on professionalism
Mr Ndubuisi Ogbodo, Controller of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) in Enugu State has charged officers and men of the…
NFF committed to creating platform for coaches to succeed – Sanusi
Mohammed Sanusi, General-Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Friday in Abuja said the federation was committed to creating an…
Ateke Tom slams N1b libel suit against APC chieftains
Ex-militant leader who is now the paramount ruler and the Amanyanabo of Okochiri clan in Okrika Local Government Area of…
Nigerian Govt to establish science centres in 6 geo-political zones
The Federal Government on Friday said it concluded plans to establish science centres in the six geo-political zones of the…
IPAC commends INEC, EFCC partnership to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy
Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Yobe, Alhaji Umar Kukuri, said partnership between Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Economic…