Year: 2018
Domestic Airlines: 30,214 delayed flights recorded in 2017
Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 30,214 cases of delayed flights between January and December 2017, according to figures released…
Saraki hails Nigerian for inventing cocoa pod breaking machine
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday commended a 66-year-old Germany-based Nigerian engineer, Mr Olusegun Arowolo, for inventing a cocoa pod…
Real Madrid Football Academy to commence in Rivers
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Tuesday that the management of Real Madrid Football Club would lay the foundation…
South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in hospital for kidney infection
South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has been hospitalised for a kidney infection but is expected to make a full…
Congo is becoming like a prison under Kabila, says combative cardinal
The head of Congo’s Catholic church condemned the government of President Joseph Kabila for the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters,…
‘Killings of Nigerians in South Africa must stop’
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) worldwide has warned against further killings of Nigerians in the Republic of South Africa…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa orders ministers, top govt officials to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has given cabinet ministers and senior government officials until the end of February to declare…
Nigerians are not Shithole but ‘most educated immigrants in U.S., group tells Trump
As outrage and anger continue to trail the reported ‘shithole’ remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump’s, the Organisation for the…
Oil prices rise to $70 a barrel
Oil prices were firm on Wednesday, receiving ongoing support from healthy economic growth as well as from supply restrictions led…
Customs seizes 1150 bags of foreign rice in Kano, Jigawa
The Comptroller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Usman Dakingari said his command has intercepted…
Oyo workers begin three-day warning strike
Three Labour unions in Oyo have directed workers in the state employment to stay from their duty posts for three…
Don tasks FG on independent electricity generation
A Professor of Physics, Adenike Boyo, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to encourage independent electricity generation through solar panels…
Akwa Ibom receives 25 containers of medical equipment
Akwa Ibom Government says it has received 25 containers of medical equipment for upgrading general hospitals in the state to…
Kogi to empower 99,000 smallholder farmers
The Kogi Government says it will empower 99,000 smallholder farmers across the state in pursuit of its food production and…
Lagos Govt. suspends NURTW activities on Lagos Island amid crisis
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of all activities of the National Union of Road Transport…
Kwara governor seeks eradication of communicable diseases
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called for the eradication of communicable diseases ravaging rural communities in the country. The…
Federal Government threatens to revoke Port Harcourt Airport contract
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister for State, Aviation says the Federal Government may revoke the remodelling contract of the domestic wing,…
Vice President Osinbajo courts international investors for manufacturing sector
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, said that the country was ready to partner international investors and…
Refineries: NNPC to soon select financiers
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday said it would soon pick financiers for the country’s refineries in Port…
Federal Govt. to reduce poverty through waste-to-wealth programme
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would intensify efforts to ensure its “waste-to-wealth” programme alleviates poverty in the country.
Poultry products: Kwara governor calls for ban on importation
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called for stricter enforcement of the ban on importation of poultry products into the…
2019: Reps change order of elections
The House of Representatives on Tuesday amended the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections’ timetable. This…
Budget padding: CSO tasks National Assembly on diligent scrutiny
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on the National Assembly to diligently scrutinise the…
Serena to play in Fed Cup tie against Netherlands
Former world number one Serena Williams will return to the tennis courts next month for the U.S. in their Fed…
Buhari holds closed door meeting with Tinubu, Akande
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju…
Govt inaugurates committee to host African tourism ministers
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated the planning committee for the 61st Meeting of the…
Police arrest 9 for burning station
The Taraba Police Command says it has arrested nine persons in connection with the burning of its Divisional Headquarters in…
CHAN: Home Eagles spank Equatorial Guinea 3-1 to reach quarter-finals
A brilliant second-half display has earned the home-based Super Eagles team a place in the quarterfinals of the ongoing African…
TSA: No hidden government funds in our custody – Keystone Bank
Keystone Bank Limited has denied having in its custody any illegally hidden money belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria…
City reach Carabao Final in a thrilling 3-2 victory over Bristol
Manchester City reached their first final under Pep Guardiola as the Premier League leaders beat battling Bristol City in the…