Year: 2018
Lassa fever: Desist from bush burning, doctor cautions Enugu residents
Dr Okechukwu Ossai, Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, has cautioned the residents to desist from bush…
D’Tunes Premiers “Titilailai”
Popular music producer D’Tunes has released a new song titled “Titilailai” featuring rap king, Olamide who seems to be in…
Uganda’s Musuveni might resume signing death sentence
Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, may resume signing off on death sentences after a long hiatus to help stem a wave…
NAFDAC director calls for establishment of test-labs in states
The National Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday canvassed the establishment of test-laboratories across the 36 states…
Jaywon Features Olamide In ”Ayinde Wasiu”
Singer and songwriter Jaywon is out with the official Video to ‘Ayinde Wasiu’ where he featured Olamide.
Lagos ports to receive 37 ships laden with petroleum products, food items
Thirty seven ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can…
Police train 147 officers to counter terrorism
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Friday that 147 officers of the Nigeria Police Force and sister…
Kaduna NUT says sacked teachers must reapply
The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) says the 21,780 primary school teachers sacked by Gov.…
Corps members give birth at Oyo camp
Two pregnant women transferred from Kwara NYSC to Oyo State camp in Iseyin, delivered baby girls at the ongoing orientation…
Non-implementation of government’s order on local content worries manufacturers
The Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA), has decried the non-implementation of the Federal Government’s Executive Order on patronage of Made-in-Nigeria…
Lagos Govt urged to rid streets, highways of refuse
An environmentalist, Mr John Ekoko, on Friday, urged the Lagos State Government to rid the streets of Lagos and highways…
All schools in New Delhi to be equipped with CCTV cameras
The city government in New Delhi plans to install CCTV cameras in every classroom in the city to enable parents…
How Nigerian Banker gave birth inside plane en-route New York
A Nigerian banker, Toyin Ogundipe, 41, has been delivered of a baby boy mid-air about 35,000 feet above sea level…
Turkey rejects any option other than full EU membership
Turkey would reject any offer of partnership with the EU that falls short of membership, Ankara’s minister for EU affairs…
Herdsmen on rampage: When will Mr. President bite the bullet?
In July 2017, the governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom gave Nigerians a chilling account of how 1,878 lives were lost…
Police arrest 3 suspects for alleged child theft in Nasarawa
The Police Command in Nassarawa State has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing a three-year-old boy in Angwan Masachin, Jam’a…
Kaduna teachers call off strike, support recruitment of quality teachers
The Kaduna State chapter of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has called off the indefinite strike it embarked upon on…
2019: Electorates advised to vote credible candidates not parties
Bayelsa chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has advised the electorate to vote credible candidates not political parties in the…
Zimbabwe: 11 Mugabe allies fired from parliament
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has fired 11 parliamentarians, friends of former leader Robert Mugabe, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues a…
New Zealand Prime Minister expecting her first child
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday that she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring…
Wande Coal releases new video `Turkey Nla’
Nigerian song writer and singer, Oluwatobi Ojosipe popularly known as `Wande Coal’ has released a new music video titled `Turkey…
Islamic based banking on the rise in Germany
Banks that conform to Islamic financial practice are on the rise among Germany’s Muslim population of around five million, a…
UN issues 48-hour ultimatum to armed groups in Central African Republic
The UN Mission in the troubled Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has given armed groups in the north of the country…
Sri Lanka restores ban on selling alcohol to women
A ban on selling alcohol to women will remain in place in Sri Lanka, after the finance minister reversed his…
73 Jigawa fire victims receive N3m cash assistance
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (JISEMA) on Friday disbursed over N3 million cash assistance to 73 victims of fire…
Jigawa employs 330 secondary school teachers
The Jigawa Government has presented letters of appointment to 330 newly-recruited Senior Secondary School teachers in the state.
Bayelsa’s reforms not to sack teachers – Dickson
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has assured that the State Government would not sack any teacher as a result of…
FCTA to immunise 700,000 children against measles
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board says over 700,000 children will be immunised against measles in…
700,000 South Sudanese uprooted by conflict, hunger – UN
About 700,000 people were forced to flee South Sudan in 2017 as refugees to neighbouring countries due to conflict, hunger…
Polio immunisation campaign to begin in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) on Thursday said it would commence its first round of polio…