Year: 2018
Yam export committee calls for financial support
Prof. Simon Irtwang, the Chairman, Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme, says the committee needs the Federal Government’s financial…
Humanitarian Aid: UN, Afghan govt launch $430m appeal for 2018
The UN and the Afghan Government on Monday launched a 430-million-dollar appeal for humanitarian assistance in the war-torn country in…
NANS tells FG to pay entitlements to deceased heroes’ families
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to promptly pay pensions and entitlements…
Lagos Arrests 30 Cart Pushers For Dumping Refuse On Road Medians
Lagos State Government on Monday arrested 30 cart pushers for dumping refuse indiscriminately on road medians in some areas of…
LASUTH aims to reduce medical tourism
The Lagos State University Teaching Hosptal (LASUTH), Ikeja, says it aims at reducing medical tourism to the barest minimum in…
Fire razes 36 houses, 46 silos, kills 40 goats, sheep in Jigawa
An early morning fire on Monday destroyed 36 houses, 46 silos and killed 40 goats and sheep in Abanderi village…
Nigerian Army takes delivery of new vehicles to fight Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of new vehicles it ordered to strengthen the war against Boko Haram in Northeast…
Benue killings: TMC condemns killings, hails ban on open grazing
The Muslim Congress (TMC), a faith-based organisation, has condemned `senseless’ killings in several parts of the country by Boko Haram,…
World is on the “brink” of nuclear war, Pope warns
The world is on the “brink” of nuclear war, Pope Francis warned on Monday, as he set off on a…
Injurious falsehood: Sen. Misau’s trial commences Jan. 29
An FCT High Court Maitama, on Monday adjourned until Jan. 29, commencement of the trial of Sen. Isah Misau (APC-Bauch-Central),…
Photos: Buhari performs Wreath-laying ceremony
President Buhari performs the wreath-laying ceremony to mark the end of the 2017 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrations at the…
IGR: Zone ‘C’ customs compliance team rakes in N30.7m
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Compliance Team, Zone ‘C’, generated N30,737,646.00 internally in 2017, the National Coordinator, Mr Ahmed Azarema,…
Court orders I-GP to unseal Peace Corps’ head office
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Inspector-General of Police to without delay unseal…
Uganda confirms outbreak of hemorrhagic fever
Uganda’s health ministry on Monday confirmed an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the central district of Nakaseke, Sarah…
How President Trump’s grandfather was banished from Germany
A historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump’s grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come…
Remembrance Day: Ajimobi, GOC task Nigerians on selfless service
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and Maj. Gen Chukwunedum Abraham, the GOC of the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, on…
Benue crisis calls for reflection not blame game – NNPP
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Monday urged security agents to take pro-active measures to stop farmers/herders clashes to…
Why are some Nigerians eager to migrate?
By Jessica Onyegbula of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Joyce Esosa, 29, is from Edo but finds herself roaming the…
Chibok girls vow not to return in new video released by Boko Haram
Some members of the Chibok girls in Boko Haram's captivity have vowed not to return in a new video released…
Lawmaker calls for huge investments in education
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Segun Olulade, has called for huge investments in education to…
Kano Assembly calls for removal of abandoned toll-gate
The Kano State House of Assembly has called on the state government to remove the uncompleted toll-gate on Zaria Road,…
Herdsmen attack: Benue leaders meet Buhari in Abuja
Leaders from Benue State are currently in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock, Abuja over incessant killings…
Nigeria economy will be better in 2018 – Minister
Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and National Planning has assured Nigerians that the economy would be better in…
Herders/farmers clashes: El-Rufa’i says Buhari has clear plans to end crisis
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, says on Monday that the Federal Government has very clear plans to end herders/farmers…
Niger governor gives directive on adequate medical care for ex-servicemen
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has directed the state Ministry of Health, to give adequate medical care to ailing ex-service…
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Remembrance Day: Buhari, Osinbajo, others lay wreath to honour fallen Heroes
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday led Service chiefs, other top government functionaries and members of…
FUT Minna Chancellor commends “seamless” selection of new VC
The Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Eze Eberechi N. Dick, has commended the governing council of the…
United States “playing with fire” in setting up Syrian border force, Turkey says
Turkey on Monday said the U.S. is “playing with fire” by setting up a Syrian border security force including Kurdish…
NAPTIP plans to introduce `Traffic in Person’ in schools’ curriculum
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is making arrangement to introduce “Traffic in Persons (TIP)’’…