Year: 2018
Minister launches science and Technology Roadmap 2030
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has launched the South-South Sensitisation Programme on Science, Technology and Innovation…
Nigeria commended on Boko Haram suspects’ trial
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the Government of Nigeria on conducting trials of Boko Haram suspects, and urged it…
Spaniard Karanka unveiled as new Nottingham Forest manager
Nottingham Forest, who upset Arsenal in the English FA Cup third round, on Monday appointed Spanish coach Aitor Karanka as…
2017 Hajj: Kano to investigate non-payment of pilgrims’ deposits
The Kano State Government has constituted a six-man committee to find out why the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency failed to…
Customs Zone ‘A’ intercept contrabands goods worth N5.96bn in 2017
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted contraband goods with Duty Paid Valued (DPV)…
Kaduna police warn against unlawful assembly, lawlessness
The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday issued a stern warning against unlawful assembly, lawlessness, incitement and acts capable of…
Baro River port to be ready 2018 – SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, on Monday said the Baro River Port in…
Scholarship Board: Senate to investigate alleged fraud
Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tetfund, Senator Jibrin Barau on Monday said that the committee would investigate the…
FG, states to tackle herdsmen/farmers clashes
The Federal Government, security agencies and states affected by violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers have devised strategies to check…
Texas couple sentenced to jail for enslaving Nigerian woman
A U.S. couple will go to jail after holding a Nigerian woman captive as an unpaid maid and nanny for…
Communal violence kills 83 in Nigeria since Dec. 31
At least eighty-three people have been killed in communal violence in Nigeria since Dec. 31, government and police officials said,…
Union Bank raises $163 mln via share sale to boost buffers
Nigeria’s Union Bank has raised N49.7 billion ($163 million) through a rights issued which it said was 120 percent subscribed.
Nigeria foreign reserves hits $40.4 billion
Nigeria’s foreign reserves reached $40.4 billion as of Jan. 5, an increase of roughly $1 billion from December, the Central…
Nigeria Hosts ICAO’s World Aviation Forum
Nigeria is the first country in the world to host the ICAO’s World Aviation Forum (IWAF) outside the ICAO headquarters.
Nigeria carries out C-check on Boeing 737 aircraft after 14 years
Fourteen years after the liquidation of the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways, a company from the country has successfully carried…
APC shuns Delta LG rerun polls
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta on Monday said it won’t participate in Tuesday’ s Local Government election rerun…
FG Mismanaged $500m Chinese Loan – ANAP General Secretary
Comrade Abdulrazak Saidu, the General Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professional (ANAP), has alleged that that the recent…
Lectures begin at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Monday resumed from their Christmas and New Year holidays as academic activities…
1,030 Nigerians evacuated from Libya in 2 days
The Federal Government on Monday said it evacuated 1,030 stranded Nigerian migrants from Libya between Jan. 7 and January 8,…
Cleric advises Buhari: “Beware, many ‘Judases’ around you, forget 2019”
The founder and senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Abuja, Bro. Joshua Iginla has prophetically advised Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari,…
Rotary Club Offers Free Eye Surgery For Yaba Community
Rotary Club of Yaba, District 9110, Nigeria has unveiled plans to carry out free medical surgery for people suffering from…
4 Sent To Prison For stealing N1b Property From M.K.O Abiola’s Bookshop
Four men have been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly entering the Late Moshood Kashimao Olawale…
UI begins second semester examination
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, heaved a sigh of relief as the much awaited second semester examination began…
Conversion of school land: Edo govt investigating PDP Chairman
The Edo State Government said it is currently investigating complaints of alleged conversion of a part of the land belonging…
NUC Approves LASU Open And Distance Learning And Research Institute
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of the Lagos State University (LASU) Open and Distance Learning and…
Kaduna teachers begin indefinite strike over sack of 21,000 members
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUJ) in Kaduna State has begun an indefinite strike to protest against the sacking of over…
Ex-rep member loses $1.362m, N46.5m to scammers
Four men were on Monday re -arraigned before a Federal High Court, in Lagos, by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU),…
1460 drivers presecuted in Kano for various offences in 2017 – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano Command, said it had prosecuted 1460 persons for various traffic offences in the…
Economic, social sub-sectors gulp 72% of Oyo 2018 budget
Mr Abimbola Adekanmbi, the Oyo State Commissioner for Finance and Budget, on Monday said the economic and social sub-sectors took…
APC leadership urged to address national issues
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to as a matter of…