Author: Adekunle Dada
NDE starts training of 286 women, youths in Kebbi
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has started training of 286 women and youths in cosmetology and other technical skills…
JOHESU strike: FMC Jabi employs ad hoc staff to assist medical doctors
The Federal Medical Centre Jabi, Abuja, has employed ad hoc staff to augment the gaps create by the ongoing nationwide…
Sokoto has 131,687 unclaimed PVCs – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said no fewer than 131, 687 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were still uncollected in…
Court orders Metuh’s trial in absentia over misconduct
The Federal High Court Abuja, has ordered that the ongoing trial of former National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh…
Cholera Outbreak: 42 new cases reported in Adamawa
The Director Public Health of Adamawa Ministry of Health, Dr Bwalki Dilli has said that the number of those infected…
Leaders without good governance, development must get out – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said that leaders at all levels must provide the four components of good leadership…
No withdrawal of Iranian or Lebanese Hezbollah forces – Syria
A withdrawal of Iranian or Lebanese Hezbollah forces from Syria is not up for debate, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal…
Nigeria records $83 billion investment commitment in 15 months – Minister
Nigeria recorded a total investment commitment of 83 billion dollars between January 2017 and March, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah, the Minister…
Gov. Okowa gives contractor 1 month deadline to complete Stephen Keshi Stadium
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has given the contractor handling the reconstruction of the Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba till the…
Soot: Gov. Wike to set up centre for recycling of tyres, waste material
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says that the state is planning to establish a centre to recycle used tyres and…
Farming season: Jigawa Govt. spends N28m on improved seeds
The Jigawa Government says it has spent the sum of N28million on the procurement of improved seeds for sale at…
FCMB ordered to pay N2.5 billion decade old debt
The Investments and Securities Tribunal, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) to pay the sum of…
Nigerian Govt urged to exclude tobacco companies from Export Expansion Grant
A Technical Working Group (TWG) on Tobacco Taxation has urged the Federal Government to exclude tobacco companies from benefiting from…
Gaza Protest: Israeli minister slams EU, says “go to a thousand thousand hells”
Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz on Wednesday slammed the European Union over the bloc’s criticism of police treatment of Israeli-Arab…
5 herbalists remanded for allegedly fleecing man of N4.7m
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded five herbalists for allegedly fleecing a man of N4.7 million under the pretext…
Military/Gbagyi Clash: Niger Govt. donates relief materials worth N26m to victims
The Niger Government has donated cash and relief materials worth N26 million to victims of the Military/Gbagyi clash that occurred…
Tramadol, Codeine: Reps propose N2m fine, 2 years imprisonment for offenders
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, proposed a N2 million fine and a two-year jail term for corporate offenders of…
Nigerian Govt invests $10 billion in infrastructure in 3 years – Osinbajo
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government has invested close to 10 billion dollars in infrastructure development in…
Ghana launches project to get hawkers, beggars off streets
The Ghanaian government has launched an initiative dubbed “Operation Get off the Streets for a Better Life” aimed at ridding…
Russia 2018: NFF has paid $2.8m to Super Eagles – Pinnick
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has commenced the payment of 30 per cent allowance to its players and coaches participating…
NAPTIP partners NPC to tackle human trafficking
The National Population Commission (NPC), on Tuesday pledged to provide necessary assistance to the National Agency for the Prohibition of…
CAN calls on Nigerian Govt to relocate embassy to Jerusalem
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government and other countries to relocate their embassies from…
Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward fined for hate speech
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward on Tuesday agreed to pay 5,000 U.S. dollars and apologised for his…
Drought hits Northeast China province
Northeast China’s Jilin Province is suffering from a drought which has affected 1.36 million hectares of crops, local authorities said…
Oil prices head towards $100 on mounting supply concerns
Brent crude oil rose above 80 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, supported by concern that falling Venezuelan crude output and…
$16bn power projects: EFCC, NASS records exonerate me of wrong doing – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday that the National Assembly had absolved him of any wrong doing in the…
Macron promises drug crackdown in troubled suburbs
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised a plan to counter drug dealing in the country’s troubled poorer suburbs by…
Saraki vs IGP: President Buhari to take appropriate actions – Senate Leader
President Muhammadu Buhari would soon take appropriate actions aimed at addressing the `not too cordial’ relationship between National Assembly and…
Data Scandal: Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers
Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday apologised to European Union lawmakers for a massive data leak.
Leon Balogun joins Brighton on free transfer
Brighton and Hove Albion have signed Nigeria international defender Leon Balogun with the free agent signing a two-year deal, the…