Author: Adekunle Dada
Group urges Nigerian Govt to empower returnees from Libya, Europe
An NGO, Network of Civil Society Organisations Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL), has urged the Federal Government to…
Amuwo/Odofin LG to provide First Aid kits to primary schools
Comrade Valentine Buraimoh, Chairman, Amuwo/Odofin Local Government area of Lagos State, has said that the council would give free First…
Usain Bolt happy to have traded perspiration for inspiration
Usain Bolt sometimes still can’t quite believe what he achieved in his career.
Africa committed to free movement of people, goods – Bolaji
The Africa Group at the UN has restated its commitment to ensure free movement of people and goods within the…
Lagos ports receive 12 ships with petrol, other commodities
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 12 ships laden with various products, including petrol, are at the Lagos ports waiting…
Food Markets: EU proposes crackdown on unfair trading practices
Small-scale food producers need the backing of the EU to ensure that sales contracts were honoured, argued the EU Thursday…
Wife accuses husband of always demanding for anal sex
A house wife, Asma’u Sulaiman, on Thursday prayed a Sharia court at Magajin Gari Kaduna to dissolve her marriage with…
Delta to organise tourism fiesta to attract local, foreign investors
Delta State Government says it will hold a fiesta to showcase its tourism potentials with a view to attract both…
LG Council pays WAEC fees for 200 indigent students
The Igbo Etiti Local Government Council in Enugu State has paid the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees for 200…
Taliban attacks: District governor among 20 killed in Afghanistan
At least 20 people including a district governor and security forces have been killed in two separate attacks by Taliban…
ATSP: Nigerian Govt spends N5bn on irrigation schemes, access roads in Jigawa
The Federal Government is expending over N5 billion on rehabilitation and expansion of irrigation schemes, construction of access roads and…
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 13.34% in March – NBS
Nigeria’s inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped from 14.33 in February to 13.34 per cent in…
Germany investigates 431 extremism cases in armed forces
Germany is investigating 431cases of possible right-wing extremism within the armed forces, local media reported on Thursday.
Egypt, Russia resume direct flights after more than 2 years
Direct flights between Moscow and Cairo resumed on Thursday, more than two years after Russia banned flights to Egypt in…
Trading in Oando shares resumes fully Thursday, NSE says
The Nigerian Stock Exchange said trading in the stock of Nigeria’s biggest energy company, Oando, will resume on Thursday, without…
Enugu police arrest suspected armed robber, recover stolen tricycle
The Enugu State Police Command said that it had arrested a suspected armed robber, who specialised in snatching tricycle, popularly…
6 Sri Lankan ministers resign from unity government
Six Sri Lankan ministers tendered their resignations to President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday, stating that they were unable to continue…
Study shows pharma wastes threatening rivers worldwide
Pharmaceutical wastes resulting from human and farm animal consumption are endangering the eco-system of rivers around the world, a new…
China vows to fight back if U.S. escalates trade spat
China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday trade negotiations with the United States would be impossible as Washington’s attempts at dialogue…
Lagos Assembly moves to amend state pension law
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had the intention of adding value to pension administration in…
Loko-Oweto Bridge: Nigerian Govt applauded for Sukuk fund initiative
Mr Eyass Nassar, Loko-Oweto Bridge Project Manager, Reynolds Construction Company Limited, has applauded the Federal Government over Sukuk fund initiative.
Yellow Fever: U.N. seeks to eliminate epidemics in Africa by 2026
Nearly one billion people in Africa will be vaccinated against yellow fever by 2026 in an ambitious United Nations campaign…
Lagos Govt tasks MAN on waste recycling
The Lagos State Government has charged members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to evolve better ways of waste…
Senate makes case for more budgetary allocation to FCT
The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday in Abuja, made case for more budgetary allocation to the…
PSG dismiss UEFA sanctions report
French club Paris St Germain have dismissed as “wrong” a report that they face sanctions over their transfer spending.
Lagos Govt urges residents to report any illegal billing, borehole closure
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, has urged residents to report to the ministry, any illegal billing…
Barracks rehabilitation: Navy calls for more consideration from Nigerian Govt
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to accord the Service “more consideration” in the Intervention…
Nigerian Govt urged to follow due process in obtaining $1 billion security fund
The House of Representatives has advised the Presidency to follow due process in obtaining one billion dollars from Nigeria’s Excess…
Jos stadium ready for continental matches in May – Contractor
The Jos ultra-modern stadium will be ready for continental matches in May, Mr Plamen Iliev, Director, BCC Tropical Nig. Ltd,…
Fedpoly Bauchi matriculates 4,990 students
The Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, on Wednesday matriculated 4, 990 students admitted into its various programmes for the 2017/2018 session.