Author: Adekunle Dada
Nigerian Govt invests N180bn on National Science, Technology, Innovation road map
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said that the Federal Government is committed to investing N180 billion…
Oyo renews commitment to attract more investors
Oyo State Government has renewed its commitment towards sustaining its synergy with the private sector in the provision of enabling…
Nigerian Govt urged to create enabling environment for entrepreneurs to thrive
Creative Enterprise for Development Initiative, an NGO, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to create enabling environment and policies that…
Nigerian bags 18 years imprisonment in Vietnam
A Southern Vietnam court has sentenced a Nigerian to 18 years in prison over a fake customs enforcement scam, state…
North-East interventions: UN agency requires $1.1bn for 2018
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says it require $1.1 billion dollars to fund the 2018 humanitarian…
Banking sector records 213.69m volume of transactions in Q3 2017 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 213.69 million transactions valued at N19.33 trillion are recorded in the third quarter…
Operation Cobra: FRSC arrests 6,000 offenders
The Federal Road Safety Corps says it arrested at least 6,000 offenders in its ongoing Operation Cobra launched in July…
1,317 Nigerians returned from Libya in 10 days – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,317 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in the last…
Slavery: Group tasks South-East governors on youth empowerment
Chief Aloysius Bush, the President of Igboezue, a South Africa-based socio-cultural organisation, on Friday urged governors of the South East…
FRSC to Motorists: Drive against traffic, forfeit vehicle till after Yuletide
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun says any motorist caught driving against traffic will forfeit the vehicle till…
Foundation converts Akintola’s country home to resource centre
The Samuel Ladoke Akintola Foundation says it will convert a part of the Ogbomoso country home of the late Premier…
300 Nigerian doctors left for greener pasture in 2016 – NMA President
Three hundred Nigerian doctors left the country in 2016, the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Mike Ogirima has…
Tanzania calls for probe into killings of 14 UN peacekeepers
The government of Tanzania on Thursday asked the UN to conduct a thorough investigation into an attack by rebels that…
Police arrest driving instructor for allegedly raping, killing NYSC member
The police in Ogun say they have arrested a 29-year-old driving instructor, name withheld, for allegedly raping and killing one…
FAAN begins repair works on Enugu Airport runway
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday began repair works on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International…
Air Peace commends Nigerian Govt over repair of Enugu Airport runway
Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has lauded the Federal Government over the palliative repair work on the runway of the Akanu…
Ex-Mr Nigeria, Bryan Okwara lists opportunities in Nollywood
Ex-Mr Nigeria and an actor, Bryan Okwara, on Thursday said that Nollywood was an evolving industry with immense opportunities to…
Nurses, spinal cord of health system – Group
The Inspire Nurses Network and Nurses in Diaspora on Thursday in Abuja said nurses were “spinal cord’’ of health system…
Uganda’s Museveni inaugurates committee to extend tenure
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has inaugurated a committee to scrutinise a proposal seeking to extend the presidential and parliamentary…
Zamfara bought 421 security vehicles in 6 years
The Zamfara Government said that it had purchased 421 security vehicles from 2011 to date to tackle security challenges in…
CJN to Judges: Remain firm as public perception of judiciary improves
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has urged judges to be strong, courageous, fair but firm to…
Policeman remanded in prison for alleged murder
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 30-year-old police officer, Famodimu Ayo, over alleged murder and…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls for end to Western sanctions
Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Thursday called for the removal of Western sanctions on his government during a speech to…
Revenue: Ogun Water Corporation generates N145.3m in 10 months
Alhaja Monsurat Agboola, the General Manager, Ogun Water Corporation said on Thursday that the corporation generated N145million as Internally Generated…
‘Army must sustain investment in personnel management’
The Nigerian Army must sustain its investment in personnel management by continuously creating responsibilities, providing direction as well as inspiration…
Nigerian Govt urged to reform developmental banks
An entrepreneur, Mr Nerus Ekezie, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to reform developmental banks to ensure they grant loans…
Police rescue 2 abducted boys, arrest 8 suspects
The Police Command in Kebbi, said on Thursday that it had rescued two boys from suspected kidnappers who demanded N2.5…
Stakeholders urged to stop treating teachers like “Libyan Slaves”
Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Pro-Chancellor, Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun, on Thursday chided stakeholders in education industry to stop treating teachers…
Nasarawa sponsors 12 teachers for Christian pilgrimage
Mr Musa Aloko, the Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board says 12 Christian religious studies teachers are part…
Visegrad group countries offer 35m euros for Libyan border protection
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have offered 35 million euros (41 million dollars) to assist an EU project…