Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
Ortom visits wife of assassinated aide, vows to fish out killers
Gov Samuel Ortom has visited the wife of his assassinated aide, Dr Tervershima Adyorough, at Benue State Teaching Hospital, where…
State disburses vehicle/housing loans to 751 teachers
The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday announced the release of N190 million as vehicle and housing loans to 751 teaching…
Insurgency: Catholic Bishops demand compensation from FG for damages
The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province have urged the Federal Government to compensate Churches and other victims of attacks…
NFF Reforms: More football officials on federation radar
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has identified more football officials who must drop one of two or more hats in…
Kogi SUBEB woos parents to public primary schools
Mrs. Deborah Alaba, Chairman, Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has urged parents to enroll their children into public…
More solid mineral deposit discovered in Cross River
The Cross River Government has discovered more solid mineral deposits across the three Senatorial Districts in the state after it…
FG to use space technology to boost socio-economic development
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it would deepen efforts at utilising space technology to make giant stride…
Pilgrims offer prayers for President Buhari’s health
Sokoto state pilgrims observing the 2017 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have offered special prayers for continued good health of President…
Anambra Poll: No preferred candidate yet – APC
National Organising Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Osita Izunaso, has said that the party has no preferred candidate…
Nasarawa SUBEB tasked on projects execution
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education has tasked the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to ensure…
JAMB fixes cut off marks for tertiary institutions
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s…
UNFPA pledges continued support to Nigeria
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday pledged to continue to provide humanitarian services for the benefit of Nigerians.
Netherlands Embassy halts visa issuance for Nigerians
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria, on Tuesday reminded Nigerians that it was no longer in…
Sokoto, UNICEF to boost education, health, sanitation
Sokoto State Government said on Tuesday in Sokoto it paid N1.8 billion as counterpart funding in various initiatives entered with…
Nigerians urged to promote national integration
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Johnson Agbonayinma, on Tuesday called on Nigerians to engage in activities that…
Gwagwalada Area Council to begin roads and streets naming
Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will soon embark on naming roads and streets in the area…
Commission urged to resolve Ogun, Ondo boundary dispute
The Ondo State Government (ODSG) has appealed to the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to end the boundary dispute between Ondo…
Mathematics should not be neglected – Don
A Professor of Mathematics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Samuel Okoya, on Tuesday said neglect of Mathematics is an…
Mali 2017 Afrobasket: Nigeria downs Guinea, targets final
Nigeria’s D’Tigress on Tuesday continued their impressive performance in the ongoing 2017 Mali Afrobasket Women’s Basketball Championship with 106-33 emphatic…
State spends N7bn on road project in one year
The Kwara Government said on Tuesday that it has spent about N7 billion on road infrastructure, since September 2016 when…
Vice President Osinbajo commends ECOWAS bank for infrastructure funding
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday praised the ECOWAS Bank for investment and Development for being proactive in infrastructure funding…
Coca-Cola, others agree to sugar limits in production
Singapore’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday seven major drinks companies, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, would limit the sugar content…
Obaseki inaugurates committee to set up Sports Commission
In a move to reposition sports in Edo, the state government on Monday in Benin inaugurated a committee that would…
State spends N3bn in schools rehabilitation
The Niger State Government says it has spent N3 billion to rehabilitate nine secondary schools under the first phase of…
Anambra Guber Poll: Igwebike emerges APGA’s candidate for Agbaso’s faction
As the crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), deepens, members of the party loyal to Chief Martin Agbaso,…
NCAA optimistic Nigeria will retain Category One safety status
Capt. Muhtar Usman, the Director-General, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has expressed optimism that the country would retain its…
APC National Secretary hails Buhari’s stance on unity
The National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Maimala Buni, on Monday extolled President Muhammadu Buhari’s firm resolve on…
UBEC set for National Basic Education sector plan
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that it would have a National Basic Education Sector Plan by October…
Anambra 2017: Cleric condemns IPOB on no-election campaign
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obidimma, has urged the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu…
Abia PDP express happiness over Buhari’s safe return
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia says the party is happy over the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari…