Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
Attempted jailbreak in Bayelsa foiled
Security operatives have foiled an attempted jailbreak by some inmates of Okaka Prisons in Yenagoa.
PDP to woo Atiku back
Adamawa chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said it would reach out to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to woo…
Flood: Citizens ordered to relocate from flood-prone areas
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday ordered people living around river banks and flood-prone areas of the state to…
VC calls for consistent effort to develop Africa
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has decried the incessant blame on the colonialists for Africa’s…
CVR: Low turnout for verification in FCT
Display of voter register which began nationwide on Monday recorded low turnout of registered voters expected to verify their details…
1st phase of CVR exercise in Kwara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded the first phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Kwara…
Vatican minister faces sex abuse charges
Cardinal George Pell, Vatican’s economy minister, will make his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sex…
Naira gains on the dollar at parallel market
The Naira on Monday regained strength against the dollar at the parallel market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
107 arrested in human trafficking probe
The European Union’s Law Enforcement Agency, Europol, on Monday said 107 people have been arrested as part of a Europe-wide…
Snake scare delays cargo airport construction in Benue
The Benue Government, on Monday in Makurdi, said threats to release snakes to bite construction workers on site had temporarily…
Meningitis: Flucytosine recommended for treatment in Africa
An Epidemiologist, Sile Molloy, has recommended flucytosine to be made widely available in resource-limited settings, particularly in Africa, for the…
Girl child education veritable tool to tackle gender-based violence – NGO
A Benue-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), House of Hilkiah Foundation, says educating the girl-child is a veritable tool that can help…
State solicits FG’s support for Sports Festival
Cross River Government on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to assist it funds to enable it to host the…
NUT urges FG to recruit indigenous language teachers
Mr Nwankwo Ndukwu, Publicity Secretary, Rivers chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has urged the Federal Government to…
Abuja to host Zuma Film Festival in December – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced on Friday in Jos that the revived Zuma Film Festival…
Gratification: More damning evidence released to nail Nwobike (SAN)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday at an Ikeja High Court gave more incriminating evidence to establish…
LG council polls: Security beefed up at LASIEC headquarters
Security has been beefed up around the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) headquarters in Yaba ahead of Saturday’s council…
Data journalism: NAN committed to staff training
Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday restated the commitment of the agency to…
Innoson to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali
The Charge‘d Affair of Nigeria in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, says an indigenous motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, has signed MoU…
Extortion: Immigration boss denies practice at border towns
Mohammed Kyari, the Comptroller of Immigration in Jigawa has denied extortion of cattle breeders in border towns by officials of…
Army issue ultimatum to cultists in Rivers
The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has warned cultists terrorising some Rivers communities to desist forthwith or face the…
Man arrainged for alleged fraud in Lagos
A sexagenarian, Modiu Alao, who allegedly obtained N5 million on the pretext of selling a house, was arraigned before a…
State approves N2bn for UBEC, SDGs
The Bayelsa Government has approved N2 billion counterpart funds to the offices of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the…
Minister directs information managers to boycott hate speeches
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has directed government information managers to “boycott any medium that engages in…
Council advocates adequate budgetary provisions for signage infrastructure
The National Council on Works on Friday called for adequate budgetary provisions by the government at all levels for the…
Putin says yet to decide whether to re-run for presidency
President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he had yet to decide whether to run for re-election in 2018, but promised…
Union assures members of payment of full entitlements
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has assured its members that the Federal Government will soon pay their full entitlements.
Billionaire urges African govts to promote entrepreneurship
Chinese billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma on Friday called on African governments to promote entrepreneurship to address high levels of unemployment…
Foreign scholarship scheme will not be abandoned – Ekere
Mr Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says the commission will not abandon its foreign scholarship…
Osotimehin: Obasanjo, Mohammed, others pay last respects
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Amina Mohammed were among the dignitaries who attended the burial…