Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
Guess who’s back?
The old reliable Nokia 3310 phone is now back in Nigeria as a modern re-imagined handset that would speak for…
JAMB: Correction of personal data portal yet to be opened
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) MB has not opened its portal for candidates in the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
UN deliver bed nets to fight malaria in West Africa
UN aid agencies delivered millions of insecticide-treated bed nets to protect people from malaria in the West African nations of…
APC demands probe of Ebonyi LGs
The Ebonyi chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the immediate probe of the financial activities of…
Open grazing prohibition bill passes second reading in Taraba
An executive bill for a law to prohibit open grazing in Taraba on Wednesday passed second reading in the State…
UN: Nigeria’s humanitarian response plan 28% funded
The 1.5 billion dollars humanitarian response plan for Nigeria for 2017 is 28 per cent funded, five months into the…
SWAN calls on states governments to encourage sports
The President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Honour Sirawoo, has called on state governments to adopt policies that…
Oloyede: 1,606,901 UTME results released
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 1,606,901 results out of the 1,718, 425 that registered in the…
FEC approves signing of vaccine production agreement
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the signing of a four-year vaccine production agreement between the Federal Government and…
Senate passes Customs Service Management bill
The Senate has passed the Nigerian Customs Service Management Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017.
State summons LG chairmen over bridges, culverts
Chairmen of six local governments in Nasarawa State on Wednesday appeared before the House of Assembly Committee on Works, over…
Sex workers stab customer to death in Ogun
The Ogun Police Command has arrested two commercial sex workers for allegedly stabbing a middle aged man, Adeyinka Olayinka to…
Navy repositioning for enhanced operations
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, on Wednesday said the Nigerian Navy was being repositioned for…
MMIA ready for emergency cases, certification – Manager
The Manager, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) , Lagos, Mr Nehemiah Auta, has said that the personnel at the airport had…
Lawyer sues Access Bank, demands N100m
Mr Musa Baba-Panya, an Abuja-based Legal Practitioner has instituted a suit in the FCT High Court against Access Bank Plc…
NOA Boss appeals for patronage of parks, tourist sites
Dr Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to patronise the nations parks and game reserves as…
Union backs threat to close land borders
The National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) says it supports the Federal Government’s threat to…
NAF applauded for its contributions in tackling security
Air Vice Marshal Emmanuel Edem, (rtd) has applauded the contributions of the Nigerian Air force in tackling the security challenges…
NPA, Port Miami partners to improve port efficiency
The Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said it was partnering with the Port of Miami, USA, on ways to…
NCPC urges churches to take charge of pilgrimage
Rev. Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has called on pastors and the church to take charge…
President Buhari to improve the well being of Nigerian youths – Adesina
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has called for the support of all Nigerians for President Muhammadu Buhari to bequeath a better…
Climate change action ‘a necessity’ – António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for sustained action to meet the global challenge and to ensure a peaceful and…
Minister: Journalists deserve better reward system
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung has commended the efforts of Nigerian Journalists toward entrenching genuine democratic…
Osun state inaugurates cabinet
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Tuesday inaugurated his cabinet, urging the members to work for the development and progress…
ICRC reiterates need to amend Act
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has reiterated the importance for the amendment of its ICRC 2005 Act by the…
Jonathan’s Cousin, Azibaola, challenges EFCC
Mr Robert Azibaola, a cousin to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has asked a Federal High Court, Lagos to declare that the…
Nigeria seeks collaboration on Niger Delta devt.
The Federal Government on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among all stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to ensure the…
UTME: No cut-off marks announced yet
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has yet to release cut-off marks for placements into tertiary institutions…
Ships laden with petroleum products arrive Lagos ports
No fewer than 30 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to berth at Apapa…
Groups advocates for modern expertise in disaster management
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have underscored the synergy of…