Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
DIG commends state police command crime reduction
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of North West zone, DIG Maigari Dikko has commended Kano police command…
Acting President urges incentives for farmers
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Acting President, on Thursday said it was very important to give local farmers incentives to be…
Former staff of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano convicted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of two former employees of the National Orthopaedic…
NAPTIP seeks prosecution of foreign based traffickers
Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, the Director-General of National Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Thursday called for…
Minister calls for teamwork among departments, agencies
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called for teamwork among departments and agencies under in the…
Nigeria to host Africa’s Customs conference
Mr Joseph Attah, Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service, says the service will host African Union Directors-General of Customs to…
Gov. Yari replies critics over security expenditure
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state said he had actually spent over N13 billion on security to contain challenges faced…
Dwindling revenue reason for overhead costs cut – DG Budget
The Director-General, Budget office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze said the federal government has been forced to cut overhead…
Stolen Nigerian Artifact found in Italy
The artifact that represented goddess of fruitfulness reluctantly released by Nupe people to Niger State Museum and stolen some decades…
Ndoma: NDDC embarked on 1,614 projects in Delta
The Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) has since inception embarked on 1,614 projects in Delta valued N366 billion.
Former President applauds Wike
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has praised Gov. Nyesom Wike for delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Rivers.
Acting President signs 3 executive orders to ease business
The Acting President on Thursday signed three executive orders to open up the choked business environment in the country.
JAMB to roll out new registration process for 2018 UTME
Prof.Is-haq Oloyede, registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board may introduce a new mode of registration in…
Kenya issues cholera outbreak alert
Kenya’s Nairobi County on Thursday issued an alert over possible cholera outbreak across the city of Nairobi after five cases…
Australia expresses commitment to physically challenged in Nigeria
The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Lehmann, on Thursday restated his government’s commitment to providing the needed support…
Apex Bank to recommence disbursement MSMEDF soon
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will soon recommence the disbursement of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…
Ex-bank directors in court over alleged $166m fraud
Two former directors of the defunct Integrated Microfinance Bank Plc. were granted bail on Thursday by a Federal High Court…
`Buy Nigeria Campaign’ is for real – Ministers
Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Industry Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enalemah say that the “Buy Nigeria Campaign” is…
Kaduna State to recruit more extension service workers
The Kaduna State Government says it is set to engage more extension service workers in its bid to optimise its…
Plateau budgets N139.4bn for 2017
The Plateau Government will give priority to the completion of ongoing projects in its 2017 budget of N139.49 billion, Mrs…
BUSTED! Impersonator hired to write UTME nabbed in Niger
The Niger Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has arrested a suspected impersonator in…
Record keeping vital in fight against corruption – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says effective record keeping, is vital in promoting the rule of…
Reps urge Nigerian Government to improve healthcare service in prisons
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to provide quality healthcare services for prison inmates across the…
Scientists commended on genetic diseases treatments
Pope Francis praised scientists working on treatments for genetic diseases on Thursday but condemned any use of human embryos in…
Nasarawa state approves payment of Oct., Nov. 2016 salaries
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the payment of the shortfalls of October and November 2016 salaries of…
Air Force inaugurates residential quarters for personnel
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated two blocks of residential quarters…
Medview clarifies EU Air-space restriction
Medview Airline Plc has clarified the European Union (EU)’s operational restriction, which the public had misunderstood as a total ban…
Trump willing to resolve with North Korea nuclear crises
U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korea’s presidential envoy that Washington was willing to try to resolve the North Korean…
Foreign minister calls for ouster of top U.S. envoy to anti-IS coalition
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday called for the removal of Brett McGurk, the top U.S. envoy to the…
Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite
Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22…