Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
NGO condemns hard drug usage among youths
A Non Governmental Organisation, Come Alive Initiative has attributed the increasing use of hard drugs by youths to lack of…
Gov. tasks new HoS on service delivery
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday charged the state’s new Head of Service, Mr George Ede, to transform the…
Speed Limiter: FRSC arrests 279 drivers in Bayelsa
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Bayelsa has arrested 279 motorists for failure to install the speed limiting device…
Voter Registration: Group tasks INEC on logistics
The Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on…
800,000 IDPs benefit from UNDP cash transfer
About 800,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East have benefited from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) cash transfer,…
APC has no factions C’River – Chairman
National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Hillard Eta, says there is no faction in the…
Benue Govt. outlaws open grazing protect lives
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said on Friday that outlawing of open grazing and rearing of livestock was to promote…
Dogara settles patients’ hospital bills at ATBTH
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Friday spent N3.76 million to settle bills of patients at…
SON urges farmers to adhere to international standards
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday urged cassava farmers’ organisations in Niger to adhere to international best practices…
Govt. to build clinics, crèches in markets
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his administration would build functional clinics and crèches in markets in the…
World Bank to provide technical support to ICRC’s project
The World Bank says it will provide the required technical support to ensure the implementation of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory…
Strike and lose your job: Govt. threatens
The Kogi Government on Friday, threatened to terminate the appointment of any of its staff, under its health sector, that…
Power Tussle: Forum urges leaders to accept Court verdict
The Women Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the party’s leaders to accept any verdict the Supreme…
Expert urges FG to install sea monitoring device in coastal regions
A retired university lecturer, Dr Bassey Okwong, has urged the Federal Government to install a water quality network device in…
NYSC/NGO donate wheelchairs to physically challenged
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) and an NGO, Grace Projects International (GPI), have donated wheelchairs to three physically challenged…
Nigerian Embassy in Washington pays workers, ends impasse
Local workers at the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington have been paid their three-month arrears, ending their one-day sit-in on…
Road crashes: FRSC tasks institutions on enlightenment
Mrs Patricia Emeordi, Plateau FRSC Sector Commander, has tasked educational institutions on public enlightening to avoid factors leading to road…
Group urges media influencers to lead reforms in oil, gas sectors.
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged social media influencers in the country to lead the advocacy for…
S/Court fixes May 25 to entertain PDP’s appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 25 to hear application for the withdrawal of appeal filed against the National…
Google settles Italy tax evasion case, will pay 306 million euros
Google has agreed to pay a near-record fine of over 306 million Euros (334 million dollars) to settle a tax…
NAN, NPA to foster relationship in news dissemination
The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Bayo Onanuga, says the agency will partner with the Nigerian Ports…
Fidelity Bank shareholders endorse 2016 N4.05bn dividend
Fidelity Bank Plc shareholders on Thursday endorsed the bank’s N4.05 billion dividend for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2016.
Lagos LG Polls: Elect trustworthy candidates – Aspirant
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere area of Lagos State, Mr Afeez Kasunmu, on Thursday urged…
Reps propose N100, 000 fine for National flag abuse
A Bill for a law to provide N100, 000 fine for people who distort the country’s national flag passed second…
Forex: Buhari happy with market stability
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the stability in…
State Govt. donates 2,000 doses of vaccines to NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday said it had received 2,000 doses of meningitis vaccines donated to it…
Cardinal advises political leaders to protect citizens
The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Okogie has advised the country’s leadership to give special attention to the…
NSCDC recovers debt owed in Jigawa
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, recovered over N3.93 million debts owed some residents of the state…
Army to tackle cattle rustling in Niger
Brig. Gen. Moshood Olanrewaju, Commander, 31 Artillery Brigade, Minna, has assured of the army’s readiness to tackle cattle rustling, kidnapping…
Obaseki inaugurates immunisation task force
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday inaugurated the Edo State Task Force on Immunisation to improve the uptake and…