Author: Isa Isawade
Borno governor pledges security for NYSC members
Gov. Umar Zulum of Borno State has promised to provide adequate security for Batch B Stream 1 of the 2019…
You are safe in my state, El-Rufai re-assures NYSC members
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has renewed his administration’s commitment to safeguarding the welfare, lives and properties of…
U.S. embassies in Uganda, Tanzania warn of possible attacks
The United States embassies in Uganda and Tanzania have issued warnings about “rumours of impending attacks” in areas frequented by…
Please let’s rest for a while, PDP, Ashiru beg Tribunal in Kaduna
The lead Counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Governorship Candidate in the March 9 poll in Kaduna…
Lafarge to sell 100% equity holding in South Africa subsidiary
Lafarge Africa Plc on Wednesday proposed to sell off its 100 per cent equity in Lafarge South Africa Holdings Limited…
Otedola no longer owns Forte Oil, sells 75% stake
Oil magnate, Mr Femi Otedola, on Wednesday announced his exit from Forte Oil Plc with divestment of 75 per cent…
Unemployed man goes to jail for stealing phone inside mosque
Yusuf Mojeed, a 30-year-old unemployed man was on Wednesday sentenced, by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, to one year…
The new method of obtaining Driver’s Licence – FRSC
A new and more efficient way of obtaining Driver's Licence has been introduced by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)…
Ex-IGP Ehindero granted leave to file no-case submission
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, on Wednesday granted former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sunday Ehindero, leave to file…
Anti-party allegation: Yari rejects APC’s committee report
Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State , has described a report submitted by a five-man committee…
Cultism: The New Face of Insecurity in Anambra
By Chimezie Anaso The menace of cultism has been identified as a major threat in Anambra, a state that prides…
Sexual Violence: Raise alarm when harassed, NGO tells students
In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a Non-Governmental Organization, (NGO), Network to…
Oil gains amid U.S-China trade deal hopes
Oil prices extended gains into a second session on Wednesday, buoyed by rekindled hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal and…
Assets declaration: Enugu ex-officials may face prosecution – CCB
State Director of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mrs Lucy Ijetta, has disclosed in an interview with the News…
Jigawa fixes June 29 for Local Govt election
The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC), has fixed Saturday, June 29, for the conduct of local government election in…
Child spacing: Gombe CPR grows from 4 to 17% – Official
Malam Alhassan Yaya, the Chairman, Gombe State Working Group on Child Spacing, has said that the State Contraceptives Prevalence Rate…
Poly Act Bill assent: ASUP lauds President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) for signing the Polytechnic Act Amendment…
Institute reveals 3 Northern states which produces good quality rubber
Kaduna, Adamawa and Taraba have been revealed as states that now produce good quality rubber in commercial quantity in the…
Irate mob assist police to overpower rail line vandals in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command said that irate mob had injured members of a gang suspected of vandalising rail lines…
Ethiopian Airlines remains best in Africa for 3rd consecutive year
In spite of the recent incidents of air crash and near-crash involving it, Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group…
Rocket hits site of foreign oil firms in Iraq
The Iraq’s Military has said a rocket struck the site of the residential and operations headquarters of several global major…
Man docked for allegedly impersonating Naval officer
A 60-year-old man, Martins Anyakoro, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly posing…
There will be no war with U.S – Iran
Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Wednesday there will be no war with the…
War against corruption key to ending poverty – Group
A group called Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s persistent war against corruption…
Suicide bombings: UNICEF condemns use of teenage girls in Borno
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the use of children as suicide bombers in Maiduguri community…
Photo news: Please complete our road, Command residents cry to Sanwo-Olu
By Isa Isawade The residents along Samson Ola Taiwo road, otherwise called D&D road, in the community of Agbenaje Phase…
Kidnappers abduct Catholic priest in Edo
The Director of Communications, Catholic Diocese of Auchi, Fr Peter Egielewa, on Sunday, released a statement that one of his…
You must produce server for 2019 polls, Peter Obi tells INEC
Former Anambra State Governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election…
Embrace careers in aviation, Arik Air urges Nigerian youths
One of the biggest air lines in Nigeria, Arik Air, on Monday urged young Nigerians to embrace careers in the…
Obey traffic rules to reduce accidents, FRSC admonishes drivers
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to have attitudinal change by obeying…