Author: Isa Isawade
Reduction in power generation due to gas supply issues
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says power generation has reduced due an emergency maintenance by Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) on…
Communal clashes hinder immunisation in C’ River – PHDA DG
Dr Betta Edu, Director General, Primary Health Care Development Agency, Cross River has said that communal clashes in some parts…
New cyclone slams Mozambique weeks after Idai
Cyclone Kenneth on Friday barrel-led into the North coast of Mozambique and is expected to bring twice as much rain…
Extremist leader in Sri Lanka’s attacks killed
President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday said the leader of an extremist group who planned the multiple suicidal attacks in Sri…
Intervene to stop felling of economic trees, Niger urges Federal Govt
Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has called for Federal Government’s intervention in curbing the incessant and indiscriminate felling of economic…
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ should only go where it is sustainable – IMF
China’s massive Belt and Road infrastructure programme should only go where it is needed and where the debt it generates…
Belt and Road must be green, sustainable – China’s Xi
China’s Belt and Road initiative must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said at the opening of a summit…
Dollar steady near two-year high
The dollar held steady close to a two-year high against its peers on Friday, supported by data showing strong U.S.…
Malaria: Ebonyi ready to distribute 1.9m mosquito nets – Commissioner
The Ebonyi Government says it will distribute 1.9 million long lasting, insecticide-treated nets to households in the state under its…
Current security system has failed the country – NLC President
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has decried the increased state of insecurity in the…
Bayelsa lawmakers want life pension, APC kicks
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa has called on Gov. Seriake Dickson to withhold his assent to the proposed…
Federal Govt. to administer mass vaccination on children
The National Primary Health care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it will conduct a mass vaccination of children in all parts…
Road safety education: FRSC trains teachers in Plateau
The Plateau Command of the Federal Road safety Corps (FRSC), on Thursday organised a training on road safety education for…
ABS FC to face Kwara United after beating Offa FC
ABS Football Club of Ilorin on Thursday breezed into the final match of the 2019 Kwara FA Cup competition after…
NPFL: Bendel Insurance beat Rangers International 2-1
Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin on Thursday beat Rangers International FC of Enugu 2-1 in a rescheduled 2018/2019 Nigeria…
FCT women’s FA Cup: Angels FC defeat defending champions Amazons 3-0
Joy Nkoro scored a hat-trick on Thursday in Abuja to help Vera Gold Amazons Football Club to a 3-0 defeat…
National Open Darts Championship opens in Umuahia
The week-long National Open Darts Championship kicked off on Thursday in Umuahia, the Abia capital, with 10 states participating. Declaring…
Senate summons I-GP over killings
The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IG) to appear before the upper chamber and brief it on increasing…
Zamfara under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years — SSG
Zamfara State has been under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years now, the Secretary to the State Government,…
Federal Govt. will make Nigeria agric export hub- Ogbeh
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says the Federal Government is committed to making the country…
Senate wants late Justice Nasir immortalised
The Senate on Thursday called for the immortalisation of former President of the Court of Appeal, late Justice Mamman Nasir,…
I still remain PDP chairman in Plateau – Sango
Chief Damishi Sango, the embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau says he remains the substantive chairman…
6, 961 traffic offenders arrested during Easter – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said no fewer than 6, 961 traffic offenders were apprehended for various offences during…
Kwara Assembly member-elect assures of qualitative representation
Following his recent victory at the Court of Appeal, Abdulwaheed Yusuf, Kwara State APC House of Assembly member-elect, has restated…
Mother, daughter docked for allegedly assaulting neighbour
A 54-year-old woman, Roseline Akpachukwu, and her 31-year-old daughter, Angela, on Thursday appeared in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos,…
Malaria eradication: What to do to have clean environment – Expert
Dr Okechukwu Ossai, the Director, Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, says clean environment is one of the keys…
Iraqi Minister assures oil customers of production capacity
Iraq’s oil minister said on Thursday his country had the capacity to increase its oil production to 6 million barrels…
Bwari Area Council appoints 13-member transition committee
The Bwari Area Council of the FCT has appointed a 13-member Ad-hoc Committee to handle the transition process in the…
Unlawful possession of firearm: Mechanic jailed for 3 yrs
An Upper Area Court 3, sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Thursday, sentenced a 25-year-old mechanic, Hussaini Buka, to…
Schools shut in Kogi for non-participation in annual census
The Kogi Government has directed the closure of all schools that refused to participate in the 2019 Annual School Census…