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World Cancer Day: NGO call for rural awareness campaign
Ahead of the World Cancer Day (WCD) on Feb. 4, Women Hood Foundation, an NGO on Saturday in Kaduna called…
Minister inspects Bayelsa roads, shore protection projects
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, on Saturday, visited some ongoing road projects in Bayelsa…
13-year-old girl gang raped by 8 men pregnant with twins
A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by eight men including an Imam is said to be five months pregnant with twins…
Customs boss directs comptrollers over Senate inspection
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed Area Comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses…
CVR: Oyo INEC takes campaign to mosque
In its bid to sensitise more Nigerians on the need to fully participate in the electoral process, the Independent National…
PTDF, KRPC graduate 25 artisans in Kaduna
The Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Mr Aliyu Bello Gusau, says the agency is committed to providing adequate…
Strike: Baru appeals to NUPENG
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Friday, appealed to the Nigeria…
Katsina to register 10,000 youths for agricultural programme
No fewer than 10,000 youths in Katsina State will be enrolled in the Federal Government’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS)…
Educationist explains why students lose interest in Mathematics
An educationist, Mr Philip Balogun, on Friday said that many students lose interest in Mathematics because of the difficult and…
Bayelsa saves N300m from LG reforms
The Bayelsa Government says that the ongoing reforms at the local government tier have reduced the monthly wage bill of…
UNFPA declares war on genital mutilation
Ahead of the United Nations international day for zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the United Nations Population Fund…
HIV/AIDS: NGO introduces social media quiz competition for youths
Network of Adolescent and Young Persons Development (ANAYD), an NGO, says it has introduced a social media quiz competition to…
Lassa fever: Gombe earmarks N20m for prevention
The Gombe State Government has earmarked N20 million for the prevention of the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.…
Police corporal kills colleague over misunderstanding in Adamawa
A regular Policeman, Cpl. Bala Adamu, on Tuesday, shot dead a Mobile Policeman, Sgt. Emmanuel Timothy, who was on Special…
Rehabilitation works intensify ahead of Ekwueme’s burial
Ahead of the burial of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme on Friday, rehabilitation works have intensified at three major locations…
Telecom subscribers call for reduction in call cost
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to reduce the cost paid…
Niger governor swears in 4 commissioners
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Wednesday in Minna swore in four new commissioners and four Permanent Secretaries. The commissioners…
Bill Gates, Dangote pledge more support to immunisation in Yobe
Mr Bill Gates, the Chairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Foundation, pledged to support…
Rural development: World Bank restates importance of National Identity
Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, Country Director, Nigeria, World Bank, said on Wednesday that digital national identification would yield tremendous benefit for…
Azeglio Vicini ex-Italian coach dies at 84
Former Italy coach Azeglio Vicini, in charge of the team at the 1990 World Cup, has died at the age…
Odinga’s ‘swearing in’: Kenyan police arrest opposition lawmaker
Kenyan police arrested an opposition lawmaker who administered the oath during a symbolic “swearing in” of opposition leader Raila Odinga…
Buhari to inaugurate CHIPS in Lafia
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Community Health Influencers, Promoters and…
Ondo Assembly to investigate polytechnic students’ protest
The Ondo State House of Assembly is to constitute a panel to investigate the recent protest by students of Rufus…
Farmers/Fulani clashes: Jigawa Police calls stakeholders meeting
The Police Command in Jigawa says it has organised a Stakeholders’ meeting to curtail Farmers/Fulani clashes in the state. The…
Group tells Nigerians to disapprove Obasanjo’s letter,
Nigerian Continuity and Progressives for Buhari and Osinbajo, a political pressure group, has urged Nigerians to discountenance recent letter of…
Disease surveillance: WHO donates 12 motorcycles to Borno
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday donated 12 motorcycles to Borno Government to enhance disease surveillance and control services in…
Food security: Nasarawa farmers advocates increase in funding
Farmers in Nasarawa State have called on the State Government to increase its funding to agriculture to achieve food sufficiency…
80 percent of Nasarawa teachers not qualified – Governor
Eighty percent of teachers in Nasarawa State are not qualified and would fail an aptitude test if it was administered…
Enugu Police investigate fire outbreak
The Police Command in Enugu State on Monday commenced an investigation into a fire incident that occurred in Igbariam Street…
NISER workers to continue strike
Hundreds of workers at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, on Monday trooped out in a…