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Strike: Students beg NASU, others to end strike
The Students’ Union of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger, has called on the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU)…
Recession: CIBN, others emphasise strengthening non-oil sector
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and some financial analysts on Tuesday said the Federal Government must strengthen the…
APC rejects Fayose’s White Paper on Fayemi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Monday’s White Paper barring Dr Kayode Fayemi from holding any public office for…
WHO appeals to FCTA, area councils to boost vaccine storage
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appealed to the Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) and area councils to provide more Cold-chain…
Residents affected by Ibadan rail line compensated – FG
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says the Federal Government has paid compensations to all residents affected by the ongoing new…
Okpella explosion: Obaseki orders for bombs search
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has directed security agencies in the state to search for explosives following the explosion that…
We’re re-organising troops’ deployment for their comfort – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said that there are plans to re-organise troops deployment in the…
2 men docked for cloning Ambode’s phone line
Two men, who allegedly cloned the official line of Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to defraud the State Government of N50…
Taraba bye-election: PDP Congratulates Ishaku
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku and the people of the state over the…
Buhari poses no threat to democracy, Presidency to CAN
The Presidency has condemned a statement credited to General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Musa Asake,…
Oyo offers cash rewards to 34 civil servants
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday offered cash rewards of N100,000 each, to 34 civil servants that were outstanding in…
Fashion designers task youths on vocational skills
Some fashion designers in Asaba have advised Nigerian youths to embrace vocational education to reduce unemployment and enable them to…
Federal Government to release 368 inmates in Kano
The Federal Government has pledged to secure the release of 368 inmates in Kano prisons as part of its ongoing…
South Africa to fund free university education – Minister
South Africa is pushing ahead with a plan to offer free university education to students from poor households and will…
‘Shithole’ scandal: I want immigrants from everywhere, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday says he wants immigrants from around the world. “I want them to come in…
Gombe governor inaugurates board of directors
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has inaugurated Board of Directors of the State Internal Revenue Service (IRS)and the State…
FG, Kano spend N16 million to free inmates in Kano
More than 300 inmates were on Tuesday, released from Kano Prison after the Federal Government and the Kano State Government…
Lassa Fever: Ebonyi governor warns residents against “indiscriminate handshakes”
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has advised residents of Ebonyi to minimize handshakes, following the outbreak of Lassa Fever in…
Benue Killings: PDP pays condolence visit
A delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its Deputy National Chairman, South, Mr Yemi Akinwunmi, on Tuesday…
NDLEA arrests 211 suspects, seizes illicit drugs in Kebbi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kebbi State Command, said it had arrested 211 suspects and seized 3,717.6 kg…
Herders/Farmers conflict can disintegrate Nigeria – Coomassie
The Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, on Monday warned that the current face-off between herders and farmers…
Daura youths endorse Buhari for 2nd term
No fewer than 3,500 youths, under the auspices of Daura Youth Vanguard from Sarkinyara A ward Polling Unit 003 in…
Yam export committee calls for financial support
Prof. Simon Irtwang, the Chairman, Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme, says the committee needs the Federal Government’s financial…
NANS tells FG to pay entitlements to deceased heroes’ families
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to promptly pay pensions and entitlements…
Fire razes 36 houses, 46 silos, kills 40 goats, sheep in Jigawa
An early morning fire on Monday destroyed 36 houses, 46 silos and killed 40 goats and sheep in Abanderi village…
Benue killings: TMC condemns killings, hails ban on open grazing
The Muslim Congress (TMC), a faith-based organisation, has condemned `senseless’ killings in several parts of the country by Boko Haram,…
Injurious falsehood: Sen. Misau’s trial commences Jan. 29
An FCT High Court Maitama, on Monday adjourned until Jan. 29, commencement of the trial of Sen. Isah Misau (APC-Bauch-Central),…
IGR: Zone ‘C’ customs compliance team rakes in N30.7m
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Compliance Team, Zone ‘C’, generated N30,737,646.00 internally in 2017, the National Coordinator, Mr Ahmed Azarema,…
Court orders I-GP to unseal Peace Corps’ head office
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Inspector-General of Police to without delay unseal…
Uganda confirms outbreak of hemorrhagic fever
Uganda’s health ministry on Monday confirmed an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the central district of Nakaseke, Sarah…