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Kwara releases N250m for Community Health Insurance Scheme
The Kwara Government has released N250 million for the Community Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) in the state. The State Commissioner…
Oil prices rise as markets eye production cuts
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between OPEC and…
Medview completes delivery of delayed baggage
Medview Airline said it delivered the last batch of the delayed passengers’ baggage on its London-Lagos route on Monday. Mr.…
Slain ex-Plateau commissioner buried amidst tears
The remains of a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Plateau, Mr Sargwah Wazhi, who was killed by armed robbers on…
APC chieftain not killed in Taraba—Police
The Taraba Police Command on Friday said no All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain was killed in the state by miscreants.…
NUPENG shuts Total lubricant section
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday shut down the lubricant section of French oil…
Economic recession hits event planners
A number of event planners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said that the current economic recession in Nigeria caused…
2 men accused of theft granted N200,000 bail each
A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted two men, Onifade Adefila and Tijani Sikiru, N200,000 bail each,…
British PM slams Kerry’s Middle East speech
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday criticised U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on peace in the Middle…
Prison command lauds Comptroller-General
The Prison Command in Kwara on Friday commended the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Mallam Jaafaru Ahmed, for…
Man docked for stoning, pursuing bank’s staff, customers with nailed-plank
For allegedly stoning and pursuing bank’s staff and customers with a nailed plank, a 33-year-old man, Taiye Jimoh, on Friday…
5 arrested over killing of Chinese miner, 3 others
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested five people, including a ‘notable’ politician for allegedly killing a Chinese miner and…
Minister crazy about local food, attire
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, says he has a high taste for local food and attire. He said this…
Boy’s penis amputated in second botched circumcision
Lawyers in Kuala Lumpur said on Friday that a 9-year-old Malaysian boy got his penis amputated in the second botched…
Don’t neglect your bills during festivities, Eko Disco tells customers
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has called on customers within its network to settle their outstanding…
New Year: Osun NSCDC assures adequate security
The Osun command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has put measures in place to secure the…
Keffi chicken dealers, butchers worry over epidemic
Chicken dealers and butchers in Keffi, Nasarawa State, have expressed concern over possible epidemic from the slaughterhouse as they continue…
2017 Hajj: Kano tells pilgrims board to begin preparation
The Kano State Government has directed the Pilgrims Welfare Board to commence preparations for the 2017 Hajj operation. The Acting…
NDLEA intercepts tonnes of illicit drugs in Sokoto
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday, said it had seized 2.5 tonnes of Rohypnol valued at over…
Reps advises FG on liberated IDPs from Sambisa forest
The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has urged the Federal Government to come up with…
Serena Williams announces her engagement
Thirty-five-year-old tennis star Serena Williams says she is engaged to Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of social news website Reddit. The…
Boko Haram: Nigerians in South Africa commend FG
The Nigerian community in South Africa has commended the Federal Government for flushing out Boko Haram insurgents from the Sambisa…
Anambra donates automotive industrial park land to FG
The Anambra government has donated 80 hectares of land to the Federal Government for the construction of an automotive industrial…
Ekiti monarch sacks chief over dishonesty, indiscipline
A first class traditional ruler in Ekiti State and Oloye of Oye, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju, has ordered the removal of…
2 Edo APC Chieftains sent to prison for murder
An Oredo Magistrates court in Benin on Thursday ordered the remand in prison custody of two chieftains of the All…
NAFDAC destroys N100m fake regulated products
The National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control(NAFDAC) on Thursday in Sokoto destroyed fake, counterfeit, expired and unwholesome regulated products…
One killed, 3 injured as gunmen attack APC chieftain
The Police in Taraba has confirmed the death of one person in an attack on the convoy of Alhaji Adamu…
Jigawa Assembly commended over Disability Bill passage
The Association of Persons Living with Disability in Jigawa, on Thursday, commended the State House of Assembly on the passage…
Man docked for escaping from police custody
A 32-year-old unemployed man, Gbenga Ogunfemi, who allegedly escaped from police custody, was on Thursday in Lagos arraigned before Magistrate…
Police tells Enugu residents to be law abiding
The Enugu State Police Command has urged residents of the state to be law abiding while celebrating New Year in…