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Covenant University to offer post-career jobs to retired soldiers
The Covenant University, Ota in Ogun, said on Monday that it planned to offer post-career jobs to retired Armed Forces…
Oyo to establish ranches for herdsmen
The Oyo State Government says it plans to establish cattle ranches for herdsmen to stem the increasing waves of clashes…
Sokoto State to recruit 500 Teachers
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, said on Tuesday that the state government would employ 500 teachers to be deployed…
Adamawa generates over N7m revenue from timber sale
From January 2016 to date, the Adamawa government has generated over N7 million revenue from the sale of timber, Mr…
Nigerians lament challenges of e-payment
Worried by the myriad of problems associated with the use of e-payment channels in Nigeria, some Lagos residents lamenting the…
NAGAFF wants customs to stabilise import duty
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Tuesday said that the constant upward review of duty on…
Omotayo wins silver at Westchester Open tournament
A national table tennis player, Olajide Omotayo, on Tuesday attributed the silver medal he won at the Westchester Open tournament…
IOM delivers aid to 12,000 IDPs in Borno
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Nigeria, has distributed 3,000 non-food relief item (NFI) kits to internally displaced people (IDPs)…
Clearing and forwarding agent docked over N3.5m fraud
A 34-year-old clearing and forwarding agent, Taiwo Orerere, was on Tuesday docked at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court over…
Kaduna govt appoints sole administrators of state-owned institutions
The Kaduna State Government has appointed, Prof. Shehu Dalhatu and Prof. Emmanuel Chom, as sole administrators of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic,…
FRSC ready for Ember months
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to ensure the safety of the nation’s…
1.2m farmers trained on vitamin A cassava production
Harvestplus Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Tuesday, said it had trained more than 1.2 million farmers in parts of…
KDSG interdicts LGA chair, two other staff
The Kaduna State Government has sacked the Chairman, Interim Management Committee of Kaduna South Local Government, Alhaji Yahaya Shinko, with…
Ex-NTA boss complains of neglect
The former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Mr Patrick Ityoher, has cried out for being neglected by…
Spain imports N1.38trillion products from Nigeria
Mr Pablo Segrelles, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced that Spain had…
Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean
The Italian coast guard has saved 6,500 migrants most believed to be Africans, off the Libyan coast in 40 separate…
FG to replicate RUFIN programme nationwide
The Federal Government has expressed its determination to replicate the Rural Institution Building Programme across the country. Mr Appeh Auta,…
Borno govt. to relocate IDPs from 3 LGAs
The Borno Government announced on Tuesday that it planned to immediately relocate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Konduga, Mafa and…
Man stabbed to death for selling phone with bad battery
The Imo State Police Command has taken into custody a man who stabbed his neighbour to death for selling a…
Rivers PDP tells Peterside Wike cannot be impeached
The Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has stated that Governor Nyesom Wike was not under any threat…
3 wounded in suicide blast at China’s Kyrgyzstan embassy
A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on…
Troops raid bunkerer, militant camps in Delta
Troops of 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have raided a suspected oil bunkerer and militant camps at Afiagbene in…
Ize-Iyamu dissapoints Edo widows
The PDP Edo state governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu campaign team on Monday left over 80 widows hungry and disappointed…
US bans Gilbert Chagoury, Eko Hotel owner
Nigerian-Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, owner of the giant Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos and the groundbreaking Eko Atlantic City,…
Police nabs herdsman with AK47 rifle in Enugu
A fresh tension was ignited in Enugu on Monday following the arrest of an AK47 wielding Fulani herdsman. The arrest…
President Buhari dissociated from man who named dog “Buhari”
President Muhammadu Buhari has been dissociated from the case involving a man who named his pet dog ‘Buhari’ by the…
Russia banned from Paralympic Games
Russia has again been banned because of state-sponsored sports doping programme, and will not compete at the Paralympic Winter Games…
Kaduna govt proposes life imprisonment for rapists
The Kaduna State Government has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State…
Men docked for threatening to kidnap 4 children
Two men were arraigned in Lagos on Monday for sending threat messages to a mother alleging that they would kidnap…
Kwara set to implement contributory pension scheme
The Kwara Government on Monday expressed its readiness to start implementing contributory pension scheme in the state. Dr Femi Akorede,…