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Water Corporation Charges Residents To Support Metering Exercise

The Lagos Water Corporation has charged residents of the State to support the ongoing metering exercise recently embarked upon by…

Union wants Federal Government to address poor wages

Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), on Tuesday…

Taraba governor tells licensed miners to access C of O

Gov. Darius Isiaku of Taraba on Tuesday advised mining title holders to access Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) from…

Africa holds key for feeding 9 billion people by 2050 – Adesina

Africa holds the key for feeding the nine billion people that will inhabit this planet by 2050, the President of…

UBA Sustains Strong Performance; Grows Nine Months Profit By 33%

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced its unaudited third quarter financial results ended September…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Reps to repeal outdated water laws

The House of Representatives has promised to repeal obsolete water-related laws and enact the National Water Resources Commission and National…
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode

World Food Day: Lagos empowers 1,140 residents

No fewer than 1,140 residents of Lagos have been empowered by the Lagos State Government under its agricultural value and…

Toll-free numbers: LASEMA kicks off awareness campaign

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) kicked off, on Tuesday, its three-day road show, to create awareness on the…

NANTS president advocates negotiating strategy for Nigeria

President, National Association of Nigeria Traders (NANTS), Mr Ken Ukaoha, has advocated for the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN)…

Aare Ona Kakanfo: Tinubu congratulates Gani Adams

Sen. Bola Tinubu on Tuesday congratulated the leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, on his appointment as…
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohamed Sa'ad Abubakar: speaks on Nigeria's challenge

Sultan denies rumours of poison vaccine

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed speculations that vaccines for polio and other communicable diseases cause…

2019 Presidential election: Buhari remains only credible candidate

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to stand for re-election in 2019 because he remains the…
Nigerian Girl child

UNFPA tasks Federal Government on girl child education

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the Federal Government to invest more in the education of youths, especially the…
Nigerian Girl child

Dolapo Osinbajo task girls on innovation

The wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, has stressed the importance of girl child education, calling on every…

NNPC stocks petrol for year-end movements – Baru

Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation had stocked over…
Forest fire

Overnight rains extinguish wildfires in Spain

Overnight rains in the region and a lowering of unseasonably high temperatures in Galicia helped the task of the hundreds…
Fraud

Kwara LG Poll: Court dismisses suit against KWASIEC

An Ilorin High Court on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) praying the court to…

President Buhari signs University of Petroleum Resources Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed University of Petroleum Resources Bill with a pledge to continue to support the socio-economic…
Daniel Ogazi,, Ibrahim Balarabe factions of Nasarawa House of Assembly fail to reach agreement on who leads the assembly as the 7th Speaker.

Nasarawa state to construct new court complex

Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa state on Tuesday laid the foundation for the construction of new multi-million naira high court…

Africa spends $35bn annually on food imports – AfDB

The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa was spending 35 billion dollars annually on…
Nigeria Joins Global Community in Commitment to Defeat Meningitis by 2030

Nigerian Army debunk rumours of harmful vaccination in Ondo State

The 32 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army, Akure, has debunked rumours of harmful vaccination being conducted by some people believed…

Police destroy drugs worth over N50m in Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edgal Imohimi on Tuesday destroyed hard drugs worth more than N50 million at…

Former minister seeks end to hidden hunger syndrome

Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, former Minister of Health, on Tuesday, stressed the need for relevant authorities to urgently address hidden hunger…
UNICEF

More than half of UNICEF’s social media followers are Nigerians – Official

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that U-Report, it’s unique social media platform to engage with communities on issues…

411 teachers sit for professional qualifying exam in Lagos

About 411 teachers participated in the maiden edition of the Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination in Lagos State, Gbolahan Enilolobo, State…

rainstorm destroys rice farms in Plateau

A rainstorm has washed away 100 hectares of rice farms, worth millions of naira, at Panyam village in Mangu Local…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Kaduna govt seeks private sector partnership to modernise cattle breeding

The Kaduna State Government says it would work with stakeholders to establish modern cattle breeding methods in line with global…

INTELS reacts to NPA’s termination of pilotage agreement

INTELS Nigeria Ltd says the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) did not give the organisation room to address issues raised by…

President Buhari leaves for Turkey for D-8 summit, state visit

President Muhammadu Buhari is to depart for Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday to participate in the ninth D-8 Summit slated for…

2017/2018 Admissions: LASU Shortlists 3,500 candidates

The Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday said it had closed admission of students for the 2017/2018 academic session following…