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President’s aide partners ECOWAS Youth Council to tackle unemployment

Mrs Juliet Ibekau-Nwagwu, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reform Sector has pledged to cooperate with the Economic…

Labour laments non-payment of April salary in Bauchi

The Bauchi state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday decried the delay in payment of April salary of…

Senate Presidency: Civil Society Group endorses Goje

A Civil Society Group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of Sen. Danjuma Goje…

Writers, Authors decry poor reward for productivity

The President, Association of Nigerian Authors, Malam Denja Abdulahi, said lack of reward for writers’ productivity was a major challenge…

Maiduguri records first rainfall in 2019

Residents of Maiduguri on Wednesday celebrated the first rainfall of the year recorded in the town, expressing relief that the…

NCCE re-certifies Niger education college

The Niger government said the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has re-certified the state College of Education in…

I-GP flags off health awareness programme for policemen in Nasarawa

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu , on Wednesday in Lafia, the launched the Health awareness strategy…

Breastfeeding can prevent 13% of child mortality in Nigeria – Group

Technical Advisor, Policy and Advocacy, Alive & Thrive, Mrs Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, says if 90 per cent of mothers can practice…

Baru tasks NNPC workers on security

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, has told workers of the company to support the management…

Jos burnt market to be demolished on May 19 

The Plateau Government is to demolish some sections of the burnt Jos Main Market on Sunday May19. A statement signed…
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta

Climate change to blame for dwindling water resources – Kenya

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday said that climate change was to blame for shrinking water resources in the…

You are not above the law, EFCC tells Saraki

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki that “he is…

Stakeholders advocate stronger polices in water management

Stakeholders at a workshop on Water Quality Management have advocated for Federal Government policies and more resources to ensure quality…

Bizarre! Man butchers ex-wife, burns body

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have launched a manhunt for a man who killed his ex-wife and burned her body…

Don’t be afraid if you have no skeletons in your cupboard, EFCC tells Saraki

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday told Senate President, Bukola Saraki not to be afraid if he…

Wike vows to sanction companies that patronise cultists

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed that he will henceforth sanction any company that awards surveillance jobs to…

A former Lagos CJ demanded N10m bribe from me, Bamaiyi tells court

Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), a former Chief of Army Staff, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court that a former…
Patience Jonathan says she won't return to Presidential Villa again

Court adjourns forfeiture suit against Patience Jonathan to May 24

A Federal High Court Lagos, Wednesday, adjourned until May 24, a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

Trump invokes executive privilege over entire Mueller report

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report and its underlying investigative materials,…
Two women drowned in a pond they went to after they closed from work in Gezawa local government area of Kano, the state Fire Service has said.

Boy, 18, drowns in Kano pond

An 18-year-old boy, Aminu Mu’azu, has drowned while bathing in a pond at Kurna Dorawar Dillali in the Dala Local…

Kano Assembly clips Emir Sanusi’s wings, creates 4 new emirates

The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the bill for the creation of four additional first class Emirates. The…
Endurance our best option now: MURIC begs Nigerians

Nobody can erase Ambode’s achievements – MURIC

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for embarking on massive infrastructural drive which…

RCCG renovates K9 Unit of Nigeria Police

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has handed over the renovated Canine Section popularly called `K9’ Unit of the Force…

Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school in US

Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado…

Count us out in death of Okada rider – Lagos Police

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it was not responsible in the purported death of a motorcycle (Okada)…

China builds 158 Internet hospitals to curb congestion

China’s medical authority said on Wednesday that 158 Internet hospitals had been built, to address congestion in large urban hospitals…

Force-feeding: Nigerian nanny bags 15 years imprisonment over baby’s death

Oluremi Adeleye, a 73 nanny convicted of murder in the U.S. for force-feeding baby milk has been sentenced to 15…
Ramadan: Medical experts drop important message

Ramadan: Muslim faithful urged to obey Allah’s command

A Muslim scholar, Professor Abdulrazzaq Alaro has called on Muslims to obey the commandments of Almighty Allah and live a…

2 ‘Yahoo boys’ jailed 1 year without option of fine

A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two convicted Internet fraudsters, Mustapha Sulaiman and Paul Chimezie, to…

Gusau: Pharmacists close shops over non-assent to Bill

The Zamfara chapter of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), on Tuesday, closed down their shops to protest…