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Minister urges Biosafety Agency to be more visible

The Minister of Environment, Mr Suleiman Zarma, has urged the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) to be more visible in…

Ekiti monarch hails FG for TraderMoni initiative

The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has commended the the Federal Government for empowering common people through…

Hiding under ethnicity and religion is ‘bloody nonsense’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “bloody nonsense” the penchant of some Nigerians to hide under the canopy of ethnicity…

Buhari prays for victims of crashed pavilion in Maiduguri

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with those that sustained injuries following the collapse of a pavilion at the massively-attended campaign…

Obaseki approves N843m for the payment of LG pensioners

The sum of N843, 324, 509.46 has been approved by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, for the payment of…

Nobody can rig the coming elections – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says nobody within or outside the commission can rig the forthcoming general elections.

9 teenagers win Innovation challenge with health solution

A group of nine teenage students have emerged winners of the InterswitchSPAK 1.0 Innovation Challenge, for collaborating to develop a…

Ogun APC governorship candidate pledges improved economy

Dapo Abiodun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun, has pledged to boost the socio-economic development of the…

Rumours: WhatsApp limits number of times users forward texts

WhatsApp is limiting worldwide the number of times a user can forward a message to five, starting on Monday, the…
NBA vows to check rampant extortions of citizens by some police operatives which infringe on their fundamental human rights in Enugu

NBA Ikeja protests new Lagos High Courts Civil Procedure Rules

Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has protested the launch of new Lagos High Courts Civil Procedure Rules…
Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro condemns sack of Rector of Benue Poly Nath Oche, other heads of tertiary institutions by Gov Hyacinth Alia.

Ex-Interior Minister to appear before panel, Jan. 25

The Presidential Investigation Panel on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on Monday invited the former Interior Minister, Abbah Moro to…

Lagos CJ launches new High Court of Lagos Civil Procedure Rules

The Lagos State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Opeyemi Oke, on Monday launched the new High Court of Lagos Civil Procedure…

Delta govt. returns 160 maltreated children to parents

The Delta Government said on Monday that between 2017 and 2018, it returned no fewer than 160 children being maltreated…

Dogara inaugurates snake bite hospital in Gombe

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday inaugurated a Snakebite Treatment and Research Hospital in Kaltungo town…
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Woman stabs son to death for using father’s name on birth certificate

A Mpumalanga woman in South Africa stabbed her son to death for using his father’s surname on his birth certificate.
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Court dissolves 16-yr-old marriage over threat to life

Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between one…

INEC uncovers plan to use food vendors for vote-buying

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had uncovered plans by some political actors to use food vendors around…

Buhari in Yobe, pledges improved security in North-East

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched his re-election bid in Damaturu, with a pledge to improve on the gains recorded…

Irresponsible leaders to blame for Nigeria’s woes – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday blamed the current poor state of the nation on certain ” irresponsible ” leaders.

Court stops Buhari, AGF from removing Onnoghen

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Muhammadu Buhari and…

JC International Records Zero Lost Time Incident in 2018

JC International, Nigeria’s leading Inspection, Training and Fabric maintenance services provider has recorded zero Lost Time Incident (LTI) in 2018.…

Ayade orders Police to search campaign convoys in Cross River

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, has directed the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, to stop and search…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Kano Assembly appeals to Ganduje, Buhari for Agric University.

Adamu Aminu The Kano State House of Assembly has called on the State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje to appeal to…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs Command exceeds target, generates N23.5bn in 2018

The Lillypond Container Terminal Customs Command says it generated N23.5 billion as revenue in 2018, as against the N12.3 billion…
Police acting in concert with military operatives rescue 23 kidnapped victims from a gang of gunmen in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State.

Police gun down three murder suspects in Rivers shoot-out

The Rivers Police command says it has shot dead three gunmen suspected to have killed Mr Nnafor Ogbu, the Ogale…

30 political parties back Buhari for Presidency

No fewer than 30 political parties in Bauchi have formed a coalition to support President Muhammadu Buhari and Gov. Muhammed…

Fear grips ladies as underwear theft increases

Many ladies have been more safety-conscious since the upsurge in the level of underwear theft in the country, the News…

Lagos lifts embargo on construction of Petrol Stations

The Lagos State Government on Monday lifted embargo on the grant of Planning Permit for the construction of petrol stations…

10 developments that will shape Africa’s energy sector in 2019

After a year of rebound and recovery, Africa’s old and new hydrocarbons markets have an opportunity to further entrench the…

Ecobank Nigeria to establish 50,000 Xpress Points in 2019 – MD

Ecobank Nigeria, has disclosed plans to bring banking operations closer to Nigerian neighborhoods by expanding its agent banking locations to…