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Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa Govt to construct 23 more basic health clinics

The Jigawa Government says it will construct and equip 23 more health clinics across the 27 local government areas of…

Trump to honour Synagogue shooting victims

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to honour the 11 people…

141 Nigerians, including 11 pregnant women return from Libya

No fewer than 141 Nigerians including 11 pregnant women have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of…

Buhari’s group expels members for associating with Atiku

Grassroots Mobilizers for Buhari (GMB), a political association promoting President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential ambition, has expelled six of its…
NLC says its members arrested and detained during protests will now be paid allowance for the period of time their freedom are curtailed.

Minimum wage: Nigerian workers least paid in Africa – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, citing an analysis of the wages…

Boko Haram: FAO distributes 11,000 fuel-efficient stoves to displaced families

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has distributed 11, 000 fuel-efficient stoves to families displaced by the Boko…

Khashoggi: France refuses to rule out sanction against Saudi Arabia

France doesn’t rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authorities are found to have been involved in the…

Nigeria supports Guinea Bissau with electoral kits, vehicles, $500,000

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says that Federal Government has approved 500,000 dollars, 350 electoral kits and seven vehicles to…

Migration: UN launches radio series to sensitise vulnerable Nigerians

The UN migration agency has launched a radio series in Nigeria to sensitise vulnerable people seeking to pursue economic opportunities…

Austria backs out of UN global migration pact

Austria on Wednesday backed out of a UN pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between…

Buhari’s group challenges PDP to disprove Osibanjo’s clarification on debt profile

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disprove Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s clarification of…

Pakistan frees Christian woman facing death in blasphemy case

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and…

Flood kills 20-year-old in Anambra

Ifejika Umuiza, a 20-year-old boy from Ogbetiti village in Odekpe community, Ogbaru, Anambra has been reported killed by flood.
EFCC deploys operatives across the 36 states and FCT to combat vote buying in next Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections.

6 men remanded in EFCC custody over N148m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday charged six men and a company before a Federal High Court…
Ikpeazu

Abia seeks South Korea’s partnership in technology development

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia said on Tuesday that the state government was seeking partnership with South Korea to promote…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Kano Govt. spends N1.2bn monthly on pension

The Kano State Government says it is spending N1.2 billion monthly on the payment of pension and other benefits in…

Scientists develop AI programme to spot far-off galaxies

Australian scientists on Wednesday said they have trained an Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme used to recognise faces on social networking…

Lagos-Ibadan rail line: Amaechi expresses disappointment at pace of work

Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has said that he was not impressed with the pace of work at…

1.4m people migrate to cities weekly – UN

The UN says no fewer than 1.4 million people migrate every week to cities around the world. Secretary-General António Guterres…
Indonesian traders displeased with government's new e-commerce ban

Indonesia removes Lion Air director after plane crash

Indonesia’s transport minister removed on Wednesday the technical director of the Lion Air airline and several of its technicians after…

$22.06bn, N481.75bn not remitted to Federation Account between 1999-2015 – NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that the 22.06 billion dollars and N481.75 billion yet to be remitted…

El-Zakzaky: I-G puts Commissioners of Police on red alert

The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has placed all Commissioners of Police on red alert over the activities…
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Court remands 6 men in EFCC custody over N148m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday charged six men and a company before a Federal High Court…

NLC stages protest over FG’s ‘No Work No Pay’

The President of the Joint Public Negotiating Council Comrade, Abdulrafiu Adeniji on Tuesday led a protest over the federal government's…
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

Ogun PDP Crisis: INEC nullifies Adebutu’s guber candidacy

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally recognised the list of candidates for the 2019 general elections submitted to…

Boko Haram: FG releases report on alleged deplorable condition of troops

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja released a report on investigation into alleged deplorable conditions of the troops involved…

Obaseki declares three days mourning in Edo for Anenih

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday declared a three-day mourning period in honour of late elder statesman, Chief Tony…
NLC at the end of its NEC in Rivers State issues an ultimatum of December 1 to state governments to implement the new minimum wage.

Minimum wage: Labour, CSOs protest, begin mobilisation for nationwide strike

Members of the organised labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC)…

Union Bank posts N14.9bn profit in 3rd quarters of 2018

Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Tuesday declared a profit before tax of N14.9 billion for the nine months…

Forex: Inter-bank market gets another $210m boost

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says authorised dealers received 100 million dollars from the bank on Tuesday as part…