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Group calls for establishment of hajj biometric centers in all LGAs

Independent Hajj Reporters, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has called for the establishment of biometric centres across the 774 Local…

Maritime security: CNS expects more platforms to boost operational efficiency

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy will soon take delivery of additional…

Nation building: Lawmaker tasks Christians on involvement

A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Tunde Braimoh has urged Nigerians, especially Christians to participate in politics for nation-building, saying “INEC won’t…

2019 general elections: Nigerians advised against voting for older men

Youth Take-Over 2019 Movement, a pressure group, has called on Nigerians to elect youths of quality character and integrity into…

Power outage, petrol price hike worsen water shortage in Yenagoa

Prolonged power outage and the high cost of petrol have worsened the acute water shortage in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital.…

FRSC challenged on huge tasks in managing nation’s highways

Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, on Monday urged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to brace up for the “enormous…

Ford Foundation donates $600,000 to Lagos Museum Project

Ford Foundation has donated $600,000 (N216 million) towards the architectural design and commencement of the iconic Lagos Museum Project to…

JUSUN strike: Police deny disruption

The Police Command in Nasarawa State said it did not disrupt the strike embarked upon by members of the state…

Cosmetics industry needs regulatory body – Tinurella boss

Atinuke Hassan, the Creative Director of  House of  Tinurella, says  a regulatory body governing the make-up industry in the country…

UBA Foundation inaugurates pedestrian bridge in Sokoto

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Foundation, on Monday, inaugurated a pedestrian bridge at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Inaugurating the…

Taraba warring communities warned to eschew violence

Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, also the Chairman, National Economic Council Technical sub Committee on Ending Herders/Farmers Crisis, on Monday,…
Fraud

Gunpoint robbery: 8 men remanded in prison

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded eight men, who allegedly robbed people of their phones and motorcycles at…

Insecurity: Benue Govt. urge NIS to register foreigners to in all LGA

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has urged the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to embark on registration of foreigners in all…
EFCC alleges foul play, approaches Court of Appeal to quash no-case ruling ex-governor Babangida Aliyu and Tanko Beji in N4bn fraud trial

I have no intention of defecting to APC- Aliyu Babangida

The former Governor of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that he has no intention…
NITDA alerts Nigerians about a fraudulent Google Play Store being used for distributing a new malware strain known as the Play Praetor Trojan

Nigerians warned against EU data protection regulation

The National Information Communication Technology Agency (NITDA) on Monday warned Nigerians using European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to…

FG to bar multinational oil companies from shipping out crude

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday, said multinational oil firms would soon not ship…
NSCDC Operatives

DPR, NSCDC impound 5 vehicles with fabricated tanks

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Gombe field office, in collaboration with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has…

RATTAWU leader commends BBC’s Igbo, Yoruba services

The Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has commended the launch of Igbo and Yoruba services…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Disease Surveillance: WHO donates motorcycles worth N8.4m to Jigawa Govt.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 28 motorcycles worth N8.4 million to Jigawa Government to enhance Disease Surveillance and…

Buhari congratulates Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu at 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Netherlands, Dr Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, on her 70th birthday, slated for…

Air Force trains 20 officers on cyber security, software development

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) said it had trained 20 of its officers as software developers and Cyber Security personnel…
Mosquitoes

Yellow fever: Kwara immunizes 90% of targeted population

The Kwara Government says it has immunised about 90 percent of the targeted population for the Yellow fever vaccination in…

African countries urged to collaborate, trade with one another

Dr Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC), on Monday urged African countries to collaborate…

Gov. Ortom, Suswam reconcile

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he  has reconciled with his predecessor, Mr Gabriel Suswam.
NAFDAC raids 10 warehouses in Sabon Gari market in Kano State, seizes unregistered food products and arrested two people.

NAFDAC prosecutes Lagos businessman over sale of unregistered products

A prosecution witness, Mr Folorunsho Idowu, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a businessman, Ezeudu Emmanuel,…

2019: Credible elections can restructure Nigeria – CSO

Partners for Electoral Reform, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), on Monday said that Nigeria could be restructured if the nation…

Anambra govt commence exploration of culture, tourism sites

The Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Culture and Tourism in Anambra, Mrs Stella Onuora, said that the state government has begun…

Osun Assembly backs “Not Too Young To Run Bill’’

The Osun House of Assembly has expressed support for the ‘Not Too Young To Run Bill’, saying the nation can…

OPEC crude production cut is transformative – Barkindo

Mr Mohammed Barkindo, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroeum exporting Countries (OPEC), on Monday declared that the organisation’s decision…

5-yr-old marriage dissolved in Ibadan

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