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Govt warns Niger Delta Avengers against attack on oil installations

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh has urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and youths of the…

5 killed in helicopter crash

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Authorities say five people have died and one was seriously injured after a helicopter crashed in northern New Mexico.

Pregnant women, nursing mothers receive N2bn support in Zamfara

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) spent N2 billion to fund Child Development Grand Programme (CDGP) to support nursing…

NSE market indicators drop by 0.08%, halts 10-day upward trend

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday closed lower halting over 10-day upward trend with the All-Share Index…

State govts. still owing salaries despite Paris Club loan refund – NAN Survey

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the North Central zone has revealed that state governments still…

Apple to pay $38bn in foreign cash taxes, create 20,000 jobs

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) will open a new campus as part of a five-year, 30 billion dollars U.S. investment plan and…

Telecom operators calls on Govt. to review issue of Right of Way

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has called on the Federal Government to revisit the issue of Right…

BPE says restructuring of NIPOST will provide efficient service delivery

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) says the planned restructuring and modernisation of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) will facilitate…

AfDB disburses $600m budget support to Nigerian Govt during economic recession

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said that African Development Bank (AfDB) disbursed a budget support of 600 million…

Benue Killings: Federal Govt. urged to act fast to stop killing

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Benue Group, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to stop the killing of innocent citizens by Fulani Herdsmen, saying…

Tertiary institutions directed to end 2017 admissions by Jan. 25

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday directed all tertiary institutions to end their 2017 admission by January…

Customs inaugurate board to provide roadmap for staff college

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has inaugurated a seven man board to provide a roadmap for…

Nigeria is making steady, remarkable progress in agriculture – Buhari

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the agricultural sector has witnessed steady and remarkable progress in the last two years, significantly…

Pope Francis marries couple during flight

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Pope Francis has made history by performing a wedding ceremony for two flight attendants on board a plane travelling between…

Erosion Project: Kano govt. to spend N500m as counterpart funding

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kano State Government said it would spend N500 million in 2018 as counterpart funding for the World Bank’s Nigeria…

204 killed in road accidents in Niger

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger said that no fewer than 204 persons were killed in road accidents…

President Zuma urged to facilitate probe into “state capture”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South African opposition on Thursday urged President Jacob Zuma to release the terms of reference to facilitate the probe into…

Gov. Ortom dismiss rumours of owning any militia group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says the state does not own any militia group.

Kwara’s Gov. Ahmed dissolves cabinet

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Thursday dissolved the state’s executive council with immediate effect, the Secretary to the State…

Climate Change: Nigerian Govt urged to outlaw importation of gasoline generators

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Some secondary school students in Edo have called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of gasoline generators so…

Army calls on Boko Harm insurgents to lay down arms

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on Boko Haram insurgents to lay down their arms…

Lassa Fever: Nasarawa Govt. takes measure to check outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dr Ibrahim Adamu, Director of Public Health at the Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has said that the state government…

5,253 Anambra rural farmers benefit from FADAMA intervention

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Chucks Egbueh, the Project Coordinator of FADAMA in Anambra, says 5, 253 farmers benefitted from the various interventions of…

Zimbabwe’s ruling party confident of landslide victory in general election

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe’s ruling African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) party is confident that the 2018 general election will give it landslide…

FCT Task Force arrests 4,627 offenders in 2017

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Joint Task Force on Thursday said that it arrested 4,627 offenders for various offences in…

New Zealand increases testing for cattle disease spread

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A testing and tracing regime for the bacterial infection Mycoplasma bovis found in New Zealand’s cattle, Officials said.

Army seeks community cooperation to crush insurgency

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has called on people to support the military to fast track…

Trump insists on border wall, says Mexico will pay ‘directly or indirectly’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that his position on the border wall with Mexico has not changed, and…

Sokoto govt. procures 833 trucks of fertilizer for dry season farming

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture says that the state government has procured 833 trucks of fertilizer…

Kano Varsity to establish Faculties of Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Veterinary Sciences

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Prof. Shehu Alhaji-Musa, Vice Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, said on Thursday that the institution…

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