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LG Polls: AKISIEC attributes late commencement to security threat

The Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC), Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, said security threat to the commission accounted…

Salaries, pension: Kogi governor to pay arrears before 2018

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says he will pay all salary arrears of civil servants cleared and the pension arrears…

Gowon tells filmmakers to promote national unity, patriotism

Former Head of State, Gen.Yakubu Gowon, has urged filmmakers and other stakeholders in the movie industry to use their works…

Yuletide: Anambra FRSC to deploy 1,000 personnel, 400 marshals

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will deploy 1,000 personnel and 400 Special Marshals to various traffic flash-points…

Buhari tells varsities to justify governments’ investment

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged universities in the country to justify Federal Government’s investment in them by striving to raise…

Osinbajo tells youths to take their destinies in their hands

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has advised youths in the country to take their destinies in their hands by taking up…

Buhari was never banned from US, Presidency replies Atiku

The presidency has dismissed as false and untrue the claim by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that “for about 15 years,…

Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, is dead

Oba Charles Ibitoye, the Olomu of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, has joined his ancestors.
Osun Government cautions residents against unprotected sex to minimise spread of HIV in the face of withdrawal of support from USAID.

16,000 persons living with HIV died in Borno

The Borno chapter of the Network of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWAN), says more than 16,000…

Troops kill 3 Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents at Gajibo village in Dikwa Local…

Lagos aglow as International Drink Festival begins

More than 3,000 participants, 2,000 International and Local Exhibitors and 500 delegates are currently gathered at the International Drink Festival…

Instant divorce among Muslims now a crime in India

India is all set to criminalise triple talaq, a practice of instant divorce common among the country’s minority Muslims, with…

Navy apprehends notorious recruitment fraudster

The Nigerian Navy (NN) says it has arrested a 27-year-old man, Yohanna Ahmadu, a suspected recruitment fraudster for attempting to…

2018 World Cup draw: Nigeria’s group decent, but tricky

A section of football enthusiasts in Nigeria has described the country’s 2018 World Cup group draw as “decent, but tricky”.
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

Lagos prisons management receive large consignment of drug supply for inmates

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NIS) has received large consignment of drugs to cater for the…
Osun Government cautions residents against unprotected sex to minimise spread of HIV in the face of withdrawal of support from USAID.

Ajimobi call for collective efforts against spread of HIV/AIDS

Wife of Oyo State Governor, Dr (Mrs) Florence Ajimobi, has called for collaborative efforts from all stakeholders in the state…

NNPC officials foil vandals attempt to steal petrol at Abule Egba

Barely two months after officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) arrested suspected pipeline vandals at Abule Egba, a…

Dokpesi woos Igbinedion, Ibori for PDP National Chairmanship

Former Governor of Delta, Chief James Ibori, on Friday described Chief Raymond Dokpesi as a passionate loyalist of Peoples Democratic…

Cancer kills 10,000 Nigerians annually

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday in Abuja said 10,000 people die annually due to agony and…

FUT Minna gets new Vice chancellor

Prof. Abdullahi Bala, the deputy vice chancellor administration, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has been inaugurated as the 7th…

Naira appreciated by 30.3% against dollar in 10 months

The naira has  appreciated by 30.3 per cent since February when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began its aggressive…

Benue to establish enterprise centre to fast track development

Benue Government is to establish small and medium-scale enterprises development agency to fast track skills acquisition among youths in the…

NEVACO dismisses allegations of recruitment racketeer

The National Ethics and Values Compliance Office (NEVACO) has described the alleged recruitment racketeering currently going on in the agency…

Death or slavery: The Risks of Travelling to Europe Via Libya

According to the The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, the excessive quest by Nigerian youths to engage in…

HIV/AIDS: NMA calls for more research

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara state chapter, has solicited the support of the Federal and state governments for more…

JTF commander decorates newly promoted military officers

Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi, the Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta Operation Delta Safe, on…

Buhari’s presence at AU-EU Summit cogent – Presidency

A Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s contributions to the just concluded 5th AU-EU summit in…
NANS debunks association with Free Nnamdi Kanu protest

Libya slavery: NANS lauds Federal Government’s efforts

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Friday, lauded President Muhammadu Buhari on the steps being taken to end…
Nigerian Navy says its operatives have rescued 15 victims of human trafficking during different operations on the Lagos waterways.

Navy nabs man over recruitment fraud

The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it had arrested a 27- year-old man, Yohanna Ahmadu, for allegedly attempting to defraud…

Emefiele tasks graduates on job creation

Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has tasked graduating students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka…