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Smart City: Lagos to train one million residents on computer coding

Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme…

Court remands murder suspect in prison

A security guard, Joel Absolom, who allegedly killed his friend, Abdulahi Abduramon, was on Wednesday remanded in prison by an…

Investment One perfects acquisition of Universal Steels

Investment One Financial Services, a leading financial services firm in Nigeria, says it has perfected the acquisition of the assets…

Mixed reaction trails suspension of Reps members

Some All Progressive Party (APC) loyalists and officials in Malumfashi and Kafur Local Government Areas of Katsina State have disassociated…

Artists seek to participate in Lagos @50 festival

Tope Babayemi, the Coordinator of the Artists’ Village at the National Theatre, has urged the Lagos State Government to allow…
Ghana's president Nana-Akufo-Addo

Ghanaian president swears-in 12 new ministers

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has sworn into office 12 more ministers-designate approved by parliament, charging them to work toward…

Nasarawa government purchases vehicles to boost immunisation

Nasarawa Government has purchased 13 Hilux vehicles for effective monitoring of immunisation against childhood killers diseases across the state. Mr…
Group petitions EFCC and ICPC against Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai

Kaduna government orders FRSC off the streets

The Kaduna State Government has barred personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from erecting checkpoints in Kaduna and…

Adamawa governor calls for special prayers for Buhari

Gov. Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa on Wednesday called on religious leaders in the state to offer special prayers for the…

Keffi residents decry poor electricity supply

Keffi residents in Nasarawa State have expressed concern over the erratic power supply in the area. They said that the…
N5.78b fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed

Stop blaming Buhari for economic woes- Kwara governor

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advised Nigerians to stop blaming President Muhammad Buhari or any of the nation’s…

Recession: Car owners abandon cars with us -Mechanic

An auto-mobile mechanic in Ilorin, Kwara, Mr Martins Michael, has lamented the high rate at which car owners abandon their…

Educationist blames social media for decline in reading

An educationist, Mrs Victoria Oladunni , has identified the advent of the social media as a major cause in the…

Buhari wants vp who can hold Nigeria together

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, has revealed that Pres. Buhari chose him as running mate in…
University of Ibadan

UI Senate approves admission of 3,589 new students

The Senate of the University of Ibadan has approved the admission of 3,589 students for the 2016/2017 academic session. Mr…

MTN group expects loss due to 1bn fine

MTN Group expects to report a full-year loss due to a one billion dollars regulatory fine in Nigeria and for…

Workers begin 72-hour strike

Workers at Canadian Natural Resources’ (CNR) Baobab and Espoir oil and gas fields in Ivory Coast launched a 72-hour strike…

Al Shabaab kill 4 in hotel attack

Somalia’s al Shabaab militants stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Bosasso, on Wednesday, killing four…

Zuma authorises deployment of 400 soldiers

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Wednesday authorised no fewer than 400 soldiers to join the security team at…

IBB university begins production of cashew juice

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the institution said…

Lalong loses appeal against sacked councillors

The Court of Appeal in Jos, on Wednesday threw out an appeal filed by Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, against…

NAFDAC seizes N 2.5m fruit juices

The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized assorted imported fruit juices, codeine-containing substances and…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

Navy nabs 8 suspects trafficking hemp

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday handed over three suspects arrested with a boat conveying 559 kilogrammes of cannabis to the…

DPR warns marketers against fuel hoarding

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara has warned marketers against fuel hoarding without inexplicable reason. The state Operations…

CJ pardons 28 awaiting trial inmates

The Chief Judge of Sokoto State, Justice Bello Abbas, has granted pardon to 28 awaiting trial inmates in the Sokoto…

Somali lawmakers begin voting for president

Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital’s airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of…

Minister advocates legislation to check hate speeches

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that for Nigeria to achieve a just and egalitarian…

115,000 child soldiers released – UN

No fewer than 115,000 children recruited by armies and militia groups as child soldiers have been released in the past…

Wrong time to leave ICC now, UN envoy tells Africa

The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, has warned African countries that withdrawing from the International…

Shocking Confession! Boko Haram paid me N200 – Suicide Bomber

An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)…