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Breaking: Ambode abolishes monthly environmental sanitation

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday terminated the monthly environmental sanitation exercise which hitherto held for three hours on the…

NSCDC deploys 15,000 personnel for Ondo guber polls

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 15,000 personnel for the Nov. 26, governorship election in Ondo…

Housekeeper remanded for stealing credit card

A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 23-year-old housekeeper, Henry Iruma-Egana, who allegedly stole his employer’s credit…

No casualties from communal clash- Police

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has refuted claims that its personnel deployed to quell the communal clash between Ikot Akpan…

Drogba bids farewell to Montreal

Striker Didier Drogba has indicated he will not return to Montreal Impact next season with Major League Soccer club releasing…

Ex-banker in court over N435m fraud

court-of-law[/caption A former banker, who allegedly defrauded 26 different people to the tune of N435 million, on Wednesday appeared before…

ASUU strike: LASU lecturers resume work

Lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) resumed work on Wednesday after the expiration of the one-week nationwide warning strike…

EFCC arrests VC Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Olusola Oyewole.…

FRSC proposes review of drivers licence fees – Boboye

Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says it will submit a proposal to the Joint Task Board of the commission for…

2000 Students get certificate 20 years after graduation

About 2000 graduates of Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies, Maiduguri will receive their certificates, 20 years after…

FRSC trains 400 tricycle operators

The Borno Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday said it had trained about 400 tricycle operators…

Trump picks South Carolina Gov as US ambassador to UN

President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, according…

Legal practitioner calls for law against jungle justice

An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Adeoye Are has called on the National Assembly to facilitate a bill against jungle…
PDP appoints Eyitayo Jegede chairman of committee that will screen all aspirants for national offices in its forthcoming National Convention

Breaking: Appeal Court sacks Jimoh Ibrahim as PDP gov candidate in Ondo

The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Wednesday re-listed Eyitayo Jegede as candidate of PDP in the November 26 governorship election…

Justice Abang wrong to order INEC to replace Jegede’s name with Jimoh Ibrahim – A/Court

The Special Panel of the Appeal Court in Abuja this afternoon ruled that Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja High…

Gov Ganduje presents N209.8bn budget proposal to Kano Assembly

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday presented a 2017 budget proposal of more than 209.8 billion naira to…

250 Returnee IDPs get relief materials

The Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE), on Wednesday, presented relief materials to more than 250,000 returnee Internally Displaced Persons…

Obong of Calabar expresses confidence in NIMASA Board

The Obong of Calabar, His Royal Majesty, Edidem Ekpo Okon, has expressed confidence in the Board of the Nigerian Maritime…

Ondo govt promotes 2, 212 workers

Ondo State Government has promoted 2, 212 civil servants in 2016, Chairman of the state Civil Service Commission, Dr Afolabi…

Bayelsa farmers decry destruction of crops by cattle

Farmers and community leaders in Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have decried the destruction of their…

Zamfara police rescue 41 persons recently kidnapped

The police in Zamfara have announced the rescue of 41 persons kidnapped last week by armed bandits in Maru local…

Aba shoe manufacturers seek SON’s assistance

Shoe manufacturers in Aba, Abia, have urged the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to ensure thorough scrutiny of raw materials…

Training of youths in dance would create employment- Stakeholder

A dance instructor, Tony Offiong, on Wednesday said that practical training in dance through formal education would sharpen the skills…

Ondo election: Absence of Judge stalls hearing challenging Akeredolu

The absence of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has stalled hearing in a suit challenging the candidature of Rotimi Akeredolu, as the…

2016 Abuja Carnival begins Dec. 3

The 2016 Abuja Carnival will hold from Dec. 3 to 6, the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on…

ASUU strike: Academic activities resume at FUT Minna

Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has resumed lectures at the expiration of…
UNILORIN extends Post-UTME registration

Kwara monarch lauds Unilorin’s COBES programme

The monarch of Ganmo in Kwara, Alhaji Anafi Zubair, has lauded the University of Ilorin for its Faculty of Agriculture’s…

128 policemen killed in three months- I-G

The Inspector-General of Police, (I-G), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, said 128 policemen had lost their lives to activities of criminals in…

FG inaugurates Graduate Farmers’ Empowerment Scheme

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, has inaugurated the Graduate Youth Empowerment Scheme in Doma, Nasarawa State, to…

NASSI will create 2m jobs by 2020

The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) says it will create two million jobs between 2016 and 2020. Its…