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Ebonyi APC must reposition for effective opposition – Okorie

Dr Paul Okorie, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says the clamour for good governance in…

UN chief commends ILO @100

United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday praised the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for “carrying forward the torch that was…

Gombe farmers decry delay in fertiliser distribution

Some farmers in Gombe have decried the late distribution of subsidised fertilisers and other inputs by the government for the…

Famous designer, Yvonne Nwosu quits smoking

Famous Nigerian designer and fashionista Yvonne Nwosu says she has quit her long term addiction to cigarette smoking.

Buhari mourns foremost feminist, Molara Ogundipe

President Muhammadu Buhari today joined the academics in mourning the passage of Prof. Molara Ogundipe, a poet and literary feminist.

Cote d’Ivoire’s Marie-Koffi emerges new PMAWCA Scribe

Mr Jean Marie-Koffi of the Port of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, has been elected as Secretary-General of Ports Management Association of…
National Emergency Management Agency

NEMA supports 550 Niger rainstorm victims

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Niger on Friday offered support to 550 victims of rainstorm disaster in Tafa…

Tricycle rider beats, drags LASTMA officer into gutter

John Fabunmi, a tricycle rider who resides at No 3/5 Isheri Road Egbeda, recently beat a personnel of the Lagos…

Sickle Cell: NGO advocates premarital screening

The Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF) says voluntary premarital genetic screening remains key to reducing the high incidence of…

Anambra: NIMASA donates relief materials to flood victims

The Nigeria Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to Anambra government for…
Prince William

Prince William celebrates 37th birthday

Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is celebrating his 37th birthday in private on Friday.

Entrepreneurship: Kaduna to nurture 500 secondary school girls

The Kaduna State Government said on Friday that it had concluded plans to support the growth and development of 500…

Osinbajo tells French Investors Nigeria open for business

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has told French investors that Nigeria is open for business and is inviting them to take advantage…

PDP orders fresh state congress in Kogi

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered a fresh congress to elect new officers for…

Federal Govt to proscribe Almajiri, other groups

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Thursday disclosed that some groups like the Almajiri groups would be proscribed by…

Saudi Arabia culpable: Read UN report on Khashoggi’s murder

The United Nations has now indicted Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed by Saudi…

Trump chickens out of military strikes against Iran after approving them

President Donald Trump abruptly called off military strikes against Iran on Thursday night after previously approving the strikes in retaliation…

Vodacom to sell unit operations in Nigeria

South African mobile phone operator, Vodacom Group Ltd., on Friday said it had entered an agreement to sell its Business…

14,000 Nigerians returned from Libya, France

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the…

Real reason UNIBEN student committed suicide

The real reason Christabel Omore Buoro Owoicho, a 300-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) committed suicide has been…

Moderate earthquake rattles Rennes, western France

A moderate earthquake has hit western France, felt as far as Bordeaux in the south and Normandy in the north.
Former Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa bans casualisation of workers, absorbs 838

The Bayelsa Government on Thursday said it had outlawed engagement of casual staff in its workforce and would absorb the…

More robust trade relations between Russia and Africa predicted

Africans and their Russian counterparts should be looking forward to an increased and very robust trade relationship in a mutually…

NEC sets up Security Committee to confront banditry, kidnapping

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday set up a Security and Policing Committee to address the challenge of banditry,…

Boko Haram frees corps member held captive for 6 months

Halimar Umar, a female corps member abducted by Boko Haram in January has been released.
Airtel Africa announces offer to buyout Nigeria minorities

Airtel Africa wants to sell shares to Nigerians

The second largest telecommunications group in Africa, Airtel Africa Plc, is set to sell its shares to Nigerian investors at…
Police

South Africa hands to US Anyaoku Nigerian drug baron

Edwin Elochukwu Anyaoku, a Nigerian suspected of being the mastermind of an international drug-smuggling operation has been extradited by South…

Suspected fake medical doctor arrested in Osun

The Police Command, Zone XI ,  in Osogbo, Osun State on Thursday said it had arrested a 30-year-old suspected fake…

NEC reconstitutes committee to reconcile Excess Crude Account

The National Economic Council on Thursday in Abuja reconstituted an Ad-hoc Committee to reconcile the Excess Crude Account, Nigerian National…

Arrested after killing 15, Adamawa’s Doctor Death says no regrets

A quack doctor, Ibrahim Mustapha, who had operated in Adamawa state for four years, has been arrested by operatives of…