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Group urges Nigerian Govt to empower returnees from Libya, Europe

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An NGO, Network of Civil Society Organisations Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL), has urged the Federal Government to…

Amuwo/Odofin LG to provide First Aid kits to primary schools

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Comrade Valentine Buraimoh, Chairman, Amuwo/Odofin Local Government area of Lagos State, has said that the council would give free First…

Survey shows synergy between Security agencies in ensuring peace in North-Central

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Security agencies are working in synergy to ensure peace in the North-Central, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria…

Africa committed to free movement of people, goods – Bolaji

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Africa Group at the UN has restated its commitment to ensure free movement of people and goods within the…

Lagos ports receive 12 ships with petrol, other commodities

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 12 ships laden with various products, including petrol, are at the Lagos ports waiting…

Food Markets: EU proposes crackdown on unfair trading practices

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Small-scale food producers need the backing of the EU to ensure that sales contracts were honoured, argued the EU Thursday…

Wife accuses husband of always demanding for anal sex

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A house wife, Asma’u Sulaiman, on Thursday prayed a Sharia court at Magajin Gari Kaduna to dissolve her marriage with…

Delta to organise tourism fiesta to attract local, foreign investors

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Delta State Government says it will hold a fiesta to showcase its tourism potentials with a view to attract both…

LG Council pays WAEC fees for 200 indigent students

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Igbo Etiti Local Government Council in Enugu State has paid the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees for 200…

Taliban attacks: District governor among 20 killed in Afghanistan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

At least 20 people including a district governor and security forces have been killed in two separate attacks by Taliban…

Myanmar to get $247.89m international funding to fight diseases

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Global Fund will fund Myanmar through UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) with 247.89 million dollars to combat HIV/AIDs,…

ATSP: Nigerian Govt spends N5bn on irrigation schemes, access roads in Jigawa

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government is expending over N5 billion on rehabilitation and expansion of irrigation schemes, construction of access roads and…

SERAP urge institutions to reverse hiked fees

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the authorities of two Nigerian universities to reverse the recently increased…

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 13.34% in March – NBS

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigeria’s inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped from 14.33 in February to 13.34 per cent in…

Germany investigates 431 extremism cases in armed forces

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Germany is investigating 431cases of possible right-wing extremism within the armed forces, local media reported on Thursday.

Egypt, Russia resume direct flights after more than 2 years

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Direct flights between Moscow and Cairo resumed on Thursday, more than two years after Russia banned flights to Egypt in…

Trading in Oando shares resumes fully Thursday, NSE says

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Stock Exchange said trading in the stock of Nigeria’s biggest energy company, Oando, will resume on Thursday, without…

NSE earmarks N2bn to corporate social responsibility

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) on Wednesday said it had earmarked N2 billion for its Community Engineering Project (CEP)…

Enugu police arrest suspected armed robber, recover stolen tricycle

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Enugu State Police Command said that it had arrested a suspected armed robber, who specialised in snatching tricycle, popularly…

6 Sri Lankan ministers resign from unity government

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Six Sri Lankan ministers tendered their resignations to President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday, stating that they were unable to continue…

Study shows pharma wastes threatening rivers worldwide

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pharmaceutical wastes resulting from human and farm animal consumption are endangering the eco-system of rivers around the world, a new…

China vows to fight back if U.S. escalates trade spat

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday trade negotiations with the United States would be impossible as Washington’s attempts at dialogue…

Lagos Assembly moves to amend state pension law

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had the intention of adding value to pension administration in…

Loko-Oweto Bridge: Nigerian Govt applauded for Sukuk fund initiative

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Eyass Nassar, Loko-Oweto Bridge Project Manager, Reynolds Construction Company Limited, has applauded the Federal Government over Sukuk fund initiative.

Yellow Fever: U.N. seeks to eliminate epidemics in Africa by 2026

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nearly one billion people in Africa will be vaccinated against yellow fever by 2026 in an ambitious United Nations campaign…

Lagos Govt tasks MAN on waste recycling

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government has charged members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to evolve better ways of waste…

Senate makes case for more budgetary allocation to FCT

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday in Abuja, made case for more budgetary allocation to the…

Association urge Akeredolu to reverse increment in tuition fees

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passionately appealed to Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo to reverse recent increase in…

We will not delve too much into aviation business – AMCON

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) says its involvement in aviation business is limited to the recovery of loans…

Tributes as Akinwumi Isola’s burial begins

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

As the burial programmes of late Professor Israel Bodunrin Akinwumi Orojide Isola enters the second day Wednesday, friends, families, colleagues…

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