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FAAN completes repairs of Enugu Airport runway

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The repair of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, runway has been completed, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)…

Teacher allegedly rapes neighbour’s daughter

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

A 38-year old man, Joshua Babatunde, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly raping his…

80 female students escape death as fire razes hostel

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Eighty female students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Mabera in Sokoto metropolis escaped death on Sunday night when fire…

Oil price rises again

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Oil prices climbed on Monday, pushed higher by Saudi Arabia’s comment that cooperation between oil producers currently withholding supplies would…

N2.5bn debt: CBN, 3 other banks ordered to disclose ABU’s credit balance

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered four banks to within 14 days disclose the balance standing of all…

Congolese security forces condemned for killing 6 protesters

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

France on Monday blamed Congolese security forces for shooting dead at least six people and injuring dozens during a protest…

Katsina spends N2bn on drainage constructions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Katsina State Government says it has spent N2 billion on the construction standard drainage systems in 10 towns across…

Nigerian Govt urged to opt for grazing reserves instead of cattle colonies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA) has urged the Federal Government to opt for establishment of grazing reserves as a…

Fuel Queues: NNPC deploys additional 50-fuel-laden trucks to Lagos

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday appealed to motorists in Lagos State not to embark on panic buying…

Bayelsa seals NDDC’s office over N168m tax liability

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday sealed off the office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…

Lawmaker advocates life imprisonment for ritualists

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Oghene Egoh, a member representing Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, on Sunday advocated life imprisonment…

Expert calls for re-introduction of hand-washing to curb spread of Lassa fever

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Bassey Ating, the Programme Coordinator, Wise Administration of Terrestrial Environment and Resources (WATER), has urged school administrators to re-introduce…

Facebook can’t guarantee social media is good for democracy

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Facebook Inc (FB.O) warned on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for…

INEC creates 10 additional voters registration centres in Bayelsa

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created 10 additional centres in Bayelsa to ensure that many residents of the…

Man remanded in prison for allegedly raping 13-year-old

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 55-year-old man, Mfon Iyang, who allegedly raped a teenage girl, was on Monday remanded in Kirikiri prison by an…

Customs intercepts 2,200 jerry cans of smuggled petrol worth N10m

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Border Command, intercepted 2,200 jerry cans of smuggled of petrol with a Duty Paid…

Anti-Open Grazing: Law will enable herdsmen’s children acquire education – Bishop

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Bishop William Aveya of Gboko Catholic Diocese in Benue has said that the anti-open grazing law passed by the state…

Senator begins vocational skills training for 1,000 unemployed youths

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Senator Mustafah Bukar, APC representing Katsina north, has commenced skills acquisition training for 1,000 unemployed youths drawn from twelve local…

Nigerians need mindset restructuring not geo-political restructuring – Bishop

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Catholic Bishop of Gboko Diocese, Most Reverent William Avenya, has suggested the restructuring of mindset of citizens as a…

Facebook to open digital training centres in Europe

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Facebook said on Monday it would open three new centres in Europe to train people in digital skills.

77.5m Nigerians engage in economic activities in Q3 2017 – NBS

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 77.55 million people are engaged in economic activities out of a labour force…

Lassa fever: Ebonyi Govt. reopens schools following absence of new case

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Public and private schools in Ebonyi shut on Jan. 18 to check the spread of Lassa fever outbreak in the…

China to commence selection of astronauts for space station

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

China will begin selection for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country’s planned space…

Constant drinking in adolescence increases risks of liver diseases in adulthood – Study

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Swedish researchers confirmed in a study published Sunday that chronic consumption of alcohol during adolescence can lead to greater risk…

Triplets, brother killed in Jigawa fire outbreak

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A fire outbreak has killed Triplets and their brother in Hadejia town, Jigawa, according to the Spokesman of the Nigeria…

U.S Vice President Pence in Israel, meets Netanyahu

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks on Monday, the second day of a…

Iran suspends executions after relaxing law on drug offences

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Iran on Monday suspended all cases in which people have been sentenced to death for drug offences, Ali Larijani, Speaker…

Ethiopia rejects call for World Bank arbitration in dam dispute

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a…

Indian minister dismisses Darwin’s theory of evolution

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

An Indian minister has stirred a major row by dismissing naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution of humans, saying it…

Record number of candidates bid for Russian presidential election

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The number of people who have expressed their intention to run in the upcoming Russian presidential election is the highest…

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