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Foreign-based athletes should expect stiff competition AFN official says

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Sunday Adeleye, the Technical Director of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says foreign-based athletes will not be able to easily…

Beaches ready for fun seekers, tourists ahead of the Yuletide

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The management of the some beaches located in Lagos, said they have upgraded their facilities ahead of the Yuletide, to…

NSE Index drops further ahead of Yuletide

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped further by 1.56 per cent on Thursday following profit taking…

Reps seeks revival of Federal Government Printing Press

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The House of Representatives Committee on National Orientation, Information, Ethics and Values on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to…

Niger state Gov. presents N128.10bn budget for 2018

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Thursday presented a N128.10 billion budget estimate for the 2018 fiscal year to the…

Dangote Refinery will revamp oil, gas industry – Soyode

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant on Refinery to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertilizer projects…

Bauchi women to receive empowerment kits worth N1.5bn

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Bauchi State Commission for Youths and Women Rehabilitation (BACYWARD) says it will distribute empowerment kits worth N1.5 billion to…

LBIC boss warned over misconducts

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Lagos State House of Assembly Ad hoc Committee on Housing on Thursday warned that it might evoke its powers…

PDP South Africa chapter favour reconciliation

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Mr Ekos Akpokabayen, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South Africa chapter, says the post-election reconciliation by the new national executive…

Tanzania calls for probe into killings of 14 UN peacekeepers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The government of Tanzania on Thursday asked the UN to conduct a thorough investigation into an attack by rebels that…

Police arrest driving instructor for allegedly raping, killing NYSC member

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The police in Ogun say they have arrested a 29-year-old driving instructor, name withheld, for allegedly raping and killing one…

FAAN begins repair works on Enugu Airport runway

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday began repair works on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International…

Air Peace commends Nigerian Govt over repair of Enugu Airport runway

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has lauded the Federal Government over the palliative repair work on the runway of the Akanu…

Lagos to produce new education policy

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Idiat Adebule, on Thursday said there was the need for education policy that…

Nurses, spinal cord of health system – Group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Inspire Nurses Network and Nurses in Diaspora on Thursday in Abuja said nurses were “spinal cord’’ of health system…

Zone 5 new AIG assumes office

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The new Assistant Inspector -General of Police (AIG) for Zone 5, Rasheed Akintunde, has assumed office in Benin, headquarters of…

Spanish Maritime Rescue confirms 114 rescued in Mediterranean

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Spanish Maritime Rescue Services confirmed that one person died and 114 others were rescued from six inflatable dinghies close to…

Uganda’s Museveni inaugurates committee to extend tenure

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has inaugurated a committee to scrutinise a proposal seeking to extend the presidential and parliamentary…

Lawmaker tells surveyors to upgrade skills

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Mr Sikiru Osinowo, Chairman, House Committee on Land, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Thursday urged surveyors to continually upgrade…

Zamfara bought 421 security vehicles in 6 years

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Zamfara Government said that it had purchased 421 security vehicles from 2011 to date to tackle security challenges in…

Army boss says army to remain responsive, apolitical

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday, assured Nigerians that the army would remain responsive and apolitical…

CJN to Judges: Remain firm as public perception of judiciary improves

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has urged judges to be strong, courageous, fair but firm to…

Fuel distribution: NSCDC inaugurates Task Force

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kano State Command, on Thursday, inaugurated a Task Force Committee to monitor…

Policeman remanded in prison for alleged murder

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 30-year-old police officer, Famodimu Ayo, over alleged murder and…

U.S. suspends aid to Somalia’s military

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The U.S. is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to…

50 prison inmates to write 2018 UTME

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

No fewer than 50 prison inmates will sit for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to an official.…

Eradicating female genital mutilation for better reproductive health

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Zainab Shola at first meeting will strike you as a happily married woman in her late-twenties; a full housewife. As…

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls for end to Western sanctions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Thursday called for the removal of Western sanctions on his government during a speech to…

Revenue: Ogun Water Corporation generates N145.3m in 10 months

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaja Monsurat Agboola, the General Manager, Ogun Water Corporation said on Thursday that the corporation generated N145million as Internally Generated…

‘Army must sustain investment in personnel management’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Army must sustain its investment in personnel management by continuously creating responsibilities, providing direction as well as inspiration…

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