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Bauchi women to receive empowerment kits worth N1.5bn

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

LBIC boss warned over misconducts

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

PDP South Africa chapter favour reconciliation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish Maritime Rescue confirms 114 rescued in Mediterranean

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Policeman remanded in prison for alleged murder

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

The U.S. is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to…
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

50 prison inmates to write 2018 UTME

No fewer than 50 prison inmates will sit for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to an official.…
NAPTIP warns that female circumcision was a crime which attracts a four-year jail term under the VAPP 2015 and various states’ VAPP Laws.

Eradicating female genital mutilation for better reproductive health

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

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

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’

The Nigerian Army must sustain its investment in personnel management by continuously creating responsibilities, providing direction as well as inspiration…
Islamic State (IS) militants ambush military bus in Syria eastern province of Deir al-Zour, kill 23 soldiers, injure 10 others

ISIS threatens to attack U.S. over Jerusalem decision

Islamic State has threatened attacks on U.S. soil in retaliation for the Trump administration’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the…
BOI

Nigerian Govt urged to reform developmental banks

An entrepreneur, Mr Nerus Ekezie, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to reform developmental banks to ensure they grant loans…

It is cheaper to prevent corruption than fight it – Magu

Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is cheaper to prevent corruption than to…

Plateau LG Polls: NGO trains 80 election observers

Community Action for Popular Participation (CAPP), an NGO based in Jos, is organising a training programme for 80 participants that…

Police arrest former Britain First leader

The leader of the far-right group, Britain First, was arrested on Thursday as he was supporting his deputy at her…
Fraud

Court orders woman’s psychiatric evaluation

A 32-year-old woman, Faith Ayegwalo, who battered her niece with hot pressing iron on two arms and forehead, was on…