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120 youths renounce cultism in Lagos

No fewer than 120 youths on Wednesday renounced membership of different cult groups and surrendered their weapons on Wednesday at…

Obaseki budgets N146 billion for 2018

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Wednesday presented the 2018 budget of N146 billion to the State House of…

Osinbajo’s wife tells corps members to embrace agriculture

Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President on Wednesday urged corps members to key into agriculture to boost Federal…

APC Germany Visits Nigerian Ambassador

The All Progressive Congress (APC), Germany Chapter has paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Alhaji Yusuf…

10,000 Edo indigenes trafficked in a year – Obaseki

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Wednesday, said no fewer than 10,000 indigenes of the state were trafficked in the…

APC Germany condemns slave trade in Libya

The All Progressive Congress (APC), Germany Chapter has condemned in strong term the dastardly treatment being meted out to black…
Fraud

Lawyer, 2 others arraigned over attempt to take over dead man’s property

Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit,PSFU at Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a legal practitioner, Wilson…

Slavery: Reps to investigate auctioning of black Africans in Libya

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to liaise with the Libyan Government for a solution to the…
Fraud

Court Rules FOI Act Applicable to Lagos State

A Lagos High Court, sitting in the Ikeja Judicial Division, has ruled that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011…

Govt insincerity responsible for unstable power supply – Expert

An electricity expert, Mr Omorodion Solomon Uwaifo has blamed the current unstable power supply in the country on the insincerity…
Jigawa

Nigerian Govt flags-off school feeding programme in Jigawa

The Federal Government has flagged off its Home-Grown School Feeding Programme with 726,033 Primary One to Primary Three pupils in…

Nigeria needs $2,900bn for infrastructure development – Former minister

Former Minister of Budget and Planning, Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, said about 2,900 billion dollars was required for Nigeria’s infrastructure development…

Lagos Launches Coding Centres in two schools

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday launched two Coding Centres set up by 9mobile for CodeLagos, an initiative of Lagos…

North-East: 8.5m persons need life-saving support – UN

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons are in dare need of…
PDP

Lagos PDP Congress undemocratic – Chieftain

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Dipo Olorunrinu, on Wednesday described as undemocratic the…

800 benefit from FMBN N7bn loan in 2017

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) on Wednesday said it disbursed more than N7 billion loan to 800 beneficiaries…

Royal Fathers: FCTA to review allowances, salaries

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration said that it is set to review the allowances and salaries of traditional rulers…

No place for ghost workers – Gov Ortom

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has vowed to fish out ghost workers in the state’s public service and reduce the…

Al-Makura presents N122.8bn budget for 2018 fiscal year

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N122.8 billion for 2018 fiscal year to…

4,000 Nigerian refugees return from Niger Republic

No fewer than 4,000 Nigerian refugees returned home from Niger Republic in the past one month, the United Nations Office…
North Korea fires short-range missile, slams "hostile" U.S. policy

North Korea rocket can hit any US city – Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Wednesday his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully testing a new…

Illegal migration: Buhari orders return of stranded Nigerians abroad

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate Repatriation of Nigerians in Libya and other parts of the world for rehabilitation.

Eid-El-Maulud: Nigerian Govt declares Friday public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Friday as public holiday in commemoration of the Muslim Eid-El-Maulud celebration.
OPEC

OPEC to decide Nigerian, Libyan oil output – Sources

OPEC will debate this week whether to cap oil output from Nigeria and Libya, which have so far been excluded…

Reps hold public hearing on CCTV bill

The House of Representatives on Wednesday commenced public hearing on a Bill to empower Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…

Dry season farmers call for govt. assistance

Dry season farmers in Kaduna State have appealed to the state government to provide adequate inputs to enable them to…
firewood

Air pollution: Stove manufacturer urges govt. to create awareness

A stove manufacturer, Mr Biodun Olaore, has urged the government to create public awareness on indoor air pollution and deforestation…

My goal is to defeat the gridlock on roads to Tin-Can Port – Manager

The new manager, Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos, Mr Emmanuel Akporherhe, has pledged to work with stakeholders there to end the…

NCC seizes 28 containers of pirated works

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), says 28 shipping containers comprising pirated books and audio-visual works were confiscated from 2011 to…
Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech)

Nigeria needs more technical colleges to check skilled labour deficit – NBTE

Dr Mas’udu Kazaure, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has called on the Federal Government…