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World Literacy Day 2017: Association calls for support on literacy

Mrs Irene Mbanefo, president of the Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) has called on Nigerians to support and promote literacy…
Audu Ogbeh

Recession exit: Farmers commended, urged to reduce prices of food items

The Federal Government has commended farmers across the country for their contribution toward exiting the country from recession. The News…

Lagos to deliver Pen Cinema Flyover bridge December 2018

The Lagos State Government says it will deliver the Pen Cinema Flyover bridge by December 2018, even as it appealed…

Presidency commended on recession exit

A social advocacy group, Citizens for Progress and National Development, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the turnaround of the…
Fraud

DSS ordered to grant ex-director access to doctors, lawyer

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to allow its former director, Mr…

2019 Election: Governors, Ministers want Buhari to contest

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have…

Recession: Exit to improve standard of Living – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that standard of living of Nigerians will improve as the…
ESUTH doctors present 10-point demand

UITH continues operations in spite Association strike

The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin says the national strike by the National Association of…

IDPs in Maiduguri to receive free surgical treatment

No fewer than 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri are to benefit from a two-week free surgical treatment initiated…

Niger Delta agitators tasked on protection of national assets

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has urged ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region to work…

SUG president warns students against partisan politics

Mr Henry Nwabueze, the President, Students’ Union Government (SUG), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has warned students against getting themselves involved in…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Association chairman pledges good relationship with customs

Mr Omo Peter-Akintoye, the newly elected Chairman of Tin-Can Chapter of International Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (IFFN), has promised to…
Nigeria's Defense Headquarters says a Naval personnel Akila A opened fire and shot his colleague dead in Dansadua, Katsina State on Friday.

Navy commitment to protect nation’s maritime domain

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it would continue to protect the nation’s maritime domain against crude oil theft and any…
Nigeria's GDP

GDP: Telecoms sector contributes N1.5tn in 2nd quarter

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications sector contributed N1.54 trillion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in…

More health workers threaten to join doctors’ strike

Health professionals, including the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are threatening to…

33 dead in Mexico’s earthquake

An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing…

Man docked for impersonating Lagos Deputy Governor

About two years after the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, suspended her social media accounts, a 45year-old man,…

Army to check violent agitations in South East

The Army is to launch “Operation Ogbu Eke II’’ – “Python Dance II’’, in the South East between Sept. 15…
100 students of a physical education institute took ill due to food poisoning in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say

Why prices of commodities are high – MAN chief

An Industrialist, Mr. Frank Jacob, said on Friday that the prices of domestic commodities were up because the exchange rate…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa council supplies drugs to mobile veterinary clinics

The Miga Local Government Council in Jigawa has procured and distributed drugs worth N350,000 to five mobile veterinary clinics in…

Google Trends: Nigeria, Cameroon matches dominate searches

Nigeria’s 4-0 first leg win over Cameroon in the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers dominated searches this week on Google. Google’s…

Kwara Aviation College acquires simulator aircraft

The International Aviation College in Ilorin has acquired a Rotary Wing Aircraft Devices Simulator to train and re-train students of…

ABCON chief predicts end to unstable forex market

The President of the Association of Bureau de Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, on Friday, predicted an…

NARD strike: FMC Keffi mobilises 70 consultants

The management of Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, on Friday, said it had mobilised 70 consultants and other health…
NULGE

LG autonomy: NULGE protests in Ilorin

The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Kwara Chapter, on Friday protested to the state House of Assembly to…

Kano Sallah clash: CP constitutes team of investigators

The Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Rabi’u Yusuf, has inaugurated a team of Police detectives to investigate last Saturday’s clash…
MURIC

JAMB to shut down direct entry admission portal

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will shut down its Direct Entry admission e-registration portal on Sept.15.…

NPA prepares staff for stress-free retirement

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is preparing its workforce for a stress-free retirement, its Chief Executive, Ms Hadiza Usman, has…

Kadpoly ASUP begins indefinite strike

Kaduna Polytechnic branch of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Friday, commenced an indefinite strike over welfare issues…

Peace: Group trains OPC, IPOB, Arewa youths

A group, Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) on Friday opened training for 45 youths drawn from different ethnic…