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Police Arrest 2 Men For Armed Robbery

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The police command in Benue on Tuesday arraigned a technician, John Okodo, 21, and a businessman, Michael Orji, 32, before…

Koroma Commends Brotherliness Spirit Expressed By Buhari

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone has lauded the spirit of African brotherliness expressed towards his country by President Muhammadu…

False Marriage: Couple Bags 30 Months Imprisonment

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Magistrates‘ Court on Wednesday sentenced a Zimbabwe couple to 30 months in prison for duping a man of a…

Flooding: 30 Communities In Niger On High Risk

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Mr Ugochukwu Chioke, the Chief Operating Officer of Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station (SHPS), says on Wednesday that about 30 communities…

Pensioners to smile soon

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Acting Director-General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, on Wednesday said the Federal Government had begun modalities…

South Africa’s CPI Slowed To 4.6 Per Cent – Economists

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4.6 per cent year-on-year in July from 5.1 per cent in June, data…

Shell Commences Gas Production In Niger Delta

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell has started gas production from the second phase of the Gbaran-Ubie project in Nigeria’s…

Man seeks court order to be appointed wife’s Special Guardian

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed August 31 for hearing of the suit instituted by one Ekeocha Enyeribe, against…

HIV rises, defies drug in Zimbabwe

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Zimbabwe is recording increased cases of drug resistant HIV which have contributed to shortages of Abacavier, a drug administered to…

Female Banker, Accomplice Sent To Prison Over Alleged N8.2M Fraud

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A senior banker with Access Bank Plc, Ladipo Branch, Mushin, Lagos, Beatrice Nwana, 33, has been arrested and arraigned before…

Why involvement of CSOs in governance is key – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Lagos State Government has called on Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, to be actively involved and contribute to policy-making process in…

Federal Government commence programme to support the poor in Nasarawa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government has commenced processes toward building a register of poor and vulnerable persons in Nasarawa State, to serve…

Street Trading: Gov. vows to sanction defaulters

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has warned street traders who display and sell goods by the roadsides and under…

Ezekwesili, Aig-Imoukhuede calls for open economy

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Dr Oby Ezekwesili, a senior economic adviser for Open Society Foundation and Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, the President of the Nigerian…

Nasarawa pilgrims touch down in Saudi Arabia

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, Nasarawa State Amirul Hajj, said on Tuesday that the 1,120 pilgrims from the state had arrived in Saudi Arabia…

Mudslide: Nigeria donates relief materials, cash to victims

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Nigeria has donated 315 tonnes of assorted relief materials and one million dollars cash to Sierra Leone to help alleviate…

Minister approves promotion of management staff

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has approved the appointment, promotion and redeployment of top management staff…

Catholic bishops‎ urges FG to device new strategies for anti-graft fight

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Catholic Bishops have urged the Federal Government to device new strategies for fighting corruption, saying the current approach is not…

Ortom visits wife of assassinated aide, vows to fish out killers

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov Samuel Ortom has visited the wife of his assassinated aide, Dr Tervershima Adyorough, at Benue State Teaching Hospital, where…

State disburses vehicle/housing loans to 751 teachers

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday announced the release of N190 million as vehicle and housing loans to 751 teaching…

Photos: Buhari presides over security meeting at home

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over his first security meeting with the service chiefs after over 100 days.

Insurgency: Catholic Bishops demand compensation from FG for damages

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province have urged the Federal Government to compensate Churches and other victims of attacks…

Kogi SUBEB woos parents to public primary schools

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mrs. Deborah Alaba, Chairman, Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has urged parents to enroll their children into public…

More solid mineral deposit discovered in Cross River

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Cross River Government has discovered more solid mineral deposits across the three Senatorial Districts in the state after it…

FG to use space technology to boost socio-economic development

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it would deepen efforts at utilising space technology to make giant stride…

Pilgrims offer prayers for President Buhari’s health

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Sokoto state pilgrims observing the 2017 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have offered special prayers for continued good health of President…

Anambra Poll: No preferred candidate yet – APC

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

National Organising Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Osita Izunaso, has said that the party has no preferred candidate…

Nasarawa SUBEB tasked on projects execution

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education has tasked the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to ensure…

JAMB fixes cut off marks for tertiary institutions

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s…

UNFPA pledges continued support to Nigeria

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday pledged to continue to provide humanitarian services for the benefit of Nigerians.

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