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Recall: Melaye knows fate Sept 11

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Sept. 11 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by Sen. Dino Melaye…

Protesters disrupt oil production in Shell flow station

Hundreds of Nigerian protesters stormed a crude oil flow station owned by Shell in the restive Niger Delta on Friday,…

Clerics urge pilgrims to pray for peace, economic recovery

Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia have been advised to take advantage of the pilgrimage to offer prayers for the nation’s…
NSCDC Operatives

NSCDC arrests 6 illegal gold miners

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger says it has arrested six illegal gold miners in the…

Lagos lawmaker distributes GCE forms to 100 indigent students

A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David on Friday distributed 100 General Certificate Examination (GCE) forms to indigent students in his…
ECOWAS

ECOWAS to train 17 entrepreneurs

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is set to train renewable energy entrepreneurs to promote electricity…

Niger donates N47m to fire victims

Niger State Government has donated N47 million to 44 victims of the Abdulkadir Kure Ultra Modern Market, Minna, fire disaster.

Ogoniland cleanup: Youths call for prudent funds management

Ogoni youths under the aegis of the National Youth Council of Ogoni People (NYCOP) has called for prudence management of…

Tax incentives alone will not attract investors – Expert

Mr Taiwo Oyedele, a tax expert, says only tax incentives to industries without addressing other challenges will not bring about…
N1.2m

Man docked for armed robbery in Asaba

A 27-years old man, Daniel Chukuemeka, was on Friday arraigned in an Asaba Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly robbing a woman…

Wife of ousted Pakistani PM to seek his parliament seat

The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the parliamentary seat he was…
Fraud

Scavenger to receive 6 lashes for stealing plate

A Karmo Grade 1Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that a scavenger, Nafiu Lawal, be given six strokes of the…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa releases N5m to windstorm victims

Alhaji Yusuf Babura, Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), says that the state government has released N5 million…

President Trump set to attack North Korea

President Trump took to Twitter early Friday issuing yet another stark warning to North Korea that the United States’ military…

Ticket racketeering: Amaechi removes managers, others from rail stations

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has directed that the station managers, porters, and ticket officials at Idu and…

Lagos bye-election: INEC proposes Sept.16

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday proposed Sept 16 for the conduct of a bye-election to fill the…

IYC President tells Ijaw youths to unite

Mr Oweilaemi Pereotubo, President of Ijaw Youth Council, Worldwide, IYC has tasks Ijaw youths to close ranks and work to…
Ikpeazu

Abia Chief of Staff dies in London

Chief Chijioke Nwakodo, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia is dead.
Court dissolves 18-year-old marriage over claims of wife’s refusal to cook

Court dissolves 14-year old marriage

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday dissolved the 14-year old marriage between one Kafayat Lawal and her husband,…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi: directs workers to sgun IPOB's Sit-At-Home order or face dismissal.

Ebonyi governor assures of construction of ring roads

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, says the government is committed to the construction of Abakaliki metropolitan ring road, and ring…

Nigeria, China to enhance media cooperation

China has expressed its willingness to expand its media relations with Nigeria to promote the relationship between both countries and…

Global Microsoft Championship: Zenith Bank to sponsor more students

Zenith Bank says it will encourage more Nigerian students to participate in the annual Microsoft Office Specialist Championship.

Suicide bomber kills 4 soldiers

A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers in an attack in the troubled northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the…

‘We can’t forget anguish of Boko Haram victims’ – UK

The United Kingdom has said that it was difficult to forget the stories of anguish that Boko Haram terrorists perpetrated…

Boko Haram: Nigeria taking steps to de-radicalise convicted terrorists

Nigeria is taking steps to de-radicalise convicted Boko Haram terrorists through the development of a range of expert psychologists and…
Lassa Fever

Lassa fever: Borno records 1 suspected case

Mr Haruna Mshelia, the Borno State Commissioner for Health, on Thursday said that one suspected case of Lassa fever was…

Hulumi village, FCT receives 20 sets of startimes satellite decoders

NTA-Startimes has donated 20 sets of direct to home satellite TV decoders, two sets of satellite projector TV receiver complete…

Agencies partner to halt spread of HIV, AIDS

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it will partner with National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA) to strategise and…

Hajj: NASCO sponsors 3 loyal customers to Saudi Arabia

The NASCO Group of Companies has sponsored three of its loyal customers to this year’s Muslim Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia,…

APC not opposed to federalism – Odigie-Oyegun

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said the party was not opposed to true federalism as…