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Anambra Poll: APC Will Ensure Thorough Screening

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will ensure thorough screening of the credentials of all the aspirants contesting the Anambra governorship…

Police Arrests Fake Corps Member

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested a fake corps member at the NYSC orientation camp, Ikot Itie Udung,…

Boko Haram: Buratai Decorates Troops With Medals

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has decorated 65 soldiers with gallantry medals for outstanding performance in…

Police presents N12.8 million to families of 10 deceased officers

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Mr Abubakar Mohammed, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, with headquarters in Benin, on Wednesday presented…

Obaseki Orders Investigation Into Padded Exam Budget

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Gov. Godwin Obaseki has ordered the immediate investigation into the N283 million padded budget for the conduct of the First…

UNICEF Establishes 6 Additional Nutrition Centres

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

UNICEF Field Office in Bauchi has created six additional Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centres, to cater for malnourished…

Mauritania Abolishes ‘Too Costly’ Senate

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Mauritania has joined Senegal in abolishing the Senate, its upper legislative chambers.

Kogi Govt Trains Forest Managers On New Tariff

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Kogi Government on Wednesday organised a one-day training for its forestry officers, guards and contractors on forestry tariff and…

UN Security Council Calls For Disbursement Of Funds

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for the disbursement of the funds pledged for the Northeast Nigeria at the…

50 African Teen Migrants ‘Deliberately Drowned’

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were “deliberately drowned’’ on Wednesday by a smuggler, who forced 120 passengers into…

Kenya Electoral Commission Denies Interferences In Voting

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Kenya Electoral Commission on Wednesday denied interferences in voting or the vote count in the general election, saying that the…

Borno Govt Unveils Plans To Boost Girl-Child Education

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Borno Government on Wednesday said it would initiate a Conditional Cash Transfer scheme to encourage girl child enrolment in…

Lagos Airlifts 1,353 Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has successfully airlifted 1,353 pilgrims on four flights from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia…

Lagos gets two Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centres

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Towards the efficient implementation of the State’s computerized vehicle inspection service initiative, two computerized Vehicle Inspection Centres have been completed…

LASIMRA sets up zero tolerance Task Force on illegal masts

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, Mr. Babajide Odekunle has constituted a zero-tolerance…

Falana warns Nigerian govt on Lagos waterways

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the Nigerian government to respect the decision of the Court of Appeal,…

Ambode splashes N55 million on Physically Challenged, NGOs

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday splashed N55 million on People Living with Disabilities, PLWDs and Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs…

Lassa Fever: Lagos Calls For Calm, Advises Public On Safety Precautions

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government has called on residents to be calm and not panic, assuring them that Federal Government in…

Abuja protests: Senate condemns Police brutality on protesters

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday condemned the use of force by the Police in dispersing protesters campaigning against the medical vacation…

Gov. pushes for military to intensity Adamawa-Borno border

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa on Wednesday urged the military to intensify security on the Borno-Adamawa boarder to check any…

Jungle Justice: Suspected kidnappers lynched in Taraba

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Taraba Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that four suspected kidnappers were killed by a mob at Tella in Gassol…

Qatar Airways evaluating air routes opened by boycotting countries

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Qatar Airways is evaluating whether it will use air routes which media reports said were opened this week by countries…

Alumni group seeks partnership with NAN to enhance national development

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The South Korea International Alumni in Nigeria on Wednesday sought the cooperation of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to…

CPC clears air on N17m judgment against Coca-Cola

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has dissociated itself from an insinuated N17 million judgment against Coca-Cola by the Supreme Court…

Zimbabwe approve $1bn graduate school named after Mugabe

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Zimbabwean Government on Wednesday approved one billion dollars for the construction of the first graduate school named after President…

Resettlement: State donates cash, land to 307 IDPs

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Yobe Government on Wednesday distributed plots of land, building materials and N9.2 million to 307 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…

NNPC Raises Alarm on Recruitment Scam

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth time, reiterated that it has not launched a recruitment campaign…

Deportation: 540 Nigerians to be deported from Libya – NAPTIP DG

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Five hundred and forty Nigerians are set for deportation from Libya, beginning from Aug. 10, Mrs. Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National…

Two men nabbed over double homicide

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Two men who alleged killed their wives in different locations, Agege and Okota areas of Lagos State, are assisting the…

100 indigent people in Ebonyi to receive free surgery

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The T. Y. Danjuma Foundation (TYDF), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, will provide free surgery to indigent…

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