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Boko Haram: Security Agencies Deploy Personnel To Communities

Some security agencies have deployed their personnel back to communities in the 24 local government areas in Borno liberated from…

China Dispatches 5th Peacekeeping Force To Mali

A team of 190 officers and soldiers has departed from northeast China’s Dalian for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in…

Nda-Isaiah: Lack of adverts limiting Vernacular Newspapers in Nigeria

Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, the Chairman Leadership Group says indigenous language newspapers do not do well in Nigeria because of limited…

20 farmers shot dead by herdsmen

Nigerian herdsmen armed with guns killed 20 farmers and injured eight other people in a mosque in Niger state over…

Ex- ministers commend diaspora Nigerians for healthcare contributions

Former Nigeria’s Ministers of Health Babatunde Osotimehin and Adenike Grange have commended Nigerian doctors and nurses in the Diaspora for…

SERAP wants Osinbajo to check wasteful spending by lawmakers

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo requesting…

Marketer arraigned for property theft

A 39-year-old marketer, Nicholas Uzomba, was on Monday charged with stealing a company’s products worth N1.6 million at an Ikeja…

Nigerian government assures safe return of Abducted girls

The Federal Government on Monday assured Nigerians that everything was being done to ensure that other Chibok School girls abducted…

Nigerian ambassador-designates to resume soon

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that most Nigerian ambassador-designates would be posted to the country’s various missions abroad by…

Boko Haram: FG commends UN for addressing challenges

The Federal Government has commended the efforts and partnership of the UN with Nigeria in addressing the huge humanitarian challenges…

3,000 people flee Central African Republic

Thousands of people have fled their homes as violence continues to engulf the south-eastern city of Bangassou in the Central…

Court orders CBN to account for cash and properties recovered from Cecilia Ibru

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed the Verdict of a Federal High Court in Lagos directing the Central…

Ajimobi gifts 2 new borns N200,000

Two babies born during the launching of the “Free Medical Mission”, programme of Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state, on…

Nigerians are honourable, hard working people – FG

Nigerians are honourable and hard working people who are making remarkable contributions all over the world, the Federal Government said…

Red Cross solicits support in Anambra

The Nigeria Red Cross Society, Anambra chapter, has solicited the support of the state government, corporate organisations and individuals to…
Fraud

Undergraduate remanded in Lagos prison

A 24-year-old student, Chijioke Samson, who allegedly broke into a house and robbed a woman, Mrs Modupe Adebayo of her…

Fire claims property worth millions at Zungeru Polytechnic

The fire disaster that hit Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, last week, destroyed property worth more than N150 million, according to…

Zamfara to employ 160 fire personnel

Zamfara state government will employ 160 fire personnel to enhance the capacity of the fire service department in the state,…

NNPC to resume Chad Basin oil exploration

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru says oil exploration activities in the Chad Basin…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

CBN floods forex market with $457.3m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday injected 457.3 million dollars into various segments of the market.

Edo to begin rubber production -Obaseki

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has affirmed his administration’s readiness to reposition the state as the foremost in cultivation and…

NPA to raise N4.5bn to reconstruct Apapa port roads

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it would raise N4.3 billion to reconstruct access roads around Apapa Port as port…

No money embezzled from the Paris-London Club refunds – NGF

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Monday said no money was stolen or embezzled from the Paris-London Club refunds to…

Oyo State College of Agriculture gets new Bursar

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sarafa Adewunmi as the new Bursar, Oyo State…

LASIEC Redesigns Website in preparation for LG poll

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has redesigned its website ahead of the 22 July Local Government elections in…

LASG set to deploy CCTV Cameras, designs portal to reduce fraud

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Government says it is set to deploy Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras around the State…

LG polls: Parties suspend protest against LASIEC fees

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos has suspended its planned protest against the imposition of administrative fees on…

Ex- Ministers proffer solutions to Nigeria’s healthcare challenge

Two former Nigeria’s Ministers of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin and Mrs Adenike Grange, have advised Nigeria on ways to overcome…

Lagos pays N11.75 billion to 2,886 retirees

Lagos State Government on Monday said it has paid the sum of N11.75 billion to 2,886 retirees under the Contributory…

Meningitis kills 8 in Kaduna – Commissioner

The Kaduna State Government says it has recorded eight deaths since the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) was reported…