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Kwara Assembly wants sports resuscitated in schools

The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the resuscitation of sporting activities in all primary and secondary schools…

FG deploys 1,473 graduate midwives to PHCs

The Federal Government has deployed more than 1,473 newly graduated basic midwives to Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the…

Johns Hopkins Gets First Female Black Resident

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has been operating for 30 years. Although it has accepted residents, there has…

DSS arrest kidnappers of German Archeologists in Kaduna

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspected kidnappers of the two German Archaeologists, Dr Peter Breuning and…
Afreximbank

Burundi joins Afreximbank

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says Burundi has acceded to the Agreement establishing the bank, making the country a participating…
EFCC nabs ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku over N27bn fraud allegation

Taraba releases N1.8b to pay teachers’ salaries

The Taraba State Commissioner for Education, Mr Johannes Jigem, said on Wednesday that government had released N1.8 billion to the…

Lagos Assembly Warns Residents To Vacate Defective Buildings

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development on Wednesday warned Lagosians residing in defective…

Air Traffic Controllers Suspended For Sleeping On Duty

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Wednesday suspended three air traffic controllers, including one who fell asleep while…

Police have subdued kidnappers in Imo – CP

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, said on Wednesday that the police had subdued kidnappers in the…

Abstain from unprotected sex to prevent hepatitis – Expert

The Guild of Medical Directors on Wednesday advised Nigerians, especially the young ones against unprotected sexual intercourse and use of…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

NDLEA arrests drug barons, IDPs in Borno

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 10 drug barons and 60 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for…

22 Traders Who Died In Accident, Buried

Twenty two traders have died in a motor accident that occurred on the Tunga Giwa – Ruwa road in Shanga…

Lalong calls off official engagements to mourn commissioner

Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has called off official engagements following the sudden demise of Mr Samuel Galadima, the Commissioner of…

3 in court for assaulting PHCN officials

Three men were on Wednesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for assaulting officials of Power Holding Company of Nigeria…

Oyedepo proffers solutions to nation’s food scarcity

Bishop David Oyedepo, Chancellor, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Wednesday said that raising agricultural practitioners was one of the best…

US identifies 10 terrorists’ target airports

The United States Government on Wednesday announced its readiness to enhance security procedures for passengers at certain points of departure…

No Visa For Nigerians In Lagos – Switzerland

The Consul-General of Switzerland in Lagos, Mr Yves Nicolet, on Wednesday notified Nigerians that his consulate was not in the…

Lawyers Blame High Rate Of Divorce On Recession

Hajia Iyabo Salmot-Mohammed, the Chairperson of international Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kwara, has blamed the current recession in…

Housewife docked for beating woman to pulp

A 28-year-old housewife, Olotu Chizoba, who allegedly assaulted a co-tenant by beating her to a pulp, was on Wednesday arraigned…

British Bosses Earn 400 Times More Than Minimum Wage

The heads of Britain’s top 100 listed companies earn on average almost 400 times more than a worker on the…

Lawyer Of Dead Russian Whistleblower, Injured

The lawyer for the family of late Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky is in intensive care after plunging from his fourth-floor…

UNICEF, Kaduna government committed to women, children welfare

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Kaduna State Government have renewed commitment toward improving the welfare of women and…

Port Harcourt Disco Begins Subscription Server Repairs

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has begun the repairs of its faulty server that had hindered its customers…

20m people face famine, ICRC warns

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday warned that no fewer than 20 million people in Yemen,…
UNICEF

UNICEF introduces cash transfer to Zamfara

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has introduced a Cash Transfer Programme to poor families in Zamfara State.

Cattle rustlers: Katsina police issues 40-day ultimatum

The Police Command in Katsina State has given repentant cattle rustlers a 40-day ultimatum to surrender all arms and ammunition…

Man arraigned for punching off woman’s teeth

For allegedly beating up a woman and punching off three of her teeth, a 25-year-old man, John Mikan, was on…

Kaduna LG to establish football academies

The Chairman, Kaduna-North Local Government Football Council, Abdulrazak Usman, on Wednesday said the council planned to establish football academies in…

Rural Women Demand Family Planning Services

Some rural women in Kaduna State on Wednesday urged the State Government to improve access to family planning services in…
N5.78b fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed

Kwara government breaks down March allocation

The Kwara Government says its Federation Account allocation in March stood at N2.232 billion, a drop by N278 million from…