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South Sudan’s displaced relocate to new home

Nearly 3,500 people displaced by violence in South Sudan have been relocated from a UN-run camp in the capital, Juba,…
WHO renames Monkeypox

Inactivity: Over 1.4bn adults at physical, mental risk – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental…

Arik Air aborts take-off due to abnormality

An Arik Air aircraft operating from Benin Airport to Lagos Airport on Tuesday aborted take-off when the Pilot-in-Command observed an…
Daniel Ogazi,, Ibrahim Balarabe factions of Nasarawa House of Assembly fail to reach agreement on who leads the assembly as the 7th Speaker.

Nasarawa Assemby passes youth empowerment bill

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Nasarawa State Agency for Youth Empowerment Scheme (NAYES) bill.

2019: Sen. Sani urges APC leadership to drop indirect primaries

A National Assembly member, Sen. Shehu Sani, has urged the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) to jettison indirect primary…

South Africa: UN agency condemns xenophobic attack on foreigners

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned the recent aggression against foreigners, including refugees, by South Africans during a…
EFCC witness links Sagir, son of ex- governor Attahiru Bafarawa to N4.633bn in the ongoing trial of his father, 4 others for fraud in ONSA

I will support any candidate that emerges PDP presidential aspirant — Bafarawa

Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has pledged to support any presidential aspirant in the party…

Bayelsa takes safe child delivery campaign to churches

The Bayelsa Government has decided to take its Safe Motherhood Initiative, a campaign aimed at reducing the high rate of…

Young innovators are future Nigerian billionaires – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that future billionaires from Nigeria will be those with knowledge in technology, computer and technical…

Niger Govt. pays N2.6 billion as retirement benefits to pensioners

The Niger Government says it has so far released N2.6 billion as pension to 1,599 state and local government pensioners…

Bianca tells rural women to join active politics

Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu has called on rural women in Anambra to join active politics in order to be part of…

Qatar lifts controversial exit visa system for workers

Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their…

Man allegedly arranges kidnap, death of father

The Osun Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 27 year-old man Isa Adamu, who allegedly conspired with…

PDP expands Kano State Caretaker Committee

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has resolved to expand the Kano State…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs boss solicits support of Ebonyi Govt. to end smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service is soliciting the collaboration of the Ebonyi government in ending the smuggling of rice in the…

U.S., UK, others welcome Libya’s ceasefire accord

The Governments of the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the result of the…

4.5trn cigarette butts thrown away yearly – UN studies

The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says cigarette butts have become the most discarded waste…

Boko Haram: World Bank swells Berlin Conference with $600m

The World Bank has announced an additional $600 million (about N216 billion) for projects in the Lake Chad Basin region…

IGP Idris donates cow, food items to Lagos orphanage

The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday donated a cow and other food items to children…

Police apologise to Clark over Abuja residence raid

The Nigeria Police Force has apologized to Chief Edwin Clark over the unauthorized raid of his residence in Abuja by…

Ogun Assembly rejects lawmakers’ defection from APC

The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday, rejected defection letters of two members of the House over failure to prove…

APC releases timetable for 2019 primary elections

Presidential aspirants for the 2019 election in the All Progressives Congress will pay N45million to obtain the party’s Expression of…

Raid on Clark’s residence: IGP orders detention of 4 policemen

The Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the detention and investigation of four policemen and the…
Fraud

Oil Firm M.D arraigned over alleged N35m fraud

The Managing Director of Yaklabbs Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, Christy Silas Tafida, 53 has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court…

Delta APC defends Uduaghan, says we’ll send Okowa, PDP into exile in 2019

The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Delta State, has come in defence of the immediate past governor of the state,…

Task Force chairman frees seized vehicles from traffic yard

The Lagos State Task Force Chairman, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, has ordered immediate released of vehicles impounded at the agency's traffic…

NNPC retail outlets to be powered by solar – Baru

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is planning to venture into solar power generation to power all its…

4 policemen in trouble over raid on Edwin Clark’s house

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the detention and investigation of four policemen and the informant involved…

MTN gives scholarship to 96 blind students in science and technology

The MTN Foundation has awarded scholarship to 96 blind students and 1068 students to study science and technology in 2018…

South Africa’s economy slumps into recession

South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.7 percent in the second quarter in quarter-on-quarter terms, pushing the country into recession after…