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Enugu LG Polls: Over 5,000 security personnel deployed – CP

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Danmalam, has said that over 5,000 security personnel will be deployed…

Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory

Kenyans waited on Tuesday for the response of opposition leader Raila Odinga to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the Oct.…

PDP faults sack of Lawal, Oke

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the sack of Alhaji Babachir Lawal, the former Secretary to the Government of…

UNFPA tells Federal Government to fight high fertility, maternal mortality

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Monday advised Nigeria to fight high fertility, maternal mortality rate and migration problem…
The FCT Directorate of NAFDACs confiscates alcoholic beverages in sachet and PET bottles in Wuse Market, Abuja.

NAFDAC to ease registration of products for MSMEs

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has concluded arrangements to ease registration of products for…

Dismissed SGF: Buhari wouldn’t shield anyone from investigation – Garba Shehu

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu says President Muhammadu Buhari will not stop the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) from its…

Buhari condoles with Goje over wife’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Hajiya Yalwa, Sen. Danjuma Goje’s wife. In a condolence message…

Ondo residents collect treated mosquito nets

The distribution of treated mosquito nets has commenced across the 18 local government council areas of Ondo State after the…
Kwara APC chairman Sunday Fagbemi explains why the party won all chairmanship and councillorship seats Saturday's LG election in the state

APC Caucus passes vote of confidence on leadership

Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday night, passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of…

Buhari presides over APC caucus meeting in Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night presided over meeting of the national caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at…

Flight delay, cancellation hit passengers at MMA

Flight delay and cancellation affected many passengers at the Lagos airport on Monday, with domestic airline operators blaming it on…

NAN debuts with Youtube news round up

Here is the News from NAN! The News Agency of Nigeria today began a daily news bulletin on www.nan.ng and…

UI to admit 3500 for 2017/18 academic year – UI VC

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka has offered some insights into the recently conducted…

APC claims vindication after Babachir’s sack

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the party has been vindicated following the sack of the former Secretary…

Nigerian Army kill 2 fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed two fleeing Boko Haram insurgents at Aisaram Village in Gubio Local…

Ballot papers arrive in Liberia for Nov. 7 run-off election

The National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC) says the ballot papers for Tuesday’s presidential re-run elections have arrived in the…

EFCC recovers N11.9m for Redeemed Christian Church of God

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for being " an…

Weather Forcast: Moderate dust haze, cloudy weather to prevail on Tuesday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted moderate dust haze and partly cloudy weather conditions over the central states of…

Nigerian Civil war: Victims to receive N88bn

The Federal Government has agreed to pay N88 billion as compensation to victims of the Civil War in some affected…

Disability bill: Al-makura wants NASS to process

Gov. Al-Makura Umaru of Nasarawa State has implored the National Assembly to hasten the process of harmonising the bill on…

Federal Govt. to provide 100 wagons to improve cargo haulage – Amaechi

The Federal Government says it will procure 100 locomotive wagons to aid the evacuation of goods from the ports by…
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Russia, Nigeria sign nuclear project development agreements

Russia and Nigeria on Monday signed an agreement on construction and operation of a nuclear power plant as well as…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

$13.7bn lost annually to farmers, herdsmen conflicts – Abdulsalami

A former Military Head of State  Abdulsalami Abubakar says Nigeria loses 13.7 billion dollars annually as a result of farmers-herdsmen…

UNESCO train 100 on ICT, entrepreneurship programmes

UNESCO in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday graduated its second batch of 100 trainees on…

INEC plans special booths for disabled persons

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making efforts to put in place special polling booths for physically challenged persons…

Sokoto state expands sanitation to cover 7 Local Govts.

 The Sokoto State Government says it is expanding the Sanitation Hygiene And Water in Nigeria (SHAWN) project in the state…
Alassane Ouattara, the President of Ivory Coast announces that French troops will soon begin departing from his country in New Year address.

Alassane Quattara lauds Buhari over Nigeria’s recession exit

President Alhasan Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire on Monday in Abuja commended President Muhammadu Buhari for taking Nigeria out recession. Quattara…

Kenyatta re-elected with 98% of vote – Commission

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta won the Thursday repeat presidential election with slightly more than 98 percent of the vote. The…

Collapsed Lekki Gardens building has no approval — Witness

A Lagos State Prosecution witness, Marius Agwu, in the ongoing trial of the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Ltd,…

Mother arrested for dumping day-old baby in Kebbi

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old girl, Gambo Suleiman, who allegedly dumped a day-old baby boy near…