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Anambra guber poll: PDP to hear appeals Tuesday

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Tuesday, for the hearing of appeals arising from…

Paris Club refund: Buhari decries poor handling by governors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers and decried the way the…

Salary arrears: NMA issues Benue government 21-day ultimatum

Benue chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has given the state government a 21-day ultimatum to pay outstanding salaries…

Benue flood: FG support victims with drugs, mosquito nets

The Federal Ministry of Health has donated drugs and treated nets to people displaced by flooding in Makurdi, Benue.

Donors raise $700m to address humanitarian crisis in Lake Chad region

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Monday said that about 700 million dollars had been realised from the pledges made…

Gas flaring: Oil firm pledges to end practice in 2019

Belema Oil Producing Limited, a major indigenous player in the nation’s oil and gas industry, says it will end gas…

Gov. assures communities of adequate security

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of  Ondo State  on Monday  said his administration was working with security agencies in the state to…

NAFDAC: Acting DG promises to uphold standards

The acting Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni, said the agency would not…
EFCC disowns lawyer prosecuting Stella Oduah in fresh suit

“We yet to maximise women potential in nation-building” – Oduah

The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Sen. Stella Oduah, says Nigeria is yet to maximize women potential and…

Gov. Ortom blasts FERMA, challenges them to step up

Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday said the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), was ineffective in its operations.

Benue flood: Camp manager removed over alleged irregularities

The Deputy Governor of Benue, Mr Benson Abounu, has confirmed the removal of Mr James Iorhuna, from office as Manager,…

Hajj: 4 dead as Kaduna pilgrims return home

The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has begun the airlift of pilgrims back home from Saudi Arabia.

Gaming firm pays out N1.3m to gamers

A gaming and entertainment company, Western Lotto Nigeria Ltd., on Monday gave out N1.3 million to winners of its online…

Power: Minister urges stakeholders to co-operate with NERC

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has appealed to power sector stakeholders to co-operate with the…

9/11: Trump marks anniversary of terrorist attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to defeat terrorism as U.S. marked 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001…

21.4m Nigerians receive identification number

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has registered no fewer than 21.4 million Nigerians into the National Identity…

Organisation seeks to eradicate misconceptions around menstruation

Mr Femi Aluko, the UNICEF Menstrual Health Management (MHM) Coordinator in Osun, on Monday called for the eradication of misconceptions, myths,…

30 passengers injured in Swiss railway crash

An accident on a popular Swiss tourist railway route left some 30 people slightly injured on Monday, a police spokesperson…

Pope Francis Sustains Injury

Pope Francis began the last day of his visit to Colombia with a hitch after he bumped his head against…
NITDA alerts Nigerians about a fraudulent Google Play Store being used for distributing a new malware strain known as the Play Praetor Trojan

MDAs cautioned against executing projects without clearance

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to seek clearance from it before…

Robbers kill Army Captain, infant, others in Kaduna

At least four people, including an army officer and an infant, were killed by suspected armed robbers during an attack…

Police in Ebonyi arrest 30-year-old man suspected of killing daughter

The Police Command in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 30-year-old man suspected to have killed his two-year-old…

Nigerian pilgrim arrested in Mecca for picking item from sacred place

Nigerian pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia was reportedly arrested after he was spotted on a CCTV camera picking unidentified item…

Grace Mugabe fights back, says model attacked her with knife

Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has denied assaulting South African model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable in a Johannesburg…

555 Kwara pilgrims arrive tomorrow

The first batch of 555 Pilgrims from Kwara, who performed the 2017 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, are expected to arrive…

563 Sokoto pilgrims back home

The first batch of 563 pilgrims from Sokoto State who performed the hajj in Saudi Arabia have returned home.
UNILORIN extends Post-UTME registration

Unilorin commences UTME screening for 64,000 applicants

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) on Monday commenced the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening for no fewer than 64,000…
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1,429 beggars arrested in Kano within 8 months

The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested 1,429 beggars for violating the law banning street begging, between January and August, according…
Two pilots escape death in an accident involving Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Mushshak trainer aircraft in Kaduna on Thursday.

Air force attacks insurgents’ buildings in Borno

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has struck insurgents’ buildings in Borno

Olanike Disu To Be Buried Today

Olanike Disu, the adorable dame who died 6 weeks after her husband passed on is to be buried today (Monday,…