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Nigerian soldiers smash Boko Haram fish smuggling ring

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Troops of 145 and 158 Task Force Battalions, 5 Brigade have smashed a fish smuggling ring perpetrated

UTME: JAMB warns candidates on lateness

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday said that late coming to any examination centre after the commencement…

Kano anti-corruption agency suspends probe of Emir Sanusi

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Kano State government’s anti-corruption agency has suspended probe into the financial dealings of the Emirate council.

Govt rejects N2.5 billion bid for diamond stone

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The government of Sierra Leone has rejected a $7.8 million bid, about N2.5 billion for a rough, egg-sized diamond stone,…

Muslims Tasked On Good Neighbourliness

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

An Islamic scholar, Dr Moshood Salisu, has urged Muslims to cultivate excellent relationships with their non-Muslim neighbours, as a way…

FG Commited To Attaining Zero Maternal Deaths

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Mrs Adejoke Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the Government on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) says the office will collaborate…

JAMB: 57,000 Candidates Sit For UTME On Saturday

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

No fewer than 57,000 candidates sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday in 642 centres across…

UTME: Candidates Applaud JAMB Hitch-Free Process

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Candidates participating at the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has applauded JAMB, organisers of the examination for match series…

UNIMAID: Bomb Blast Delays UTME

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Multiple suicide bomb attacks at the University of Maiduguri(UNIMAID), on Saturday, delayed the commencement of the Computer-Based Test for the…

JAMB Commends CBT Initiative In Ondo

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday in Akure commended the Computer Based Test (CBT) initiative employed by…

FG To Prioritise Use Of Local Consultants – Lai Mohammed

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Federal Government is to adopt a policy that will make it mandatory for local consultants to be involved in…

Akwa Ibom Varsity Expels 21 Students

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Management of Akwa Ibom State University says the institution has expelled 21 students for various offences committed in 2016.

BoI To Assist SMEs With N376bn

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Mr Waheed Olagunju, Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI) says the bank will assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…

Abia Group In S/Africa Congratulates Gov Ikpeazu

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Abia indigenes resident in South Africa on Saturday urged Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to remain focused and develop the state.

NNPC cries out again: We are not recruiting

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

For the umpteenth time, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on members of the public to disregard any…

APC-controlled states to set up Security Trust Funds

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The All Progressive Congress (APC) controlled states have proposed the setting up of a Security Trust Funds to tackle security…

Ebola breaks out again. Watch out

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed investigation team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following reported outbreak…

Boko Haram releases new video, threatens to bomb Abuja

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Boko Haram has released a new video to deny Nigerian government's claim that only five of its commanders were released…

Kogi: USAID trains, empowers 105 persons living with disabilities

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

One hundred and five Kogi residents living with various disabilities have been trained on various skills by the United States…

Internet a tool for economic transformation – Minister

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has described internet as a resourceful tool that could be employed to transform…

FG says taking measures to make Nigeria safer

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali has said that government was taking measures to ensure safety of lives and…

Abuja Airport to become hub for air transport – Manager

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Mahmud Sani, Manager, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, says the approval of the second runway in the 2017 budget…

FG urged to use recorvered loots to revive Ajaokuta Steel

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Otori Saliu, a former National President of Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, says part of the…

Minister confident of more Chibok girls release

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau, on Friday said that the Federal was confident that the Boko Haram would…

Don’t see our critics as enemies – APC

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Publicity Secretaries of state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been advised not to see the party’s critics…

Italy’s highest Court upholds 16-year jail sentence for Captain Concordia

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Italy's highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia, which capsized in…

Massive ransomware infection hits computers in 99 countries

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been developed by the US National Security Agency has struck organisations around…

Accident: 12 traders from Benin Republic coming to Lagos killed

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle along the Tsamiya-Bagudo road in Kebbi, has resulted in the death of no…

Boko Haram to release more Chibok schoolgirls – Minister

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdurrahman Danbazau, on Friday said that the Federal was confident that the Boko Haram would…

No more contracts for unregistered companies in govt ministries

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Federal Government has banned Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from transacting business with companies and other corporate bodies that…

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