News

Nigeria ranks 3rd in Africa’s internet affordability index: Report

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has ranked Nigeria third in its Africa Affordability Drivers Index, out of 27 countries…

UN pledges reforms to meet SDGs 2030 target

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The UN says it is carrying out various reforms of the organisation to help countries to meet its ambitious 2030…

Malaria Day: State govt. to distribute 3m treated mosquito nets

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Ondo State Government said it has concluded arrangement to begin house-to-house distribution of about three million insecticide treated mosquito nets.

Labourer, 46, in court over alleged rape of minor

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A 46-year-old man, Suleman Adamu, appeared in a Jos High Court on Tuesday, charged with allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.

Judicial workers want “Harmonised Conditions of Service” law implemented

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Joint Union of Magistrates, Judges, State Counsel and Draftsmen, has called on the Nasarawa State Government to implement the…

N1.64bn fraud: Witness denies seeing Nyame receive N100m

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A defence witness, Philip Akolo, who was an orderly to former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, on Tuesday told an FCT…

CDS: Military operation in southern Kaduna yielding positive result

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Abayomi Olanisakin, on Tuesday says the special military operation in Southern Kaduna is…

Staff screening: State to prosecute workers with fake certificates

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday received the final report of the staff screening exercise, with a vow to…

Fresh batch of 253 Nigerians return from Libya

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

No fewer than 253 more Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Airbus A330-200 with registration mark…

CBN sells $25m to investors, exporters

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

T‎he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday commenced interventions in the new Investors and Exporters’ FX Window with the…

INEC says 20,000 voter’s cards abandoned in Plateau

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Plateau office of INEC said on Tuesday in Jos that 20,000 voter’s cards had been abandoned in its offices.

RRS Nabs Bank Fraud Syndicate

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the suspected ring leader…

Hip, Hip, Hip, Hurray! CBN gov says Nigeria out of recession by June

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has assured Nigerians that the country would get out…

3 Fleeing Kidnappers arrested in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command over the weekend arrested three suspected…

NLC condemns Kogi governor for using police to brutalise students

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the use of security personnel by the Kogi Government to brutalise and detain…

Judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary city funding

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Federal Judge in San Francisco, William Orrick, has blocked an order by President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold funding…

Lagos ready to relocate Computer Village from Ikeja

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to relocate the popular Computer Village from Ikeja, before the end of 2017.

Court frees 44 IPOB detainees

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A Yenagoa Magistrate’s Court in Bayelsa State has freed 44 detained members of the Indigenous People ‎of Biafra (IPOB).

EFCC arraigns Jonathan’s doctor

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

An ex-chief physician to former President Goodluck Jonathan has been arraigned before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in…

Police nabs 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Police in Osun on Tuesday arrested four members of a suspected five-man kidnapping gang after engaging them in a…

Herdsmen/Farmers clash: Police hold Security Summit

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigeria Police Force says it has fixed May 8 and May 9 for the National Security Summit on Famers/Herdsmen…

Lagos To Expand Rice Mill At Imota to 16 Metric tonnes

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government says it plans to expand the rice mills at Imota from 2.5 metric tonnes per hour…

UNICEF procured 2.5 bn doses of vaccines in 2016

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines for children in nearly 100 countries…

NBS wins 2016/2017 Best Public Sector Website award

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has emerged as the winner of the Best Public Sector website for the year…

FG takes steps to eliminate skills gap in education system

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government says it is taking steps to tackle the challenge in declining quality of education caused by widening…

CVR: INEC warns against registration by proxy

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday warned residents against attempting to register in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)…

GenCos back govt’s move to monitor collection of electricity funds by DisCos

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) says the Federal Government’s plan to monitor collection of electricity payment will ultimately…

IPOB members jubilate over bail granted Kanu

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Spontaneous jubilations erupted in many parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital immediately news filtered in that Nnamdi Kanu,…

VP calls for banking sector support to achieve 7% annual growth forecast

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday urged the banking sector to support the country’s Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) to…

Corruption: Committee tasks NASS on Whistle-Blower Bill

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Justice Sector Reform Coordinating Committee has called for the speedy passage of the Whistle Blower Bill currently before…

« Prev 1 … 4,651 4,652 4,653 4,654 4,655 … 6,769 Next »