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Lagos impounds 3,619 rickety Vehicles, launches computerised Vehicle Centre

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday disclosed that the states Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, has impounded…

Cameroon continues deportation of Nigerian refugees to villages

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Doctors Without Borders aid group says it has witnessed Cameroon's military returning Nigerian refugees to their country as the…

Army Launches Operation Against Bandits In Kaduna

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Nigerian Army has launched a special military operation code named, Operation Harbin Kunama, aimed at flushing out armed bandits…

APC chieftain wants Buhari to sack corrupt appointees

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Timi Frank, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack appointees, including cabinet…

Presidency seeks ways to strengthen whistle blower policy

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Presidency has commenced efforts to strengthen the mechanism of the Whistle blower policy following breakthroughs in the war against…

Sen., others hail SGF’s suspension

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Mr Matthew Urhoghide, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the suspension of…

Children’s Government wants children removed from IDP camps

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Children’s Government on Wednesday called for the removal of children from all Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in…

Security operatives arrests Boko Haram suspect

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa has arrested a suspected Boko Haram member, Amos Hassan.

E-commerce giants puts Nigeria’s current internet penetration rate at 53%

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Jumia Nigeria, an online retail store says Nigeria’s current internet penetration rate is 53 per cent.

Committee on meningitis closes isolation camps in state

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Zamfara Committee for the Procurement, Distribution and Monitoring of Meningitis Drugs says it has commenced the closing of isolation…

CSM: State Govt. purchases N4m drug kits

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Gombe State Government, has purchased drug kits worth four million naira for the management and treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis…

DIG calls for greater synergy among security agencies

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of the South-West geo-political zone, Mr Foluso Adebanjo, has called for greater…

Lawmaker wants special courts for corruption cases

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday urged urgent establishment of special courts for speedy trial of corruption…

Father of quintuplet seeks support from Govt, Nigerians

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Imudia Uduehi, a father of quintuplet (set of five babies) has appealed to government, well-meaning Nigerians and philanthropists to…

Expert advocates teaching of archeology in secondary schools

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Prof. Jonathan Aleru, the Head of Department, Archeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan has stressed the need to encourage teaching…

Rwanda To Digitise Education System

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Musafiri-Papias Malimba, Minister of Education of Rwanda, said on Wednesday that Government planned to digitise education system to further improve…

Police kill 1 Suspected killer Of Military Personnel

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigeria Police Force says it has killed Endurance Ominisan, a native of Ondo, one of the suspected killers of…

Fashion Designer In Court For Cheating Corps Member

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 35-year-old fashion designer, Cecelia Agu, is standing trial in a Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly cheating…

Women At Menopause Can Bear Children

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Dr Omuku Samuel, a gynaecologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, has said women at menopause can still bear children…

South Sudan Refugees Release UN Congo Mission Staff

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The UN says South Sudanese refugees on Wednesday released 13 staff members of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the…

Suspended SGF rushes to Osinbajo for succour

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal is currently in a closed-door meeting with Vice President…

DIG Warns Criminals To Stay Away From Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, in charge of Southwest geo-political zone, Foluso Adebanjo on Wednesday warned criminals to stay…

UN Discovers 17 New Mass Graves

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

UN investigators on Wednesday discovered 17 new mass grave sites in central Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to…

Nasarawa Tertiary Institutions Suspend Strike

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions in Nasarawa State has suspended its two weeks indefinite strike.

Lawyers Urge Anti-Graft Agencies To Complete Investigation

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Some Abuja-based legal practitioners have appealed to anti-graft agencies in the country to complete investigation and gather all evidences before…

NUJ Shelves Candle-Lit Procession For Murdered Journalist

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa Council, says it has shelved the planned procession in honour of its assassinated…

Australian Scientists Use Blood Bank To Develop Vaccine

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Australian scientists are optimistic that a bank of blood donations will help them develop a vaccine for Type I diabetes.

Easter holidays prevented FEC meeting from holding – Presidency

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Presidency has explained that the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council did not hold today because of the…

Man Jailed For Stealing Hen

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

An Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to one month imprisonment for stealing a…

Applicant Who Raped Neighbour’s Daughter, In Court

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 34-year-old man, Kolawole Haruna, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief…

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