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Mrs Obiano’s Pet Project Empowers 2,500 Anambra

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The `Caring Family Enhancement Initiative’ (CAFÉ), a pet project of Anambra Governor’s wife, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has empowered no fewer…

President Zuma used ‘nonsense’ report to sack me – Finance Minister

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

South Africa’s outgoing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday an intelligence report President Jacob Zuma used as justification to…

CSM: Gombe Govt adopts proactive measures

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Gombe State Government says it has received proactive measures against the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM). Dr Kennedy…

Police burst robbery gang, recover phones, cars

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Police in Lagos State on Friday said they smashed an armed robbery gang that lured phone sellers to hotel…

Lagos Rent To Own Scheme: 200 Get Apartments

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Friday handed over keys of 200 more housing units to successful allottees in the second…

Navy destroy illegal refinery with 1.59m litres of stolen diesel

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigerian Navy on Friday said it had discovered and destroyed an illegal refinery with 1.59 million litres of illegally…

Fire razes Ebonyi Govt House

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The accounts section of the Ebonyi Government House was on Friday gutted by fire which disrupted activities within the complex.

Abuja Airport Terminal Undergoes Rehabilitation

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has embarked on the rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja,…

Defendant’s Absence Stalls N14m Fraud Trial

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The absence of a defendant, Cecilia Chikaodili, on Friday stalled proceeding in a case of alleged N14 million fraud before…

Ibom Power Plant: Board assures completion of Phase 2

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The recently appointed leading body of Ibom Power Plant (IPP) has guaranteed to finish the second period of 494MW…

Teenager In Court For Damaging VIO’s Vehicle

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 17-year-old boy, Habib Onipede, who allegedly damaged a vehicle belonging to the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), was on Friday…

Police arraign Painter for allegedly defiling a minor

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Police on Friday brought a 20-year-old Painter, Ali Wada of Gulu town in the Rimin Gado nearby government territory…

JAMB Prospective Candidates Seek Extension Of Registration Deadline

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Prospective candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Friday described…

Cats, Natural Allies In Lassa Fever Fight

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya on Friday cautioned against any act capable of reducing the population of…

Gunmen Kill Boy, Injure Parents

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Police Command in Taraba on Friday confirmed the death of a two-year-old boy, Aondohemba Felix, in an attack at…

Aba court dissolves marriage over denial of conjugal right, deceit

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court has broken down the marriage betweenn Ezinne and her significant other, Victor Nwogu, over refusal of…

Bayelsa Assembly passes 2017 Appropriation Bill

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state’s 2017 Appropriation Bill of N243.2 billion.

ASUU rejects planned fees increase

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Kano State University of Science and Technology chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected plan by…

Husband denies wife sex for 4 years

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court has dissolved the marriage between Ezinne and her husband, Victor Nwogu, over denial of conjugal right…

Meningitis kills one, infects 4 others in Jigawa

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Jigawa Government says meningitis has killed one person and infected four others in four local government areas of the…

NSCDC suspends 2 officers for alleged oil theft

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended two of its officers for alleged involvement in oil theft…

At last, peace in Southern Kaduna

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Goska, Ambam, Bakin Kogi and Dangoma communities in Kaninkon Chiefdom of Southern Kaduna have resolved to put aside their…

Medical Checkup: Buhari will return to London

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the president will not fly in doctors…

UK deports 23 Nigerians for immigration offences

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Government of the United Kingdom has deported 23 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.

5 killed in Pakistani suicide attack

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in the Pakistani city of Parachinar, killed no fewer than five people and wounded…

South Africa’s ruling party unhappy with Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), Gwede Mantashe, has said that the party was unhappy with President Jacob…

Varsity students protest scrapping of non-agricultural courses

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Students of the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia, on Thursday protested…

Over 3b people eat rice everyday – FAO

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

More than three billion people eat rice everyday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

Okpanachi is new MD of Development Bank of Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Federal Government has appointed Mr Tony Okpanachi, as the pioneer Managing Director of the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN).

Ousted South Korean president arrested

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and taken into custody over a corruption scandal that led to…

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