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Lagos: Police arrest 31 robbery suspects in 7 days

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said on Friday that 31 armed robbery suspects were arrested…

Lagos, FRSC partner to curb road accidents

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation and the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) are poised to undertake joint monitoring across…

Update: 14 killed in night market bomb explosion

At least 14 people have been killed and dozens hurt in an explosion at a night market in Davao City…

NUJ set to develop journalists’ database

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) says the process of developing a database of journalists nationwide has commenced. The NUJ…

Need for continuity in Edo State

By Sunny Edoja The people of Edo State will go to the polls to choose Adam Oshiomhole’s successor on September…

NAN set to launch new photo portal

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) is set to introduce a new portal for photographs that would be beneficial to the…

FG to roll out digital switchover in Abuja- Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says that the Federal Government will roll out digital switchover in…

South Africa implements HIV universal test, treatment programme

The South African government has started implementing the universal test and treatment programme, where every HIV positive person is put…

Buhari impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s simplicity

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, expressed admiration at the simplicity displayed by Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and the Chief…

FG to reintroduce civic, hygiene education in schools

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government may reintroduce civic and hygiene education in primary…

NUJ boss urges NAN to expand coverage scope

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday in Abuja urged the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to expand its…

We will allay the hardship of Nigerians- Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government is aware of the sufferings and pains…

Man lands in court for cheating

A 42-year-old man, Damisa John, on Friday appeared in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, for alleged breach of trust and…

Group vows to promote peace, unity among Christians, Muslims

A religious group in Bauchi State, Jamatul Nasirul Islam (JNI), on Friday, vowed to unfold programmes that would sustain the…

Breaking: Facebook founder, Zuckerberg, rushes back to Nigeria, meets Buhari

Following criticisms that he did not meet any political leader during his two-day visit to Nigeria, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg,…
Gov. Badaru Abubakar dissolves cabinet

Jigawa pays gratuity, death benefits to beneficiaries

The Jigawa Government has paid N433.6 million to local and state government retirees and families of dead persons as their…

Uzbekistan President Karimov is dead

Three diplomatic sources on Friday in a report in Tashkent confirmed the death of 78 years old, Uzbek President, Islam…

IS fighters fleeing Iraq leave carnage behind

As Islamic State fighters are being routed from cities and towns across Syria and Iraq, they increasingly leave behind carnage,…

Breaking: Protest in Port Harcourt over murder of lawyer

Hundreds of human rights activists from Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states on Friday held a peaceful demonstration at the headquarters…

LASU adopts online screening for 2016/2017 admission

‎The Lagos State University (LASU) has commenced the admission of candidates for the 2016/2017 academic session using the online screening…

UN Security Council slams terrorist attack on Chinese Embassy

The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the serious terrorist bomb attack” against the Chinese Embassy in…

Kebbi completes transportation of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Alhaji Bala Sakaba, the Kebbi Chairman of Pilgrims Welfare Agency, on Friday, said the state had completed the transportation of…

NOUN shuts five illegal Lagos study centres

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) said on Friday that it had identified and closed down five illegal study…

Samsung stops Galaxy Note 7 phone sales after battery explosions

Samsung says it is suspending sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after finding batteries of some of the gadgets…

Disregard statement credited to Gov. Wike- NDDC boss

Mrs Ibim Semenitari, acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has called on the public to disregard a statement…

Gabon: The struggle and pain for national autonomy

Ademola Araoye It was predictable that the August 27, 2016 presidential elections in Gabon was going to be controversial with…

New Zealand warned of Tsunami after 7.1-magnitude quake

A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of New Zealand following a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake early Friday, report says.…

UN Security Council members visit South Sudan

Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand’s Ambassador to the UN and President of the Security Council for September, on Friday, said…

Kaduna to blacklist defaulting contractors

The Kaduna State Government says it has started compiling lists of defaulting contractors handling the various project to blacklist the…

NIWA urges investors to take advantage of dredged River Niger

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has urged the private sector to take advantage of the dredged section of the…