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World population: UNFPA inaugurates annual report

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) inaugurated its annual flagship report – State of World Population – in Beijing on…

NECO postpones Unity School examination to April 27

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27.

800 companies bid for 176 gas flare sites — Kachikwu

No fewer than 800 companies have bidded for management of 176 gas flare sites in the country, the Minister of…
IMF projects global growth to remain unchanged at 3.2 per cent in 2024 and 2025, as inflation recedes in its October WEO Update Report

IMF tells Nigeria, others to end fuel subsidy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Nigeria and other countries still subsidising fuel for domestic consumption to stop doing…
NIN

NIMC calls for synergy among security agencies

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has called on security agencies to work in synergy towards curbing the current security…

Incoming government: Tambuwal’s aide calls for prayers

Mr Yusuf Dingyadi, Senior Special Assistant to Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Special Duties, has urged people of the…
NNPC

Easter: NNPC promises adequate supply of petroleum product

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured the public of adequate supply of petroleum products during the Easter celebration.

Stallion increases Rice production tonnes in Nigeria

Alhaji Suleiman Umar, the National Programme Manager of Popular Farms Mills in Kano State says the company is targeting to…

Cultism: Police arrest 33 suspects in Lagos

The Police in Lagos have arrested 33 persons allegedly involved to the clash on Wednesday between two rival cult groups…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Abba files petition against Ganduje’s victory

Twenty days after the declaration of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje as winner of the March 23 governorship election in Kano State…

Buhari approves appointment of new Federal Fire Service boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Liman Ibrahim as the new Controller-General (CG) of the Federal Fire…
INEC justifies N1.5bn demand for CTCs of National Register of Voters and Polling Unit as requested by Messrs V.C. Ottaokpukpu and Associates

Rivers supplementary election: We’re ready for Saturday – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it was 80 per cent ready to conduct supplementary election in…
NSCDC Operatives

UTME: NSCDC deploys personnel to CBT centres in Oyo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State says 64 of its personnel have been deployed to…
UTME

JAMB: Candidates mull good UTME results

Some candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have expressed optimism in their results as the Joint Admission and…

Leah Sharibu: Senate calls for dialogue to quicken release

The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Government to explore the option of dialogue to quicken the release of Leah…

Solution found to kidnappers, robbers on Kaduna-Abuja highway – IGP

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says solution has been found for the notorious activities of kidnappers on the…

Ooni narrates histories behind 401 tourists’ sites in Ile-Ife

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, late on Wednesday said that there were 401 historical and religious sites in…
PDP tackles APC governorship candidate Tonye Cole for calling on the FG to declare state of emergency in Rivers over political violence.

Rivers: Tonye Cole loses at Supreme Court

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its factional governorship candidate in Rivers, Mr Tonye Cole on Thursday lost their appeals…

Police recruitment: Rivers command warns criminals to keep off

As thousands of applicants await Short Message Service (SMS) for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Command in…
Court frees Manfred Genditzki, the accused killer in Germany’s so-called “bathtub murder” after spending more than 13 years in prison

Man remanded in Ile-Ife prison for murder

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Thursday ordered that a 45-year-old man, Adebisi Babatunde, be remanded in prison custody…
KEDCO says it lost about 6,000 transformers to vandals in Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina states during the recent four-day nationwide blackout

Load shedding: KEDCO pleads for understanding from Kebbi customers

The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has appealed to its customers in Kebbi State to bear with it for its…
Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, FRSC and other FRSC Officers.

Petrol laden tanker crashes into caterpillar in Anambra – FRSC

A tanker laden with about 40,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit on Thursday rammed into a moving caterpillar, Federal Road…

Onu calls for stronger ties between Nigeria, Japan

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has called for stronger ties between Nigeria and Japan to boost…
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

INEC: We are making efforts to complete payment of Enugu ad-hoc staff

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is working hard to pay outstanding allowances of ad hoc workers deployed…

CSO urges President Buhari to reject NJC recommendation on Onnoghen

A civil society organisation on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the National National Judicial Council (NJC) recommendation for…
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state: says no negotiation with bandits

Gov. El-rufai inaugurates 2 new agencies to scale up institutional reforms

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday inaugurated two new Governing Boards of agencies to scale up the administration’s…

Court fixes May 23 to hear N500,000 damages suit filed by ex- Boko Haram Spokesman

An FCT High Court Maitama on Thursday fixed May 23, for hearing a N500,000 aggravated damages suit filed by a…

30 contestants for grand finale of Miss Big beauty pageant

No fewer than 30 candidates have been selected to contest during the grand finale of the 2019 , “Miss Big…

Police foils robbery attempt in Zaria, arrests 2 suspects

The Zaria Police Area Command in Kaduna State said on Thursday that it has foiled a robbery attempt by a…

NEMA begins resettlement of returnees in Borno

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday said it has began preparations for the resettlement of returnees to Jakana…