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Ebola Outbreak: AU disease control centre to help DR Congo

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has activitated an emergency operation to support efforts by the…

Gov. Masari commends Nigerian Govt over codeine ban

Katsina State Government has commended the Federal Government for its recent ban on the local production and importation of codeine…

Textile manufacturers urge National Assembly to expedite budget passage

The Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA), has urged the National Assembly to aid economic growth by not reneging on its…

3 killed in South Africa mosque attack

Three people were killed Thursday in an attack on a mosque in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal province and the motive…

Ekiti Guber Election: APC reschedules fresh primary for May 12

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja, said it has rescheduled the Ekiti State governorship primary for Saturday,…

2019: Saraki calls for more support from European Union

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Senate President Bukola Saraki, called for more collaborative supports from the European Union (EU),…
JOHESU-UITH declares indefinite strike

Kano health workers join JOHESU strike

Normal services have been in public health workers facilities in Kano as healthcare workers in the state joined the JOHESU…

AG Dangote begins reconstruction of second phase of Apapa/Wharf Road project

AG Dangote Construction Company Limited has begun work on the second phase of the Apapa/Wharf Road reconstruction project.

Ondo Govt. pledges relief materials for rainstorm victims

The Ondo State Government (ODSG) says it will provide relief materials to victims of last Saturday’s rainstorm that destroyed homes…
Police bust 3 who allegedly stole N136.5m containers at Apapa Ports

Lagos ports receive 7 ships with petrol, other commodities

No fewer than seven ships laden with various products, including petrol, are at Lagos ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian…

17 suspects arrested in Ilorin for smuggling codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Ccommand, has arrested 17 suspects in different parts of the state while…
A boat carrying migrants

Libya unveals plan to confront illegal immigration

The Libya Government is to implement an integrated plan involving all security services to confront illegal migration through sea and…

Codeine Substitute: Ban use of pit latrine, BRISIN tells Nigerian Govt

The Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) has called for urgent sensitisation against the use of pit latrine…

Gov. Lalong donates golf kits to Police Staff College, Jos

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Thursday donated five bags of golf sets and 40 balls to the children’s golf…

Kaduna State to spend N2.9 billion on roads construction in Kubau, Soba LGAs

Alhaji Zubairu Abubakar, Assistant Director, Kaduna State Ministry of Works, on Thursday, said a total of N2.9 billion had been…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Cook sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for stealing N6m gold jewelry

A Daura Road Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday sentenced a 30-year- old cook, Ahmed Saidu, to three years…

North-West state governors tasked on drug abuse

Malam Wada Maida, the Chairman of an Abuja-based NGO, Peace Builders Security Concepts, has called on Governors of States in…

Father, son in court for allegedly stealing N2.4m

A 61-year-old father, Femi Adelegan, and his son, Daniel Adelegan, were on Thursday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for…

70-year-old woman sentenced to 3 months in prison for breach of trust

A Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna State on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old woman, Habiba Musa, to three…

Yobe Govt. to adopt whistle blowing policy

The Yobe Government says it will adopt whistle-blowing policy to curb the activities of tree poachers and save the state…

Fire kills 4 children, 2 women in abandoned warehouse

A total of four children and two women were killed in fire that gutted an abandoned warehouse occupied by hundreds…

Ebola Outbreak: 4 new cases recorded in North-West DRC

At least four new cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported in Bikoro territory, Equateur province in northwestern Democratic…

NCWS urges Buhari to ensure release of Leah Sharibu

The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything possible to ensure…

Russia vows to deepen ties with Iran despite U.S. sanctions

Russia is to deepen ties with Iran, in spite of the U.S. decision to boycott international nuclear deal and impose…

Abaji-Koton-Karfe Road: Residents want quick completion of project

Some residents of Koton-Karfe in Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi have called for increased pace of work for quick…
National Museum, Lagos. Photo credit: Lape Soetan

National Museum Lagos records 17,656 visitors in first quarter of 2018

The Lagos office of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments said on Thursday that it hosted 17,656 visitors in…

Riek Machar will not return to South Sudan without peace deal – Rebel group

South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition ( SPLM-IO), said its leader Riek Machar will…

Oyinlola dumps APC, resigns as NIMC Chairman

A former governor of Osun, Mr Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has resigned his appointment as the Chairman of National Identity Management Commission…

200 principals trained on drug abuse prevention in schools

The Federal Ministry of Education has trained 200 schools principals in Kebbi have been trained on drug abuse prevention in…

Italian President, Mattarella gives parties more time to form a government

Italian President Sergio Mattarella will give more time to the League and 5-Star Movement to strike a government pact aimed…