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Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa in South Africa on first foreign trip

Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa met his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on Thursday, his first international trip since…

4 Chinese men rescued from kidnappers in Ondo

The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Thursday said they rescued four Chinese men from kidnappers around Igbokoda area of Ondo…

DPR warns against fuel hoarding, seals 10 erring filling stations in Ondo

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Ondo State has sealed 10 filling stations for hoarding fuel and selling above…

Fuel queues will disappear by weekend – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Thursday in Abuja says fuel queues will `normalise’ by Friday and disappear by…

Ogun Govt pays December, 13th month salary to workers

The Ogun state government says it has paid the December and the 13th month salary to its workers since Wednesday…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs records highest revenue collection of N1trn

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded its highest revenue collection ever of over N1 trillion as against N770 billion…
Ethiopian Airline contributes less than six percent to Ethiopia's GDP

14,130 Ethiopians repatriated from Saudi Arabia in 1 month

The Ethiopian government on Thursday said it has repatriated over 14,130 undocumented citizens residing in Saudi Arabia over the past…

Christmas: Federal Govt declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays

The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 25, Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 as public holidays for…

Jerusalem Vote: Israeli PM Netanyahu calls UN ‘house of lies’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the UN as a “house of lies” ahead of a vote on Thursday on a…

Kano Assembly approves APC acting chairman as Commissioner

Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Acting Chairman in the state,…

Borno free of cholera outbreak – Commissioner

The Borno Government on Thursday declared that the state is cholera free sequel to the successful control of an outbreak…

My experience at #TheFalzExperience – Reporter

Folarin Falana has won 2017 and it would be futile to argue this. I’ll tell you why. The first time…
Nigerian Senate

Senate postpones deliberation on $1 billion Boko Haram Fund

The Senate on Thursday, postponed deliberation on the proposed withdrawal of one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account (ECA)…

Kaduna Assembly Confirms Ruth Alkali as Commissioner

The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed Mrs Ruth Alkali as Commissioner of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
NiMet

NiMet predicts 60% chances of more rains in 2018

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted 60 per cent chances of wittiest season ever in history over Nigeria in…

Suspected cholera cases in Yemen hit 1m – ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit one…
Police explain how one Jafar, a student of IBB University, Lapai, Niger State, died after he was attacked at a Student Lodge in the town

IBB varsity SUG demands rehabilitation of Paiko-Lapai Road ‎

The Student Union Government (SUG) of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, has called on Niger Government to rehabilitate the Paiko-Lapai…

Fuel scarcity: NNPC lauded for pumping petrol into Ejigbo Depot

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ejigbo Depot, has lauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for pumping…
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

Group frees 6 prisoners to celebrate members’ birthdays

A group, under the aegis of Business and Professional Women (BPW), on Thursday secured freedom for six prisoners in Keffi,…

Nigerians warned against storing petrol at home

Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin, the Group Chairman, Osun State Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), has warned the masses against storing…

Lagos port: Port Operators Groan Over Gridlock

Shippers (importers and exporters) are groaning over delays in business transactions at the Lagos ports due to the harrowing gridlock…

Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reach over 143m

The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone subscribers reached over 143 million at the end of November with addition of…

Olubadan’s wife dies at 71

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Thursday lost one of his queens, Olori Kudirat Aduke.
Fraud

Pastor docked for duping worshipper of N1.1m

A 40-year-old man, Femi Adewale, was on Thursday arraigned before Chief Magistrate B. B. Adebowale of an Ota Magistrates’ Court…

Association tells LASG to decentralise town planning

The Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), Lagos State Chapter, has called on the state government to decentralise…

Group to launch data economy, longevity app

Insilico Medicine, a US-based organisation, on Thursday said it would launch a health application ‘Longenesis’ to help Africans monetise their…

China urges U.S to maintain healthy, stable bilateral ties

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday urged the United States to work with China to maintain healthy and stable bilateral…

Army chief vows to punish disloyal, disobedient personnel

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has warned that any act of disloyalty, disobedience to constituted authority and…
Doctors in the theatre. bandit doctors arrested in Kaduna

Expert tasks health professionals on communication skills

A communication expert, Mr Oladele Olunike, on Thursday, advised health professionals to develop communication skills that would be more effective…

Somalia: Insufficient funding threatens peacekeeping operations

Lack of funding is threatening the operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an African Union (AU) official…