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Petrol scarcity: Black market boom in northern states

Motorists in Kaduna, Bauchi and Yolanda are facing hard times buying petrol in chaotic situations following accute scarcity of the…
Happy Trader at Oshodi Market

PDP Convention 2017: Traders make brisk business in Abuja

Traders on Saturday took advantage to make brisk sales around the Eagle Square, venue of the National convention of the…

Passengers stranded at Kano International Airport due to bad weather

Passengers were left stranded for the second day on Saturday at the Aminu Kano Airport, as poor weather conditions forced…

N-power: beneficiaries decry 2 months unpaid stipend

Some beneficiaries of the social intervention programme dubbed N-Power Scheme on Saturday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to pay…

1,100 injured in Palestinian protests over Jerusalem

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Saturday that 1,100 people suffered injuries amid Friday’s protests against the status of Jerusalem as…

Israel launches fresh airstrikes in Gaza Strip

Israel launched fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to rocket fire from the enclave and the…

Mauritius needs to clarify monetary policy – IMF

The International Monetary Fund on Saturday says Mauritius needs to clarify its monetary policy to increase coherence.

7 die in auto crash on Sagamu-Benin expressway

Seven people are reported to have died in an auto crash on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday.

PDP National Convention: Delegates Arrive Eagle Square

The Eagle Square Abuja venue of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) national convention is already agog with music ahead…

Army War College graduates 33 pioneer students

The newly-established Army War College, Nigeria, on Friday, graduated its 33 pioneer officers. They comprise 30 officers from the army…
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: Niger government to spend N500m on hostel

The Niger Government is to construct a 1,000- bed capacity hostel at the Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai at the cost…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Motorists buy petrol with ease in Cross River

As fuel scarcity and hike in pump price bite harder in some states of the federation, the product situation remains…

Technology roadmap will save Nigeria $11Bn in 5 years – Onu

Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science & Technology, says the Federal Government’s National Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmap will…

Zamfara police arrest 15 suspects, recover arms, 151 cows

The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested 15 suspects for various crimes in the state and recovered arms, 151 cows…

Dust haze, cloudy skies to prevail on Saturday – NiMet

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze weather conditions over the central states of the country on Saturday…

Abuja residents decry deplorable road network

The people of Igu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed worry over the…

Over 3m voters register in CVR – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no fewer than 3.63 million new voters have been registered in ongoing Continuous…

CBN inaugurates Postgraduate Business School in ABU

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday inaugurated a N6bn World-Class Postgraduate Business School at the Ahmadu Bello University…
INEC sets aside eight days for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the September 21, 2024 Edo governorship election.

Over 3m voters register in CVR – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no fewer than 3.63 million new voters have been registered in ongoing Continuous…

Again, 98 Edo Indigenes return from Libya

No fewer than 98 Edo indigenes arrived in Benin from Libya on Friday with the help of the International Organisations…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Overpricing: DPR seals 10 fillings stations in Benin

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on Friday, sealed no fewer than 10 filling stations in Benin for overpricing of…

UNN, Huawei to establish ICT academy

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HUAWEI, a Chinese ICT company…
President Salva Kiir

45 dead in Sudan’s community clashes

At least 45 people have been killed and 31 injured in the latest clashes between rival clans of the Dinka…

Commissioner warns youths against rape, violence

The Enugu State Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development, Princess Peace Nnaji, has urged youths to shun rape and…

Anti-Corruption Day: FG urged to publish details of corrupt persons

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the Federal Government to publish the names of persons found guilty of…

NUBIFIE key officials arrested in Lagos

Key officials of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) were on Friday allegedly arrested by…

UN chief calls for donor contributions for Nigeria, others

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for one billion dollars donor contributions to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Fuel Scarcity: NASS cautions against shunting at filling stations

The National Assembly on Friday said security personnel were compounding the hardship being faced by motorists in getting petrol in…
Nyesom Wike

Gov Wike replies Bode George over zoning of PDP chairmanship

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the position of National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

A frolic on the Red Sea – Femi Adesina recounts Aqaba trip

By Femi Adesina It was a gust of chilly wind that said Akwaaba (welcome, in Ghanaian language) to me in…