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Institute urged to tackle challenges in the aviation sector

Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday urged the Air Force Institute of Technology to develop indigenous solutions to…

850,000 children fled militia violence in DRC – UNICEF

UNICEF says of the 1.4 million who fled violence between the army and a local militia central Democratic Republic of…

NYSC appeals to Govt. to restore water in camp

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday appealed to the Delta State Government to promptly repair the collapsed overhead-water-storage…

APC committed to repositioning the country – Minister

Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, says the Buhari-led government of the All Progressive Party (APC) is committed to repositioning…

Hajj: Pilgrims warned against drugs smuggling

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe has warned intending Muslims pilgrims against smuggling of hard drugs and…

No Plan To Shut Down UNIMAID – Minister

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, says the Federal Government has no plan to close the University of Maiduguri…

Nigeria Is Gradually Exiting Recession – Economist

An economist, Prof. Ben Aigbokhan says Nigeria is gradually exiting recession with the growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and slight…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

CBN Tasked On Intervention To Enhance Cassava Production

Mr Duro Kuteyi, a former Chairman of the National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), has urged the Central Bank…

Amosun Tasks Manufacturers On Tax Payment

Gov. lbikunle Amosun of Ogun on Friday urged manufacturers to pay their taxes regularly to facilitate rapid development of the…
UNICEF

Immunisation: Sokoto Govt, UNICEF Adopts New Strategies

Sokoto State Government and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) plan to adopt new strategies in 2018 to upscale…

I Caught Another Woman Cooking For My Husband – Wife

Mrs Bimbo Olajumoke, 49-year-old dealer on fabrics, on Friday, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught another…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

2 Men Remanded For Stealing 2 Generators

A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded in prison two men — 20-year-old Dauda Aliyu and 19-year-old Sani Mu’azu —…

Driver Wines, Dines At Club, Fails To Pay

A driver, Sunday Lawal, 33, who allegedly obtained three bottles of Hennessy and food valued at N75,000 from a bar…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs Generates Over N49m On E-Auction

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks…

103,030 Students For JSSC Examination In Kaduna – Official

No fewer than 103,000 students from 1,300 public and private schools in Kaduna state would sit for the Junior Secondary…

Kano Govt To Sanction School Over Sanitation

The Kano State Government is to sanction its School of Health Technology for shunning the state’s monthly sanitation.

German Environmentalists Win Bid To Ban Diesel Cars

A German environmentalist group, on Friday won its bid to ban diesel cars that do not meet the latest emissions…
UN

UN Appeals For Calm In Venezuela

appealed for calm ahead of Sunday’s elections for the new Constituent Assembly, urging the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro…

World Bank Provides Zambia $600m For Development Projects

The World Bank has provided 600 million dollars to Zambia to invest in various sectors of the economy as well…

Buhari Urges Governors’ Wives To Domesticate Future Programme

The Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, advised Governors wives to domesticate her pet project, ‘’Future…

Indonesia ombudsman faults execution of Nigerian

The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict in…

U.S. orders Venezuela embassy families out

The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave by Thursday as a political…

Bali cracks down on dog meat trade

Authorities on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali are seeking to curb the sale of dog meat, an official said on…

Prices of staple foods still high in spite of harvesting period

The prices of staple foods in markets around Lagos metropolis are still high in spite of the fact that majority…
Afreximbank

Afreximbank grants $200m financing facility to Arab Contractors

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has granted Egyptian construction conglomerate, The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Company)…
Pentagon

Pentagon announces death of 7 ISIS leaders in airstrikes

Coalition airstrikes killed seven senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propagandists and facilitators in Iraq and Syria, Combined…

Bus driver abducts FRSC official, causes road crash in Ebonyi

An alleged attempt by a commercial bus driver in Abakaliki to abduct a Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) official has…
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of Typhoon Nesat as a category 2 typhoon, nearing the Philippines on September 26 2011, at 02:39UTC.

Taiwan braces for arrival of Typhoon “Nesat”

Taiwan is preparing for the arrival of Typhoon “Nesat”, expected to slam into the island on the weekend, officials said.

Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque ahead of Friday prayers

Israeli police barred Muslim men under the age of 50 for a second week in a row from entering Jerusalem’s…
Barack Obama and White House Staff react to the House of Representatives passing the 'Obamacare' bill on March 21, 2010.

U.S. Senate Republicans fail to dismantle Obamacare

In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Republicans failed on Friday to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on…