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State Assembly orders probe of magistrate over light sentence for rape

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Niger House of Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution urging the state government to investigate the magistrate who handed…

Ghana security minister calls for end to vigilante groups

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Ghana’s Minister for National Security Albert Kan-Dapaah on Thursday called on legislators to help stop the increasing activities of vigilante…

State to partner World Bank, ADB on 500km road projects

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Ogun government, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Africa Development Bank (ADB), has concluded arrangements to construct…

Minister calls for investments in waste management, Abuja rail

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in waste management in the territory.

UNHCR repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya nears 60,000

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The UN refugee agency says it has repatriated some 59,829 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise began in…

VSF distributes learning materials to pupils affected by insurgency

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Thursday distributed learning materials to 2,000 pupils in Bukarti village of Yobe to support…

Fashina: Adequate funding, solution to falling education standard

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A former National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Dipo Fashina, says adequate funding remains the solution to…

Pensioners: N54bn pension liabilities release not enough

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said that the N54 billion released by the Federal Government to clear pension…

FG to convince oil companies to patronise local barite producers – Minister

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government says it will find ways of convincing oil companies in the country to patronise local producers of…

AEDC: Death of 5 children Mpape not caused by electricity

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has distanced itself from the unfortunate inferno in which five children died in Mpape…

Focus on science, technology, Gov. urges varsities

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called on Nigerian universities to focus more on science and technology development in the…

Over 1000 people affected by flood in Namibia

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Rising water levels and flooding in the northern parts of Namibia have affected about 1,500 people, Prime Minister (PM) Saara…

Proper waste management, a tool for National development – Expert

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Williams Osaze, the President, Society for the Promotion of People’s Rights, an NGO, on Thursday called for proper waste…

Housing allotees protest re-sell of their plots in Umuahia

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Federal Housing Estate allotees in Abia on Thursday, protested against an alleged re-sell of their plots of land at the…

No excuses for non-payment of pensions- Dogara

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday urged the executive to ensure that backlog of pensions were…

President Buhari mourns Islamic scholar Sheikh Adam

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Sheikh Alhassan Saeed Adam of Jos in Plateau has robbed Muslim Ummah of…

Xenophobia: Nigerian auto mechanic killed in S/Africa, others injured

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigerian mission in South Africa said it had registered displeasure and protested to the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry over…

Oyo lawmakers reject 2 caretaker chairmen, clear 55

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday cleared 55 out of the 57 nominees for the caretaker committee chairmanship…

Market women protest poor power supply in Onitsha

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Petty traders, mostly women, have staged a protest round the streets of Awada to Ogidi, near Onitsha in Anambra, against…

Cultists strike in Ilorin, one dead

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

There was an uneasy calm in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Thursday as gunmen, suspected to be…

NDLEA vows to crack down on drug traffickers

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has vowed to intensify Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking, abuse and production of…

INEC presents 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to NASS

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood, on Thursday, presented the commission’s 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to President of…

Kano police arrest two for conspiring to kill

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Police in Kano have arrested a middle-aged man, Muntari Umar, for allegedly prodding his friend into killing his mum.

Adesina: Buhari’s is committed to economic diversification

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, has said that the ongoing efforts to diversify…

LG and Dangote flour mills to partner on Maize production

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Maradun Local Government, Zamfara, is to partner with Dangote Flour Mills to empower 300 youths in maize production, the…

NiMet DG pledges continuous support for WMO

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Sani Mashi, has pledged Nigeria’s continuous support for World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) activities…

CodeLagos: LASG to spend N2.5 billion to build 500 Coding Centres

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

At least, the sum of N2.5 billion will be expended in building 500 coding centres across schools in Lagos State…

Bilateral Relations: Reps seek ties in agriculture, tourism, oil

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The House of Representatives said it would strive to evolve favorable bilateral relationship with the Spanish Government to support Federal…

Photos: Charly Boy, Igbo Chiefs Storm Court For Kanu

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) continued today at the Federal High…

State Assembly approves N2bn loan for UBE, agric, environment projects

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Sokoto State House of Assembly has approved the state government’s request to obtain a loan of over N2.07 billion…

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