The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu-Sheriff, has congratulated the Senate President, David Mark, on his victory in Saturday’s Benue South...
The top UN Human Rights official has called on countries with the Zika Virus to make available sexual and reproductive health counselling to women and uphold...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Sunday confirmed that 17 persons died in an automobile crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Yusuf Salami, Oyo State Sector Commander...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced a loss of N267.14 billion in its activities in 2015. This is contained in the corporation’s Monthly Financial and...
The Millard Fuller Foundation (MFF), a Non-Governmental Organisation, said it had constructed residential houses for low income earners resident in the FCT and its environs. Sam...
Sheikh Yusuf Alibawa, a Sokoto based Islamic cleric, on Friday admonished on Nigerians to offer special prayers to stop further spread of Lassa fever and other...
The Kano State Government says it has empowered 132 Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) patients, treated at the Kwalli VVF Centre, Kano. Hajiya Zubaida Abubakar, Kano State Commissioner...
The Anambra Government on Thursday sealed-off no fewer than 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi over the refusal of the owners to pay property...
Fire on Thursday evening gutted an MRS filling station and two buildings in Lawanson, Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos. The fire destroyed two houses and few...
Ex-international, Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha, says the Super Eagles’ performance at the ongoing Championship of African Nations (CHAN) is not enough yardstick for measuring Sunday Oliseh’s...
Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), says the backlog of certificates in the institution will be resolved within four months. He told the News...
The Federal Government is targeting an additional N66.1 billion revenue in 2016 from an imposed stamp duty of N50 on bank customers for money received into...
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja, called on Christians to pray to God to “remove all captivity surrounding the country.” Osinbajo spoke...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government for the provision of more basic infrastructure for the people of the state....
Workers of Kwara State Water Corporation on Tuesday embarked on indefinite strike following the refusal of the management to pay their four months’ salary. The workers...
A businessman, Mr Obi, on Tuesday told an Enugu High Court that three suspects abducted him and tied his face with cloth for nine days. Narrating...
A 24-year-old cashier, Kingsley, on Tuesday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his employer’s N16.1million. He was arraigned on a one-count charge...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said it had put necessary machinery in motion to conduct the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)....
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called on governments to reverse the trend of a global epidemic in childhood obesity by promoting healthy foods and...
Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), was on Monday arraigned before a Lagos High Court, on charges bordering on fraud...
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