President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 18 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the...
A Medview Airline aircraft en route to Abuja on Thursday morning returned to the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, some minutes after take-off. A source told...
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a motion for the payment of N5, 000 monthly allowance to unemployed youths in the country. The motion was sponsored by...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos on Monday upheld the election of Simon Lalong as governor of Plateau. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed...
Stephane Gompertz, France’s Ambassador for Climate Change, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the project was the first of such...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it had arrested a 34-year-old man suspected to be working for an international criminal organisation. The...
The Senate on Wednesday, confirmed the nomination of former Lagos governor Babatunde Fashola, former Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi, Chris Ngige (Anambra) and 15 others as ministers....
The National Assembly Petition Tribunal in Ilorin has affirmed the election of Bukola Saraki as a senator representing Kwara Central. The Chairman of the tribunal, Josiah...
The Federal Government has released N56 billion toward rehabilitating victims and places ravaged by insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country. Alhaji Muhammed Sani-Sidi, the...
The Super Eagles put the sad memories of their 0-2 loss to DR Congo on Oct. 8, to pound Cameroon 3-0 in Sunday’s international friendly game...
A commercial motorcyclist, who allegedly defiled and impregnated a 14-year-old girl, was on Monday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. He was, however,...
The Bauchi State Police Command said it had on Saturday, apprehended a 40 year-old man who was allegedly hired for a fee of N50,000, to abduct...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that Nigeria averages about N1.5 billion worth of transactions on the Point Of Sales (POS) terminal daily. Dipo...
Wife of the President Aisha Buhari has condoled with the people and government of Sokoto State over the September Hajj stampede which claimed the lives of...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Oct. 31 remains the deadline for bank customers to obtain their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN). Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking...
Burkina Faso’s Finance Minister Jean Sanon on Thursday said the failed military coup in that country in September cost the flagging economy more than 50 million...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said no new Ebola infections were reported in West Africa in the past week, bringing Sierra Leone closer to...
FIFA President Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini have been provisionally banned from all football activities for 90 days by the organisation’s Ethics Committee. In further...
Bomb blasts occurred on Friday evening in Nyanya at a bus stop, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), killing two persons and injuring 19....
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Wednesday said that the council was still being owed N2 billion registration fees by state governments for their candidates...
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