Some sections of the popular Sabo market in Sagamu council area of Ogun was razed by fire in the early hours of Tuesday. A correspondent of...
An NGO, Project Enable Africa, says it has embarked on measures to reduce poverty among the People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) in Nigeria. Its director, Mr...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has further adjourned until April 8, hearing in a suit challenging the imposition of levies in the Ikeja Computer Village....
Sefiat Adam of Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara has won gold in the female deaf Table Tennis event at the ongoing 7th Kwara Sports Festival...
The President of the Kungfu Federation of Nigeria, Adewumi Adekunle, says plans are underway to establish federal training centres toward promoting and supporting states in attracting...
Ahead of the 2020 governorship election, some PDP leaders in Ondo State say the party may lose the election again, if Ondo South was not allowed...
Some residents of Lagos on Tuesday commended Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s courage in banning commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in some local governments, highways and bridges...
A 40-year-old man, Muhammad Bulala, has been electrocuted in Auyo Local Government area of Jigawa, the police have said. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Public Relations...
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc has entered a share sale and purchase agreement to divest 100 per cent of its equity stake in Union Bank...
Some residents around the office of the late Alhaji Fatai Yusuf popularly called `Oko Oloyun’ at Igando area of Lagos State on Tuesday said that they...
President Muhammadu Buhari says no one in government should be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing, saying public servants must see audit...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has advised residents of Nasarawa State to avoid bush burning to prevent its negative effects on human...
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday reopened the Maiduguri – Damboa – Biu Road for public use, the Nigeria News Agency reports. NAN reports that the road...
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday reopened the Maiduguri – Damboa – Biu road for free movement of vehicles from and to Maiduguri, the Borno capital. Nigeria...
The Nasarawa State Government says it has distributed food items worth N29 million to the 29 boarding secondary schools in the state. Mrs Fatu Sabo, the...
Three of the four people admitted over suspected Lassa fever in Adamawa have been discharged after testing negative. The Adamawa Commissioner for Health and Human Services,...
Mr Funso Adebiyi, the Director of Highways, South-West zone, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, has said that the Federal Government’s priority was completion of all...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday restated his administration’s readiness to partner the entertainment industry to tackle youth restiveness in the state. The governor...
A 52-year-old man, Kareem Ambali, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening a man and causing breach of peace. The Prosecutor,...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said the hospitality and tourism sectors have the capacity of providing viable alternative options for huge revenue generation to the oil...
The Commissioner for health in Plateau state, Dr. Ndam Lar, says the state government has concluded plan to establish Six new hospitals and a world class...
The Governing Council of the Federal University Wukari, in Taraba has approved the appointment of Dr Aboki Sallah as new Register of the university. Alhaji Uba...
Kaduna State Government has vowed to sanction any Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) sabotaging the State Contributory Health Scheme. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday advised its officers and men to be more diligent and proactive in their duties. Mr Olusegun Aladenika, the...
The Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA), said it had disposed over 50, 000 metric tonnes of waste in the 26 Local Government Areas of the...
The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) on Tuesday said it was celebrating four years of sustained exchange rate stability in the market...
The Federal Government says it will not be distracted by the “baseless” rating of the Transparency International, which ranked Nigeria low in its latest international Corruption...
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Tuesday inaugurated some projects at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos, in a move to make the...
A 48-year-old Electronics dealer, Jacob Obasi, on Tuesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly obtaining 17,297 U.S. dollars (equivalent of N6.2 million) under...
Rep. Kingsley Chima, an Action Alliance (AA) lawmaker representing Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru Federal Constituency, has urged security agencies to thoroughly investigate the killing of Mr Ndubuisi Emenike, with...
A Micro Finance bank in Lagos on Tuesday sued one of its workers, Kendy Ezewulobi, at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N1,832,574. Ezewulobi, 31,...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says women are incredibly endowed with potential that can be harnessed for any societal growth and development. Sanwo-Olu made said...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to drastically reduce the cost of governance to allow growth in the nation’s...
The Khadimiyya for Justice and Development Initiative (KDI), a Non – Governmental Organisation in Kebbi, has donated a 300 KVA transformer to the Birije-Malisa Community of...
Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, Acting Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC) on Tuesday assured that President Muhammadu Buhari was willing to sign the new national policy on population...
The Ebonyi Government says the introduction of N750 development levy in private schools is aimed at enhancing infrastructural development in the state. Mr Frank Onwe, the...
Total Exploration and Production Nigeria says it has concluded plans to train nine Nigerian lecturers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, as part...
A consultant on infectious diseases, Dr Iorhen Akase, has called for holistic approach in curtailing the rampant outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria. Akase of the...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Sabo Nanono, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Nigeria would hopefully begin exporting rice to other countries in...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has partnered with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to scrutinise the execution of constituency projects by...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has commenced the payment of the N30,000 National Minimum Wage to Civil Servants FCT. The Director , FCT...
A 32-year-old man, Gabriel Adams, was on Tuesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly abducting and assaulting three women sexually as...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Gholahan Yishawu, says he has started the distribution of 1,000 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms to students in his constituency....
No fewer than 15 persons died while 38 others sustained varying degrees of injuries as a Toyota Canter truck plunged into dried Omi river on the...
Seven suspected cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in Gombe State, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ahmed Gana, has disclosed. Gana made this disclosure...
Operators in the Nigerian stock market on Tuesday attributed low participation of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) in equities market to unimpressive returns. They told the Nigeria...
The police in Lagos, on Tuesday, arraigned four sales representatives, Giwa Yusuf, Lateef Ayodeji, Ayoola Saheed and Saheed Adekunle, for allegedly stealing their employer’s 400 bags...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has vowed to curtail all forms of extortion and examination malpractices in the upcoming Unified...
The Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA), said it had provided four industrial sites for sale of gas products in Kaduna metropolis, to safeguard lives and...
Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday called on residents of the state to intensify prayers and maintain proper personal hygiene to avoid contracting Lassa...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, varied the bail conditions of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). Justice Okon Abang, who gave...
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa-Bello, has declared that there was no confirmed case of Lassa Fever in the territory. Bello made the statement during an...
The Doma Area Court sitting in Gombe on Tuesday sentenced Musa Mohammed,29, of Barunde Quarters in Gombe to two months’ imprisonment for stealing a track suit...
Nigeria’s digital vehicle trading platform, Cars45, on Tuesday said it was set to launch a world-class auto-service centre in partnership with Enyo Retail and Supply, a...
The Federal Government and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are to explore areas of partnership in the education sector as a means of deepening their longstanding...
The Management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC,) has warned against the spate of attacks on its staff by customers. Mr Oyebode Fadipe, company’s...
A team of Police officers from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, are in Anambra on a two-day inspection of facilities ahead of the National Police Games, tentatively...
the state had recorded four suspected cases of the disease, in which three were confirmed to be negative. “The last suspected case was discovered in UCTH...
Dr Rufus Ebegba, the Director- General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has enjoined the general public to be alert over the outbreak of Lassa fever virus...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced training of 630 unemployed youth from the 21 local government areas of Kebbi. Nigeria News Agency reports that...
A 55-year-old-man, Olufemi Jemiseye, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for alleged N1.5million fraud. Jemiseye, whose address was not provided, is...
The National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Audu Mohammed, on Tuesday said Nigeria would get three-year grant of $417 million from the Global Fund...
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), has received award from the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for its role in ensuring that unapproved Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)...
An NGO, Equity Alliance has urged the Federal Government to revoke the contracts for the reconstruction of Zaria-Pambeguwa and Birnin Gwari-Dan Gulbi roads. This is contained...
Hajiya Fatima Adamu has rescued a day-old baby girl dumped by an unidentified mother by the roadside along Kuta Road, opposite Central Mosque in Minna, Niger....
Mr Alex Okoh, Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has charged the management staff of the bureau to critically review its current performance and identify critical...
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), on Tuesday, called for the removal of import duty on solar panel to encourage the use of renewable energy in the...
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has begun activities to intensify efforts to promote hand washing culture to halt spread of Lassa fever outbreak in the...
The Commissioner for Health in Plateau, Dr Ndam Lar, on Tuesday, said that the state had recorded seven confirmed cases of Lassa fever from November 2019...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says it is set to launch its Growth Board to provide issuers an opportunity to leverage on the Exchange for listing and facilitate...
The Ifo Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Joshua Ibitomi, on Tuesday urged newly-promoted officers and marshals to be diligent in their duties to...
A 19-year-old man, Godwin Isaac, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stealing N127,000 from a shop. Isaac, whose...