The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday in Lagos bagged THISDAY Editor’s Choice Minister of the Decade award. Mrs. Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, Media Assistant to the...
Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi on Tuesday pledged to conduct Local Government election in the next six months. Making the pledge while interacting with journalists in...
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and counsels representing the party in the Benue governorship election petition have commended the Supreme Court judgment that...
The Network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in Borno, has called for proactive measures to promote dialogue and encourage collaboration between stakeholders to end insurgency in...
Only 19 per cent of people in developing countries have access to the Internet, compared to 87 per cent in developed countries, according to a new...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has called for the Federal Government’s intervention in rehabilitating and integrating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. Lalong made the...
Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi State said on Tuesday that the sacking of Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha (PDP) by the Supreme Court rattled him momentarily as...
Media professionals have been urged to uphold development journalism in order to save humanity from the various challenges confronting the world. Dr Ahmed Al-Tayyib, Grand Imam...
The Nigerian Navy School of Armament Technology has handed over suspected kidnappers, bandits and cattle rustlers to the Department of State Services (DSS) for further investigation....
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of killing and abduction of soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists along Gwoza-Bama road in Borno. The Nigerian Army Operations...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors Forum, has congratulated four of its members whose elections were affirmed by the Supreme Court. The governors are Ahmadu Fintiri...
The Lagos State Government has debunked fake list of restricted areas for commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke Marwa) currently in circulation. The Commissioner for Information...
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it had developed a National Framework for the Application of Climate Services (NFACS) to address climate change issues....
Nestlé Nigeria Plc on Wednesday re-launched its Golden Morn brand, a product created and produced in Nigeria by Nigerians with 100 per cent locally-sourced agricultural and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa,...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency on Tuesday released 2020 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) report to guide various sectors of the country. The agency predicted in the SRP...
Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA) has called for the support of traditional rulers and other stakeholders for effective polio vaccination in the state....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abia has warned desperate politicians to eschew any acts that will undermine the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s re-run election...
Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has cautioned motorists against stopping at irregular security check point on the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. Adeniyi, who disclosed...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja received, Amb. Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, the Secretary-General of Developing-8(D8). Ku Shaari was in Nigeria...
Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says efforts are on to achieve drastic reduction in cases of evasion and abscondment from service,...
Niger government in conjunction with Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP) is to spend about N6.6 billion on surface dressing of 230 kilometers of six rural...
Accountability Lab, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), on Tuesday recognised five outstanding Nigerian civil servants, who maintained virtues of integrity and transparency in the discharge of...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday unveiled the logo for 30 minutes IGP quiz competition for secondary school students across the...
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has described the nomination of Dr Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria will work closely with other countries who share similar socio-economic objectives in order to increase economic opportunities and healthcare delivery...
Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries...
NATO could do more to support the European Union’s Operation Sophia in enforcing a UN arms embargo against Libya, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told EU lawmakers...
Mexico logged a record high of 35,588 killings in 2019, official statistics showed on Tuesday. The number is the highest since comparable statistics began to be...
(Reuters) Injury-hit Newcastle United have signed Algeria international midfielder Nabil Bentaleb on loan till the end of the season from Bundesliga side Schalke 04 with an...
The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in collaboration with the Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (ADSUBEB) has begun mass enrollment of out-of-school children in the northeastern...
Bangkok’s governor on Tuesday defended his new order that all of the city’s public schools force children to sing along to a royal anthem. “It is...
A Family court in Benin on Tuesday remanded a man, Jimoh Imade, 47, in Oko Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a minor. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adamaigbo...
and misappropriated funds belonging to JAMB, an agency of the Federal Government contrary to Section 97 (2) of the Penal Code Law. They were further accused...
A former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, has congratulated Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue over his Tuesday victory at the Supreme Court. Tsav said...
French player Elliot Benchetrit on Tuesday denied having showed a lack of respect to a ball girl at the Australian Open. This was in the wake...
South African Airways (SAA) on Monday said its flights to all destinations were operating normally, after talks over the weekend on a bailout plan for the...
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, has arrived in Canada to begin his new life with his wife, Meghan and son, Archie. According to reports, the...
Organizers of the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Tuesday extended the accreditation window for Journalists to Jan. 31. Head of Communications and Media for...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday presented his list of ministerial candidates during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. On Jan. 15, Mishustin accepted Putin’s...
Simona Halep overcame a wrist injury scare and a fiery opponent to prevail 7-6(5) 6-1 over big-hitting American Jennifer Brady in a tense first-round encounter at...
Chief Patrick Omeje, the immediate past chairman of Nsukka Local Government was on Tuesday nominated unopposed as chairmanship candidate in People Democratic Party (PDP) primary. With this...
Some professionals in the building and construction industry have called for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to accelerate infrastructure development in the country. The professionals made the call...
Colombians on Tuesday took to the streets to protest economic reforms and killings of civil society leaders, in the first large rallies since nationwide demonstrations in...
A court in China on Tuesday jailed former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for 13 and a half years, also fined him 2 million Yuan (290,000 dollars)...
Nantes will drop their usual green and yellow colours for Argentina’s blue and white-striped “Albiceleste” strip when they host Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on...
The British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, on Tuesday said the UK-Africa Investment Summit has launched new partnership for growth in Nigeria. The British Commissioner said in...
The Lagos State Examination Board on Monday commenced the sale of screening test forms for admission into the 16 Model Colleges/Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools I for...