The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched its Consolidated Appeal for 2020 which builds upon the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for South Sudan in which...
The French Embassy in Kenya is pleased to launch the second call for proposals of the PISCCA fund (Innovative Projects for Civil Society and Coalition of...
The Government of Ethiopia is racing against time to control Desert Locusts as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
EU institutions, on Tuesday ordered staff who travelled to areas of Northern Italy hit by an outbreak of coronavirus to stay at home for two weeks....
Peculiar Ultimate Consult, the contractors handling the reconstruction and upgrading of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Complex in Benin, on Tuesday assured that the gymnasium building would...
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday, Major...
An Ophthalmologist, Tahood Abdullahi, has blamed poor knowledge of eye conditions for the challenges of eye care in the country. Abdullahi stated this in an interview...
President Donald Trump has said that no country is trying to help him win the election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers that Russia was...
The Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), says it is targeting stakeholders’ input in key priority service sectors for trade liberalisation to maximise benefits of African...
Hamza Soye, Chairman of the Gombe State Sports Commission, on Tuesday urged the State House of Assembly to enact a law to give the commission financial autonomy....
Sellers of Sachet water also known as `pure water’in Enugu State are making brisk business in the state with the prevailing hot weather in the city....
A police official told Reuters on Tuesday that at least seven people were killed and around 150 injured in clashes between opposing groups in the Indian...
The police on Tuesday arraigned one Jamal Opeyemi, 21, in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun for allegedly slapping a policeman. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi,...
A bill Bill for an Act to alter section 308 of the 1999 Constitution to extend immunity to cover presiding officers of legislative institutions has passed...
Some experts have urged the Federal Government to improve on Nigeria’s homeland security to guard against imposition of tough visa rules by foreign countries. The experts,...
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, has lauded the African Medicine Quality Forum (AMQF) over its quest to address menace of substandard and fake medicines...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja has convicted Olisa Metuh to seven years imprisonment with a fine of three hundred...
The organisers of South Africa’s Million Dollar Pigeon Race confirmed on Tuesday that more than half of its feathered contestants had not returned to their perches...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has directed a status inquiry on Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over the agency’s claim of...
The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org). The...
Kano State Government says it plans to introduce modern transportation system to ease movement within the City Centre. Mr Mu’azu Magaji, the state’s Commissioner for Works and...
The National Secretariat of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has suspended former secretary of Bauchi State Chapter of the association, Alhaji Ibrahim Sadiq...
Dr Patrick Chinedu, a Public Health specialist, has called on state governments to emulate Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Narasawa State, by declaring five year plan to...
An eight-year-old boy, Ahmed Isyaku, has died after falling into a well at Kadebawa in Garko Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman of the...
Enugu State Civil Servants on Tuesday paid a ‘thank you visit’ to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the payment of the new minimum wage in the state....
The Kaduna State Government has commenced the development of a social protection policy to guide the implementation of Social Protection Programmes (SPP) in the state. Saude...
Rangers International FC of Enugu said they were optimistic of Picking the maximum points over Nasarawa United FC in rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match...
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced training for its social mobilisation staff and the School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) desk officers of the 36 states...
The EFCC on Tuesday arraigned three men in an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly defrauding their employer, De-Moshadek Company Ltd of N85.5million worth of groceries....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lauded Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the establishment of the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub and the construction of a N5...
A carpenter, Markus Eliajo, on Tuesday, appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kuje over alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating. Eliajo, 38, of Anguwan...
Some panelists at the ongoing Social Media Week have called for education and digital literacy to curb the issue of hate speech in the country. The...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed some Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) structures and logistics facilities at Garin Maloma and Parisu in the Sambisa Forest general...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has organised special prayer sessions in three senatorial districts. Alhaji Lawal Liman, the party’s chairman in the state disclosed...
The World Bank says it has spent more than 580 million dollars (210 billion naira) in implementing the three phases of its Africa Centre of Excellence...
Edo Government says it is 95 per cent ready for the hosting of National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged “Edo 2020”, scheduled for between March 22 and...
A 35-year-old man, Sunday Igwe, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over alleged dealing in 2.3km. of Indian hemp. The...
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to investigate the level of compliance to road safety legislation among haulage operators,...
Following the death of a Remo Stars FC footballer, Kazeem Tiyamiu, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad in Ogun. Represented...
The Police in Enugu State say it will deal decisively with any persons or groups found perpetrating acts of violence in the forthcoming Local Government Elections...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army is making giant stride against Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko...
The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions and Finance to investigate non-remittance of taxes on bank deposits and dividends ...
Uganda got off to a nightmare start during the second leg of the World Rugby Challenger series in Uruguay when they lost 2 pool games to...
Record Keeping Centres supported by the British Council’s Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MNC) programme, says it has recorded over 2, 500 conflict cases resolved by community...
A 20-year-old man, Fisayo Ademola, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Federal High Court, Ibadan for cyber crime. The Nigeria News Agency...
A 29-year-old woman, Peculiar Etim, who allegedly stole N345,930 from her employer, on Tuesday appeared in a an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The police charged Etim,...
All 132 passengers and crew on a Turkish Airlines plane from Tehran will be quarantined for 14 days and tested for possible coronavirus infection at a...
The joint National Assembly (NASS) Committee on Health has pledged continuous support for the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in its...
A Psychiatrist, Dr Oluseun Peters, says that children who are exposed to domestic violence experience emotional, mental, behavioural and social damage, with long-term consequences. Peters made...
A 37-year-old man, Chinwendu Ihenachor, who allegedly impersonated a police officer and defrauded a man of N1.5 million, on Tuesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with Factors Chain International (FCI) is set to hold a two-day conference to promote the use of factoring to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a staff of Polaris Bank, formerly Skye Bank Plc, Babatunde Keshinro, in an Ikeja Special Offences...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Witness Protection Bill to give witnesses the boldness, confidence and protection to testify in court. Alhaji...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Tuesday, remanded a 42-year-old man, Chinedu Iroegbu, over alleged fraudulent collection of 20 bags of rice. The Prosecutor, Insp....
Iranian deputy health minister Iraj Harirshi, who has been tasked with containing the spread of the coronavirus, has tested positive for Covid-19. Harirshi made this known...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. stock market would crash if he lost the election this year. During a trip to India,...
Dr Ibrahim Wakama, a Neurologist, says older persons’ physical health conditions can have an impact on their mental health. Wakama said this in an interview with...
A businesswoman Tina, on Tuesday, dragged her husband O.A. Dickson, before a Nyanya Customary court, for calling her slutty and promiscuous. Tina in her divorce petition,...
Challenges of menstruation and hygiene management among young girls , Nigeria News Agency Menstruation, also known as period or monthly, is the regular discharge of blood...
The Egyptian presidency mourned ex-president Hosny Mubarak in a statement on Tuesday, describing him as a leader and a hero of the 1973 war against Israel....
The Bauchi Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has commenced the execution of water projects valued at N20 billion to boost water supply in Bauchi ...
German prosecutors on Tuesday urged carnival organisers to review their security arrangements after a local man ran his car into a parade in the western German...
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr Kashifu Inuwa, has urged Nigeria’s e-Commerce companies to join hands with the Federal Government in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said he was moving forward with a plan to build some 3,500 homes for Jewish settlers in one the...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered that a 27-year-old ex-convict, Tunde Ajeigbe, be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly stealing a cell phone...
A Pakistani activist who leads a popular movement to force the country’s military to abandon the alleged backing of Islamist militants has been released, his lawyer...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has promised to develop Keffi to attain its befitting status as the gateway to the state from Abuja. Sule stated...
Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, member representing Igabi constituency has emerged as the new Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly. Zailani’s election followed the resignation of the...
Singapore said on Tuesday it would ban all visitors who had recently traveled to the South Korean city of Daegu and Cheongdo County. It added that...
An Abuja based NGO, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), says the 9thNational Assembly deserves commendations for maintaining harmonious relations with the executive irrespective of...
A 25-year-old woman, Ayisat Haruna, who allegedlly refused to pay her bill of N441,700 in a nightclub, on Tuesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in...
A Federal Government team on Tuesday visited the U.S. state of Delaware to campaign against the recent immigrant visa restriction on Nigeria and seek development cooperation....