Kaduna govt. immunises 1.2m children in 2013 – official
A total of 1.2 million children were immunized against integrated measles in Kaduna State in the year 2013, a State Primary Health Care Agency official said on Friday.
View ArticlePolice recover buried arms in Kebbi
The Police Command in Kebbi on Friday said it recovered some arms buried by unknown persons in Rafin Kukah village in Yauri ...
View ArticleFirstBank recertifies to IS027001, action to boost information security
After making history as the first organization in Nigeria to be awarded the Information Security Management Systems ISO/IEC to 27001:2005 Certification, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has successfully...
View ArticleEx-gov Alao-Akala’s posters flood Ibadan
IbadanThe posters of former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and Seyi Makinde surfaced in strategic places in Ibadan on Friday. Both politicians belong to the Peoples Democratic Party. While the...
View ArticleHousewife, 30, found hanging in her room in Edo state
The Police in Ayogwiri in Etsako West Local Government Council of Edo are trying to unravel the cause of the death of a 30-year-old housewife, Mrs Margaret Atogwe, found hanging in her room. The...
View ArticleFirst S Sudan truce talks ‘fruitful’
Initial meetings in Addis Ababa between mediators and the warring parties in South Sudan have been “fruitful,” Ethiopia’s foreign minister has said. Tedros Adhanom said direct talks between the two...
View ArticleUNIJOS moves to avert fresh ASUU
Management of the University of Jos has said it is addressing errors made in the payment of earned allowances to members of staff over which the institution’s branch of Academic Staff Union of...
View ArticleNigerians evacuated from troubled CAR seek FG’s jobs
Some Nigerians evacuated from Central Africa Republic (CAR) have appealed for jobs from the Federal Government. The evacuees told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday that gainful employment would help to...
View ArticleYuletide: over 1900 flights operated through MMIA
Over 1,900 flights operated through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos during the Yuletide. This is contained in a statement, issued by Mr Supo Atobatele, the General Manager, Public...
View ArticleAir Force redeploys senior officers
The Nigerian Air Force has effected some changes in the posting of some of its officers, following the recent promotion of its senior officers. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Society Holds Prayer For Suntai Wednesday
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has fixed Wednesday, January 8 for a national prayer in which all its members will engage in fervent prayer for the full recovery of Taraba State Governor...
View ArticleNew NYSC DG assumes office
The new NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, on Monday assumed duty in Abuja with a promise to be fair, open and ensure equity. Olawumi stated while taking over from his predecessor,...
View ArticleESUT lecturers shun classrooms as students return
Students of the Enugu State University of Technology started returning for lectures on Monday, four days after the official resumption date of January 2. Our correspondent, however, observed that the...
View ArticleEx-PDP govs didn’t join APC for leadership positions -Nyako
The Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has said he and four other colleagues, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to join the All Progressives Congress, did not do so to upstage the...
View ArticleJonathan running incompetent, flip-flop Presidency -APC
The All Progressives Congress has described as “a cruel irony” the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled against its leaders by the Presidency. The party said “an incompetent and...
View ArticleEnugu Commissioner commends outgoing Udenu LG Chairman
The Enugu State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Anthony Anih (SAN), has commended the former Chairman of Udenu Local Government Area, Dr Godwin Abonyi, for partnering with the...
View ArticleDangote’s worth surges $9.2b in 2013, records highest gain in Africa
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and the President of Dangote Group, one of the continent’s largest conglomerates is estimated to have added a whopping $9.2 billion during 2013 outgone year . He...
View ArticleFG seeks alternative means to complete Ajaokuta Steel Company
The Federal Government said it had started to look for alternative ways of funding the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel...
View ArticleCourt explosion: NBA demands probe report in 30 days
The Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday issued a 30-day ultimatum to the country’s security agencies to release a report on investigations into attacks on two courts in Rivers State. The NBA issued the...
View ArticleVillage attack: Plateau punctures STF’s claim, buries 33 victims
A day after suspected herdsmen attacked Shonong Village in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State, 33 people were given mass burial on Tuesday amid wailing by friends, sympathisers and family...
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