HIV/AIDS : Kogi disburses N78m grant to 18 CSOs
The Kogi Government in Lokoja on Tuesday disbursed N78 million grant to 18 civil society organisations involved in the control and prevention of HIV and AIDS. The beneficiaries received between N3.5...
View ArticleCP Ogunsakin vows to dislodge criminals in Rivers State
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunsakin, on Wednesday, reiterated the Federal government’s mandate to improve peace and security in Rivers State and the Rivers State Police command’s...
View ArticleNYSC: No corps members for Adamawa, Yobe, Borno — DG
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier -General Johnson Olawumi, has said that the Federal Government has stopped deployment of corps members in the troubled three...
View ArticleBoko Haram strikes again, kills 4 soldiers in Borno ambush
Four Nigerian Soldiers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday night, according to a statement ...
View ArticleWar against terror: US deploys drones to Nigeria in hunt for abducted...
The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help the search ...
View ArticleBill Clinton insists Hillary is in good health
Former US President Bill Clinton has praised the strength and health of his wife, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, dismissing a top Republican’s public doubts about her well-being. “As far as I...
View ArticleBorno: Troops protest as B’Haram kills 10 soldiers
Soldiers of the Seventh Infantry Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday protested what was described as the continuous killing of troops in the mission area by insurgents...
View ArticlePope speaks out against arms trade, refugee crises
Pope Francis spoke on Thursday of the “absurd contradiction” between the international community’s calls for peace, the proliferation of the global arms trade and the lack of attention to the suffering...
View ArticleAhmed bags HOG Governor of the Year Award
Kwara State Gov ernor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been chosen as winner of the Hall of Grace “HOG” Governor of the Year Award. Also, Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and...
View ArticleSSS arrests father of Nyanya bomb suspect
The State Security Services (SSS) said on Thursday that it has arrested Colonel Agene Ogwuche ...
View ArticleMutiny: Army summons attacked GOC to Abuja, appoints replacement
The authorities of the Nigerian Army on Thursday reacted to the mutiny of some soldiers ...
View ArticleInsecurity: Residents, traders flee over bomb scare in Lagos
There was chaos on Thursday when traders and residents around the Central Mosque area and Tinubu ...
View ArticleCourt restrains Lawson from parading himself as IPMAN president
– An FCT High Court on Friday restrained Chief Obasi Lawson from parading himself as President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigerian (IPMAN) pending the determination of the...
View ArticleIGP has not proceeded on retirement leave, says Mba
The Police High Command has denied reports that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar had been asked to proceed on pre-retirement leave. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer,...
View ArticleBuhari inaugurates N7bn road in Zamfara
A former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday inaugurated a 75-kilometre road linking four local government areas in Zamfara. The News Agency Nigeria reports that the inauguration of the...
View ArticleJournalists protest detention of colleague in Anambra
Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Anambra State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists have protested the arrest and continued detention of their colleague, Mr. Okechukwu Obeta of the...
View ArticleJudge’s absence stalls Sylva’s N19.2bn fraud trial
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday adjourned the case of a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, till July 3 following the absence of the trial judge. At the resumed sitting on Friday, a...
View ArticleFG partners Kaduna to train 601 youths
The Federal Government and the Kaduna State Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on their plan to train 601 youths cutting across the 23 local government areas of the state over...
View ArticleCNPP calls for suspension of NEXIM Bank’s MD
…demands immediate probe of N200bn Stabilization Fund The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has called for the immediate suspension of the MD of NEXIM bank, Mr Robert Orya, for alleged...
View ArticleObtain govt’s approval before setting up masts, Chime tells Telecom firms
Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, has advised telecommunications firms to first obtain the approval of the government before setting up their masts in order to avoid defacing of the state’s master...
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