FG provides resources to combat Lassa fever in Lagos

Joshua Obasanya, Director, Prevention and Programmes Coordination Department, NCDC, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Friday. T...

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N525m Bribery scandal: Senate advises FCDA to suspend officer

Senator Dino Melaye (APC – Kogi West) PHOTO: TWITTER/NIGERIAN SENATE The Senate has advised the Federal Capital Development Authority ( FCDA...

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'Nigeria taking steps to de-radicalise convicted Boko Haram terrorists'

Suspected Boko Haram members Nigeria is taking steps to de-radicalise convicted Boko Haram terrorists through the development of a range of ...

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Amaechi sacks managers, porter’s, ticket officers over ticket racketeering

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has directed that the station managers, porters...

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NSCDC arrests six illegal gold miners in Minna

The arrest became necessary because the miners failed to heed the warnings given by the residents that they are not comfortable with the sec...

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Nigerian forces in 'unauthorised search' of UN camp: UN

Nigerian forces conducted an unauthorised search of the UN’s main operating base in the town of Maiduguri in the country’s northeast in the ...

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More persons join anti-Buhari protests in Abuja

Members of the Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative seeking quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja… yesterday....

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Anyaoku, Gambari, Omole raise the alarm over nation’s crises

Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Akintola Williams Foundation, Mrs Olutoyin Olakunri (left); founder, Pa Akintola Williams; former Commonw...

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Police arrest five kidnap kingpins, six suspected cultists in Delta

Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim Confirm dismissal of three policemen for robbery In its determination to eradicate crimes in De...

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Bill against hate speech underway, says Dambazzau

Minister of Interior, Dambazzau • ‘Hate songs against Igbo can cause war’ • Militants vow to declare Niger Delta Republic October 1 Punishme...

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Osinbajo approves appointment of 21 permanent secretaries

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment of 21 new permanent secretaries in the Federa...

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‘106 deaths, 651 Lassa fever cases recorded in 18 states’

Also, a 22-year-old male patient was yesterday reported to have been under medical observation for suspected Lassa fever case at the Ogun St...

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‘Boko Haram destroyed 267 health centres in eight years’

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai •Buratai honours soldiers, cholera threatens IDPs The Borno government yesterday said the Boko H...

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N4.637 trillion power plants with 6,000mw capacity idle

Besides, about 15 power units in various plants across the country were unable to generate electricity on August 9 due to gas and frequency ...

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Justice is about administering rule of law, says Saraki

Nigeria’s senate president Bukola Saraki • Downsizes official aides Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday described justice as keeping pe...

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Nigerians want Buhari to resign on moral grounds, poll shows

Nigeria’s singer Charles Oputa, popularly called Charlie Boy, carries a placard to demand that ailing President Mohammadu Buhari resume work...

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NO AMOUNT OF SPONSORED POLITICAL BLACKMAIL WILL DISTRACT UDOM -EKONG SAMPSON

…as Accord Party chieftains pledge solidarity The Special Adviser to the Governor on Political, Legislative Affairs and Water Resources, Rt....

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UDOM AWARDS NEW ROADS CONTRACTS IN UDUNG UKO,URUAN,OKOBO ,IBESIKPO ,ABAK, ESIT EKET, OTHERS

Governor Udom Emmanuel’s avowed commitment to connect the hinterlands with the urban centres is yielding more results as the Governor within...

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Facebook rolls out video shows, in new challenge

Facebook Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and po...

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Cyberattack leaves millions without mobile phone service in Venezuela

A group that calls itself The Binary Guardians claimed responsibility for attacks that targeted the websites of the government, the supreme ...

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