Xenophobia: Presidency condemns killing of Nigerian in S’Africa
By Godwin Obi, Lagos
SENIOR Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike dabiri –Erewa, has described the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another...
UNIUYO now 16th in Nigerian varsity ranking
Idongesit Ekpot, Uyo
UNIVERSITY of Uyo (UNIUYO) Akwa Ibom State has been ranked 16th in 2018 Nigerian Universities and 3,809 in the Global ranking respectively.
The...
NPA worker in court for breach of peace
From Godwin Obi, Lagos
HEARING will continue on 4th May in a case involving a 42-year-old Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) worker, Tijani Hassan, who...
Obaseki challenges youths to leverage on informational power of books
By Chika Nnadozie, Benin-City
GOVERNOR of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has tasked the youths to leverage on the informational power of books in their quest...
COOUTH gets face-lift
By Michael Ezenwata
CHUKWUEMEKA Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Awka is on the path of excellence as a new vigour has been injected in the institution...
Enugu to develop iron melting site to tourism centre
By Maureen Ikpeama, Lagos
ENUGU State Government has given approval for the development of the world’s oldest Iron smelting site discovered at Otobo Ugwudinoke, Lejja,...
Britain donates $1m counter insurgency equipment to Nigeria
By Winifred Bosa, Lagos
EFFORTS of the federal government in the fight against insurgency, have received a major boost from the Government of the United Kingdom.
As...
Kidney transplant patients laud Emmanuel
From Idongesit Ekpot, Uyo
A REPORT from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital, says that post-kidney patients in the state have given the state governor,...
Threat to press freedom rise globally
*USA drop to 45th in press freedom ranking
By Chuka Nnabuife
THE United States of America (USA) has dropped in global Press Freedom ranking.
According to...
FG to auction N90b bonds in April
The Federal Government yesterday said it has allotted N90 billion in its April auction.
A release from the Debt Management Office (DMO) website in Abuja...
Chinese aid: N2.4b rice not missing – NEMA
Contrary to rumours making the rounds in some quatres that the 6779 metric tons of rice donated to the Nigerian government by China, valued at about N2.4b...
173m Nigerians living with malaria
Malaria is still an important public health problem in Nigeria with more than 90 percent of Nigerians, representing 173 million people, currently running high...
Lagos uncover three new baby factories
. Rescue 162 babies
Eagle-eyed security operatives yesterday uncovered three new illegal maternity homes also known as baby factories in Lagos State.
Commissioner for Youths and...
Oshiomhole’s national chairmanship aspiration rocks APC
.Oyegun, govs in close-door meeting .. APC has shown its true colour – PDP
President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of former Gov Adams Oshiomhole of Edo...
FG votes N64b for Lagos-Ibadan Expressway facelift
. N10.7 b to revamp 10 rice mills
. N10b for erosion sites
The Federal Government has approved the release of over N64.108bm for additional works...
Melaye’s arrest: Senate suspends plenary
. We’re ready for his recall – INEC
TO step up solidarity for their embattled colleague, Senator Dino Melaye, senators suspended all items on its...
Again, El-Zakzaky dares Buhari
. Rejects FG’s overtures
Supreme leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, has again drawn the line in his running battle...
Coalition for Nigeria …Igbo’s chance – Nwosu
By Mathew Onwuasoanya
As the 2019 general election draws near and party politics gathers momentum, more stakeholders are rooting for a healthy change in...
Benue massacre: Herdsmen kill 43 more people
. 15 villages raided, razed down
. Seven killed in Nasarawa IDP camp
.. Tsav, Suswam, others kick
LESS than 24 hours after herdsmen killed With 19...
FG still failing on Chibok girls, four years after
By Winifred Bosa, Lagos
DIRECTOR, Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, has observed that the government is still failing to address the issue of Chibok girls...
Tomori advocates administration of COVID-19 vaccines on govt officials first
PROFESSOR of Virology, Oyewale Tomori, has called on government officials to be among the first to take the COVID-19 vaccines when they...
Kogi: Obasanjo engages Bello on security
... Says, Kogi central to nation's development
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi for...
Niger urges parents to return pupils to school
NIGER State government has advised parent not to allow the abduction of students in the state to discourage them from sending their...
NDLEA nabs trafficker with N1b cocaine hidden in yoghurt pack
A 36-YEAR-OLD suspected trans-border drug trafficker, Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu, has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug...
Police arrest 3 suspected cultists in Anambra
ANAMBRA State Police Command have arrested three suspected cultists in the state.
The state's Police Public Relation Officer, CSP...
