ABUJA – The Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musliu Obanikoro, on Thursday in Abuja ...
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Police Commission deploys AIG Bala Hassan as Force Secretary
ABUJA – The Police Service Commission has approved the deployment of the AIG in charge ...
Read More »Ebola: Immigration wants Health Ministry to provide equipment at borders
ABUJA – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Health ...
Read More »Naval Chief tasks newly promoted officers on dedication, hard work
ABUJA – The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Usman Jibril, on Thursday charged ...
Read More »Ebola: FRSC advises motorists, transporters against overloading
ABUJA – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Thursday advised motorists and transporters against ...
Read More »JTF foils oil theft, destroys 2 trucks in Abia
YENAGOA – The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on ...
Read More »Fire: N12bn property saved in 6 months – Statistics
ABUJA – Property worth more than N12.9 billion were saved from and another worth N12.9 ...
Read More »Tsav advises Police against involvement in politics
MAKURDI – Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, on Thursday advised the ...
Read More »Szoka, former Vatican City governor and close friend of St. John Paul II, dies at 86
DETROIT (AP) — Edmund Szoka, an American cardinal who served as governor and financial administrator ...
Read More »Kogi solicits support on PPP
ABUJA – The Kogi Government has solicited support of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory commission ...
Read More »Minister urges mines officers to master environment
ABUJA – The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sanda, has urged Federal ...
Read More »Customs destroy prohibited poultry products in Badagry
LAGOS – The Marine Western Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has seized and ...
Read More »Entrepreneur decries financial institutions non-challance toward home grown business
LAGOS – An inventor and entrepreneur, Mr Valentine Olawani, on Thursday attributed the poor level ...
Read More »NNPC recorded 3,571 pipeline breaks in 2013 – GMD
LAGOS – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded 3,571 pipeline breaks in ...
Read More »Association seeks port regulatory powers for Nigerian Shippers Council
LAGOS – The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) on Thursday urged the Federal Government ...
Read More »Stakeholders commend FG’s use of micro-finance banks to disburse MSME
ABUJA – Some stakeholders in the finance industry have commended the Federal Government for its ...
Read More »Ebola: Cured victims can be re-infected
A member of the World Health Organisation committee of experts on the Ebola Virus Disease ...
Read More »Minister wants institution’s support to check quacks highway engineers
ABUJA – The Minister of State for Works, Adedayo Adeyeye, on Thursday solicited the assistance ...
Read More »Inadequate funding hampers completion of east-west road – Scribe
ABUJA – Mr Mohammed Bashar, outgoing Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, said inadequate ...
Read More »NURTW launches news security ID for members
ABUJA – The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said its new Security Verified ...
Read More »Gundiri wants primary election to determine PDP’s governorship candidate in Adamawa
ABUJA – Mr Markus Gundiri, governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...
Read More »FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Fans laud Falconets, optimistic of victory against Germany
ABUJA – A cross-section of football fans in Abuja on Thursday praised the Falconets for ...
Read More »U-18 badminton competition will promote grassroots development – Haastrup
LAGOS – Bayo Hasstrup, the organiser of the 2nd Omolara Babalola-Hasstrup Memorial U-18 Badminton Championships, ...
Read More »Experts conduct impact assessment on NFF secretariat
ABUJA – Skeletal activities resumed at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in ...
Read More »Oyo residents troop out for voters registration exercise
IBADAN – Many residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, turned out enmasse for the ...
Read More »Bank of America settles mortgage probes for $16.65bn
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) reached a record $16.65 billion settlement with ...
Read More »Plateau gets 1,542 additional polling units – REC
JOS – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau has increased the number of ...
Read More »Confab: Delegates urge Jonathan to implement recommendations
ABUJA – Some delegates at the 2014 just-concluded National Conference on Thursday in Abuja urged ...
Read More »Lawmaker donates skill acquisition centre to constituency
BIRNINKUDU – A member of House of Representatives, Alhaji Sabo Nakudu, on Thursday donated Skills ...
Read More »Recommendations of Confab will be implemented for development – Sambo
ABUJA – Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed confidence that the recommendations of the National ...
Read More »INEC releases list of ward centres in FCT
ABUJA – The FCT Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the list of ward ...
Read More »Delimitation of constituencies after general elections in 2015 – Jega
ABUJA – Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said that delimitation ...
Read More »U.S pledges to support Nigeria in conduct of 2015 polls
ABUJA – The United States’ Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, has promised that his ...
Read More »Expect more Ebola cases – Health minister tells Nigerians
Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Thursday, hinted that few cases of the Ebola Virus ...
Read More »2015: Buhari, Atiku, others know fate in Oct – APC
The All Progressives Congress has said it will conduct a primary election in which at ...
Read More »Fayose inaugurates Transition Committee, laments Ekiti debt profile
ADO-EKITI – Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday inaugurated a nine-man Transition Committee ...
Read More »Registrants decry insufficient data capture equipment
ABUJA – Some residents of the FCT on Wednesday said the Direct Data Capture (DDC) ...
Read More »Senator predicts mass defection of APC members to PDP
ABUJA – Sen. Smart Adeyemi (PDP Kogi West), has called on the leadership of the ...
Read More »Keep files above 14 days and face sanctions, Kifasi tells officers
ABUJA – The new Head of Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi, on Wednesday ...
Read More »CBN explains reintroduction of ATM charges
ABUJA – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the reintroduction of charges ...
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