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Persons living with disability: Minister pushes for sign language interpreters on TV stations

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has issued a directive to the National...

Buhari’s ADC, Lt.-Col. Dodo, assumes duty

    The newly appointed Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lt.-Col. Yusuf Muktar Dodo, on Monday assumed duties at Aso Rock Villa....

Nigeria’s exit from recession excites Osinbajo, says facilitated by FG’s Economic Sustainability Plan

  Excited by Nigeria’s economy’s prompt exit from recession, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has hinged on the success of the ongoing...

BREAKING: 27 Kagara students, 15 others regain freedom

The abducted 27 students and 15 workers of Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been released. The abductees, according to latest report, are...

Chaos In Owerri As Police Arrest Former Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha, aides

  By Boye Ajayi Operatives of the Imo State police command have arrested a former governor of the state, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, reports...

FG’s funding, supporting of terrorists amounts to treason against the Nigerian state and people, say CSOs, Falana, SERAP, others

“Where the President fails to fulfill his constitutional duties as stated above, we demand he steps aside or the National Assembly initiates impeachment...

Military aircraft in fatal crash in Abuja, passengers, crew burnt to death

  A military aircraft, King Air 350, has crashed a few yards off the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. Passengers...

Flush out criminal herders, bandits from nation’s forests, Gov. Abiodun urges Pres. Buhari

  Nigerian forests have become the hideouts of criminals including intinerant foreign herders stoking ethnic crisis and killings in the country, Ogun Gov....

Battered, malnourished children seized by octogenarian woman ritualist, rescued by police

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Three children battered beyond recognition have been rescued by Police in Anambra from a room where they were...

NIRSAL unveils scorecard, facilitates N148bn in finance, investments for agriculture and agribusiness in 2020

  The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says it facilitated over N148 billion in finance and investments for agriculture...

BREAKING: Ex-Customs Controller-General, Dikko Inde, passes on

The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dikko Inde, is dead.Dikko died at an expatriate hospital in Abuja, according to family...

Ado-Odo monarch’s multi-million naira palatial residence for launch, foundation-laying Feb. 20

  A multi-million naira palatial residence of the traditional ruler of Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo Council Area of Ogun State is to be built...

Rising crude price: NNPC rules out petrol price increase in February

    “The decision not to increase the price was to allow for the conclusion of the ongoing engagements with the organized labour...

Infantino, FIFA President, kicks off African tour with stadium inauguration in Mauritania

    By Boye Ajayi   President Gianni Infantino of the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA),has arrived in the Islamic Republic of...

Two months after Kastina students abduction, gunmen again kidnap students, teachers in Niger State

  Some gunmen have kidnapped unspecified number of students and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State. The gunmen invaded the...

Sack of 39 oil workers: NUPENG, Valiant resolve months-long industrial crisis

  The several months of industrial faceoff between the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and VALIANT Energy Services West...