Nigeria

The Senate yesterday said that it has mandated the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner and Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to evacuate beggars, hoodlums and commercial…

Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has claimed that 75 per cent of cases of sickle cell in the world is in Nigeria. He spoke at the 63rd birthday…

The Cross River State Government is partnering with a United Kingdom (UK) based firm, Schools Company, to set up a construction and fabrication academy. The planned Royal Academy for Construction…

The Presidency and the leadership of the National Assembly on Wednesday resolved grey areas in the 2017 budget, it was learnt yesterday. The different positions of the two arms of…

The Federal Government has invited Foreign airline operators to the Kaduna airport to see the level of its preparedness at relocating flight operations to Kaduna state. The government had announced…

Nigerian protesters vandalised the head office of South African mobile phone giant MTN in Abuja on Thursday in apparent retaliation for anti-Nigerian violence in South Africa, a witness and an…

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has withheld  his assents to four bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills are Agricultural Credit Guarantee Fund, Currency…

Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, on Wednesday, described the recent xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in that country as unfortunate. Ajulu-Okeke, who visited affected…

Wife of the Benue Governor, Mrs Eunice Ortom Wife of the Benue Governor, Mrs Eunice Ortom, has appealed to Tor Tiv-elect, Prof. James Ayatse, to review bride-prices in Tiv land,…

The terrorist Boko Haram group recruited about 2,000 children in 2016 and used them as child soldiers, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed…