The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested over 150 operators of illegal oil bunkers in some parts of the country. The Commandant-General of the corps, Dr Ade Abolurin, said this in Abuja on Saturday, while addressing 50 ...
The Sokoto State government says over 811,385 children will be immunised during the four-day National Immunisation Plus Days ( NIPDs) against polio which commenced on Saturday. Alhaji Garba Kadi, the Director, Sokoto State Primary ...
Alhaji Saidu Dakin-Gari, a former Kebbi Governor and PDP candidate in the re-run governorship election on Saturday, voted at 12 40 p.m. and expressed confidence of winning. ``I am confident of victory, but the Almighty Allah has...
Some voters, who turned up to vote in Saturday’s Kebbi re-run governorship election without their voters’ cards were accredited to vote in some parts of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in Birnin Kebbi, Z...
The Chairman, Sickle Cell Foundation, Nigeria, Prof Olu Akinyanju, has expressed regrets over the lack of capacity building and research in the Nigerian healthcare system. He spoke in Lagos on Saturday at the 14th Closing/Certificate Award Ceremo...
Residents of Joshua Okeowo and Bepo Communities in Ikotun/Igando suburb of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the continued presence of a ``mystery crocodile'' in the area. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (...
The defection of top members of the opposition to PDP will not strangulate the opposition in Kebbi, an opposition politician said. The Chairman of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Kebbi Alhaji Boyi Za...
The Acting Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji Aminu Jega, has described the governorship re-run election in the state on Saturday as a ``huge success’. ``In spite of the low turnout in the morning, the exercise has turned out a huge success in ...
Forty-two persons were convicted in Asaba on Saturday for violating the regulation on the monthly environmental sanitation. Mr Sylvester Ehikwe, the Chief Magistrate of the mobile sanitation court, sentenced some of the accused persons to prison terms,...
ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have directed member states sharing boundary with Mali to close their borders and seaports if the Malian coup leaders refused to restore constitutional order in the country. The directive was contained in a communiq...
One soldier was killed and two operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) wounded in an operation launched by security agents to recover illegal arms from suspected hoodlums in Okene, Kogi on Friday night. Security sources told the ...
Some NYSC members on election duty in the Kebbi governorship re-run on Saturday insisted on the payment of their allowances before they could work. The action of the corps members in Dakin-Gari in Suru Local Government Area d...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the late elder statesman, Amb. Matthew Mbu, devoted his time and resources to drive the cause of peace and stability in Nigeria. In a message he sent to the burial of the elder statesman at Okun...
A bomb reportedly exploded on Friday at the popular Oye Market, Awgu in Enugu State, forcing people to scamper for safety. Sources said the blast suspected to have emanated from an unexploded ordnance used during the civil war, occurre...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has introduced its public relations officers to new trends in social media management for effective communication with the media. Mr Wale Adeniyi, the National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NCS, disclosed ...