Dr Zikrullah Giwa, the Polio Technical Consultant to the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF), said Thursday that Nigeria recorded four cases of wild polio virus in the past 10 weeks. Giwa who made this known at a meeting of the forum in Kaduna, said ...
Prof Maurice Iwu, former INEC Chairman on Thursday called on the National Assembly to ensure the quick passage of the bill that sought to protect traditional medicine and regulate access to genetic resources. Iwu, who is the Chairman of the Bio-resourc...
The police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned 10 persons, who allegedly fought in a public place, over missing snails. They were charged before an Ikorodu Magistrates' Court but they pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge. According to the prosecut...
Plateau government has assured the NYSC batch "A" corps members posted to the state of adequate security during orientation and in their places of primary assignment. Mr Lohfa Bako, Commissioner for Youth Development, who represented Gov. Jon...
Former coach of Ethiopia and Namibia Tom Saintfiet Thursday afternoon arrived the office of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for a meeting over the post of technical director. Saintfiet is top favourite for the job as he ...
The naira moved between gains and losses against the dollar. The currency of Africa’s largest oil producer depreciated less than 0.1 percent to 157.3975 per dollar as of 2:41 p.m. on the interbank market in Lagos, the commercial capital. The nair...
The Senate, yesterday, endorsed moves to increase the number of Federal High Court judges from 70 to 100. The resolution of the senate was sequel to a second passage of a bill, titled "an Act to amend the Federal High Court Act to make provision f...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, yesterday reiterated that his directive on the removal of road-blocks on the nation's highways remained irrevocable. The IGP who decorated some recently promoted officers with t...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole may contest the gubernatorial primary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) against self since checks reveal he remains the only gubernatorial aspirant that shows interest in the coming governorship poll, LEADERSHI...
Elders and people of the eight communities of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State affected by the alleged ecological problems from the January 16 Chevron gas rig explosion in the area have raised another alarm over the notice...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down no fewer than 10 sachet water manufacturing factories in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and its environs for contravening the laid-down regulations of the ag...
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has faulted the deportation of 125 Nigerians from South Africa on the excuse of possessing questionable yellow fever vaccine certificate. The CPC position was contained in a statement signed by its National Pub...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has berated President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is the only truly democratic party and describing other political parties as one-man shows. ''Saying the PDP is the o...
In yet another drama, a mentally unstable man boarded the Associated Airline plane en route Akure to Abuja on Monday. A similar incident was recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), when a mad man over the weekend also beat all se...
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), have been charged to remain actively involved in contributing their quota to the business of nation building despite the recent security challenges facing the country. The Minister of Inte...