The Nigerian Army and its Pakistani counterpart began a meeting yesterday at Rawalpindi with a view to striking a military deal between them. They have agreed to partner on areas of professional interest in furtherance of their long standing cordial re...
Based on the recommendation of a cabinet committee set up by the ministry of Interior, the Federal Government, yesterday, approved a new visa policy for the country aimed at competing with certain assumption and dynamics that have changed over the year...
A 74-year-old man, Mallam Danazimi Kawo of Bujun Kasuwa village in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State said he lost all his properties in the recent attack on the village by suspected Bachama people from Ramurde Local Government Area ...
Four persons were killed along Bauchi road and Bukuru in Jos, the Plateau State capital, yesterday as security operatives moved to enforce the law banning commercial motorcycle operations, popularly called ‘okada’ in the state. ...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called in the management of the Federal Secretariat in Minna to put in place an effective evacuation plan to safeguard the workers in the complex. The NEMA Zonal Coordinator, Mr Ishaya Chonoko, made t...
The Kano State government, in partnership with a German company, Helios Energie, has concluded arrangement to build two plants of combined 60 megawatts of electricity to be powered by solar energy to generate electricity for the use of Kano State. This...
Kano State governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has directed the state civil commission to start the recruitment of 1003 graduates to the state civil service. Kwankwaso gave the directive during the swearing-in of new permanent secretary in the dir...
For allegedly shortchanging their customers, two petrol stations in Lokoja metropolis were yesterday sealed off by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. The service stations sealed...
A heavy downpour in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Tuesday destroyed property worth several thousands of naira. The destruction was occasioned by the flooding that accompanied the torrential rainfall along Ajase-Ipo road, Ilorin. The heavy rain th...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange appreciated for third consecutive day on Wednesday as the investing public weigh the implication of the suspension of the Director General of SEC, Ms Arunma Oteh. The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) rep...
The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Olayinka Balogun, on Wednesday warned against the use of convoy and aides during the July 14 governorship election. Balogun, who gave the warning when he visited the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) centre in Benin,...
Nigerian naira eased further against the U.S. dollar on the interbank on Wednesday despite the central bank's direct intervention to calm the market and an increase in supply of the greenback at its bi-weekly foreign exchange auction. The naira end...
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday impounded expired confectionery worth more than N500,000 in Onitsha, Anambra. Mr Benson Kine, Deputy Director, NAFDAC Special Zonal Office, Onitsha, said that the prod...
The nation’s economy is sound and in stable condition, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, declared in Abuja on Wednesday. Maku made the declaration after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council when he debunked insinuation...
The Kwara Government and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University, New York, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Kwara State Agricultural Modernisation Master Plan. According to Governor Ahmed at the occasion which ...