Five additional students of Divine Wisdom Nursery and Primary School, Egbeda in Oyo State, yesterday lost their lives, bringing the casualty figure to eight the number of those who had died during a motor accident which occurred on Wednesday some kilom...
Security Operatives on Thursday seized 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis being used to manufacture rockets and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the raid, carried out by ...
Mali's military junta, worried that about 40 political parties and civil society organisations in the country have shunned its national convention, Thursday postponed the dialogue. According to a statement, issued by the National Committee for the ...
A Patent Medicine Dealer in Imo, Mr Edward Okere, has appealed to NAFDAC to check the indiscriminate use of fake numbers on drugs sold to the public. Okere made the appeal in Owerri on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He ...
The Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Akila Gwary, has urged officers and men of the command to eschew corruption and build public trust in the force. Gwary made the appeal in Gusau on Thursday at the opening of a two-day conference for Police Ima...
The National Economic Council on Thursday directed the Federal and State Governments to make specific laws criminalising bunkering and pipeline vandalism to save the nation from revenue loss. The council made the decision at its meeting presided over b...
The Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, has expressed happiness over the WHO endorsement of the Integrated Medical Industry in Rivers, which produces syringes and other medical products. Orhii made the remark on Thursday at Rumuosi, near Port Harc...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Thursday restated Federal Government’s increased commitment towards enhanced healthcare delivery in the country. Chukwu made this known in Abuja at the 67th meeting of the Association of Chief Exe...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the suspension of some programmes at University of Abuja is taken to sanitise the sector. Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, the National President of ASUU told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thu...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Thursday in Abuja that its officers have been deployed to various parts of the country for effective traffic management and rescue operation during Easter celebration. A statement signed by Mr Nse...
The National Economic Council (NEC) says the federal and state governments have reached an out-of-court settlement of the issue of the legality of the Excess Crude Account. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the 36 state governments last yea...
The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a presidential statement to support April 10 deadline put forward by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League joint special envoy for Syria to end the crisis in the Middle East. “The Security Council calls on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto State says it has deployed 700 personnel to churches to ensure peaceful Easter celebrations. Alhaji Aminu Kofar Soro, the state Commandant of NSCDC, told the newsmen that anti-bomb disposal...
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on Thursday expressed concern that bloodshed continued in Syria in spite of the government’s acceptance of proposals by the UN-Arab Leagues Special Envoy, Kofi Annan. Addressing the General ...
An Abuja High Court on Thursday granted bail to three account staff of the Federal Civil Service Commission. The accused persons - HassanTukur, Babatunde Abisuga and Mohammed Ndakupe – were arraigned by the EFCC on a 12-count charge. The commissi...