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 ...
People in different parts of Kebbi carried on with their normal businesses in spite of the ban on movement as the people of the state elect a new governor. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), showed that in different parts of the state, shops, ...
Amb. Anthony Holmes, the Deputy Commander, Africa Command of Civil-Military Activities of the U.S., has urged the Nigerian Navy to extend its security surveillance to cover the waters of neighbouring countries. Holmes made the call while speaking with ...
As Kebbi people elect a new governor in the re-run governorship election Saturday, some voters in the state have decried the absence of any opposition party to the PDP. After the defection of the CPC candidate, Alhaji...
The Federal Government has said that part of its specific measurable targets over the next four years would include increasing Nigeria’s competitiveness ranking by 103 positions, from its current 137th position to number 34 in global competitiven...