Nigerian Pilot Sets Record, Becomes First African To Fly Solo Round The World
A Nigerian pilot, Ademilola Odujinrin, has made history as the first pilot of African descent to fly solo around the world. The pilot, popularly called “Lola”, who works for Air Djibouti, completed the...
View Article3 Weeks After, Abuja Airport 57.5% Completed
The federal government yesterday rated the level of work at the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 57.5 per cent, saying the work is ahead of schedule. The minister of...
View ArticleWhy Stakeholders Are Against NHIS Boss
The allegation of corruption made by the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, against some erstwhile high ranking officials of the organisation, unnamed...
View ArticleSenate Amends Electoral Act, Legalises Electronic Voting
The Senate which is sitting for the fourth time to consider report of its committee on INEC titled, ‘’a Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act No.6 2010 and other Related Matters” went for the...
View ArticleNigerian Ports To Achieve Hub Status As Nigerien Shippers Return
After 11 years of dumping Nigerian ports for neighbouring countries like Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, shippers and importers from Niger Republic have resumed movement of transit cargoes through...
View ArticleWhy I rejected Offer To Name NLC Secretariat After Me – Ikpeazu
Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has rejected the proposed naming of the Abia State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Secretariat in Umuahia as Dr Okezie Ikpeazu Labour House. He...
View ArticleNCC Boss Danbatta Condemns Attacks On Telecom Infrastructures
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta has condemned unwarranted cutting of fibre cables and unending community attack on telecommunications...
View ArticleNSCDC Suspends 2 Officers For Alleged Oil Theft
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended two of its officers for alleged involvement in oil theft in Bayelsa. The Corps Spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, disclosed this in an...
View ArticleMeningitis Kills One, Infects 4 Others In Jigawa
The Jigawa Government says meningitis has killed one person and infected four others in four local government areas of the state. Dr Muhammad Kainuwa, the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of...
View ArticleUK Deports 23 Nigerians For Immigration Offences
The Government of the United Kingdom has deported 23 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees arrived at the...
View ArticleASUU Rejects Planned Fees Increase In Kano Varsity
The Kano State University of Science and Technology chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected plan by the university to raise registration fees for undergraduate students....
View ArticleFire Guts Accounts Section Of Ebonyi Govt House
The accounts section of the Ebonyi Government House was on Friday gutted by fire which disrupted activities within the complex. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no life was reported lost...
View ArticleSMEDAN Partners A.K.G Global On E-Marketing
The Director General of SMEDAN, Dr. Umaru Dikko has said his agency will continue to support new innovation in e-business or digital business in Nigeria has MSMEs are the bedroock of development in any...
View ArticleObaseki To Upgrade Okpeke Road Race
The governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki has revealed that the Okpeke 10km road race would take a new face this year as more activities would be added to spice the event. Obaseki announced this...
View ArticleTiger Kills 2 Women In Nepal
Authorities in Nepal have launched a hunt for a man-eating tiger that killed two women in a month and a half in areas near the country’s largest national park, officials said on Friday. A team of 20...
View ArticleDismissed Soldier Allegedly Kills Lover Over Phone Call
A military man, Sunday Umaru, has been dragged before a Barkin-Ladi High Court in Plateau, for allegedly killing his lover, Charity Thomas, over a phone call. Umaru, a married man, was a Private in the...
View ArticlePMB Appoints 23 Heads Of Agencies, Deploys 4 Ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. Buhari has also approved the immediate deployment of four out of the...
View ArticleJabi Lake: The Allure Of Man-made Nature In The Heart Of Abuja
Jabi Lake was once no more than a pond, serving the water needs of Federal Capital Territory, FCT residents in the district known as Life Camp. Today, a development program of the FCT Administration...
View ArticleCBN: Enough Forex For PTA, BTA, Tuition, Medicals
he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will be naïve to imagine that everyone is pleased with its recent aggressive foreign exchange policy that has seen the nation’s currency substantially regain its...
View ArticleWe Have About 270,000 Citizens In Nigeria With No Attention”
Human activist and a member of #BringBackOurGirls(BBOG) group, DrManassah Allen has revealed that about 270,000 Nigerian citizens are in camps in Cameroon and are yet to get attention from the federal...
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