National
2 Dec
Prof. Chigozie Ogbu, Vice-Chancellor of Ebonyi state University (EBSU) says TETFund has been the live-wire of the nation’s universities
2 Dec
The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has distributed Zakat (alms) worth more than N65 million to 9,838 less privileged people in the area.
2 Dec
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the usage of obsolete equipment for broadcasting by FRCN and NTA is unacceptable
2 Dec
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has reiterated the FCT Administration’s commitment to nurture and support talent for sustainable economic growth and development in the FCT. Wike stated this at the opening of the 13th edition of Zuma Film Festival (ZFF), in Abuja on Friday. The festival, which would hold…
2 Dec
President of the Society of Lifestyle Medicine of Nigeria (SOLONg), Moyosore Makinde has lamented high rate of sleep disorders in the country.
2 Dec
Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha, has ordered for a thorough investigation into the attack on the residence of the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Longpet, in the early hours of yesterday.
2 Dec
Stakeholders have begun to worry about the paltry 12.5 per cent allocation for both health and education in the 2024 Appropriation Bill, predicting that the social sector of the economy may suffer acute funding in the coming years...
2 Dec
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that from April 2024, accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN) and National Identity Number (NIN) will be frozen.
2 Dec
Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to the progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
2 Dec
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to henceforth withhold statutory allocation to local councils without democratically elected leaders.
2 Dec
A Chieftain of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Emmanuel Madubike, has said that those killing and abducting hapless Nigerians in the name of Biafra struggle have given the group a bad name.
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Nestlé, a food and beverage company, has been accused of adding sugar and honey to its infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries but not in wealthier countries. This practice reportedly contradicts international health guidelines aimed at curbing childhood obesity and chronic diseases. The accusation comes from a report by Public Eye,…
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The crisis rocking the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has again taken a new turn as lawmakers elected on the platform of the party in the National Assembly, have raised the alarm over an alleged plot to shift the election of a new national chairman at Thursday's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to August. They claimed…
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Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Commander (CAC), Tincan Island Ports (TCIP), says that the command generated a revenue of N303.9 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024.
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed the optimism that Nigeria will become a major economic force in the world under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has deployed Generation Dip/Loss Detection System (GLDS) to empower the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo.
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Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, stormed the residence of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja over alleged N84 billion fraud.
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Kano State High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as member of the party.
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Speaker of the Kaduna House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, has warned Bello, son of the immediate past state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to stop threatening the legislature for attempting to probe his father’s eight-year stewardship.
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Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has confirmed that the Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) to support the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Brass Methanol Project would be executed next month.