Lagos Empowers 1,050 With Skills And Start-Up Packs
“This Mega Empowerment program is a promise fulfilled by this administration to alleviate poverty. The intervention is timely because the…
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Buhari Sacks NDDC Boss, Pondei, Appoints Interim Administrator
The President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday named the acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development…
Senators Express Shock As Petroleum Ministry Spends N116m On Pens, Others
Members of the Senate Public Accounts Committee expressed shock on Thursday when the report of the Auditor General for the…
Covid-19: Sanwo-Olu Goes Into self Isolation
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, on Friday said the state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had gone…
Money Laundering Charge: Court Orders Mompha To Open His Defence
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed the “no- case application” filed by an internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha…
#EndSARS: Abuja Court Assigns Activist’s Case Against Davido, Pastor Adeyemi, Burna Boy, Aisha, Falz, Others
The criminal conspiracy case filed by lawyer and human rights activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, against #EndSARS promoters including social critic and…
Policeman Allegedly Shoots Tricycle Rider Dead Over N100 Bribe In Rivers State
Pandemonium broke out on Thursday, at Mgbuchi-Rukpokwuodu, Rukpokwu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, as policeman allegedly shot a…
2020 Has Been The Most Challenging Year For Me- Soyinka Laments
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year as a result of the…
Nigerian Government Slashes Data Price By 50 Percent
The Federal government has given a directive to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to slash the price of data by…
Plane Crash Survivor Kechi Pays Tribute To The Dead
Kechi Okwuchi, one of the survivors of the Sosoliso plane crash, on Thursday, paid tribute to the dead victims on…
Benue, Labour Agree On Minimum Wage
Benue State Government and labour leaders have reached an interim agreement on payment of the N30,000 national minimum wage to…
Bill Gates Pledges Additional $250m For Nigeria, Others
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday, pledged to commit an additional $250 million to support the research, development…
FEC Approves N50.85bn For Kano, Kaduna, Plateau Roads
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved roads and aviation contracts worth N59.350bn across the country. The announcement was made…
Covid-19, ASUU, Naira Marley, Rema, Rahama Sadau, Hushpuppi Top 2020 Google Searches In Nigeria
Google has released the list of top things the world searched for in the year 2020. Part of those who…
Ex-DPO Carol Afegbai Challenges Arrest Warrant In Court
A retired Divisional Police Officer in Edo state, CSP Carol Afegbai, has dragged the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry…
Katsina Govt Bans WhatsApp In Schools, Facebook Among Workers
The Katsina State Government has placed a ban on the use of Facebook and Whatsapp in schools across the state….
Buhari sacks NDE DG Argungu
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu. Dr….
ASUU: Govt Didn’t Promise To Pay Salaries Before ASUU Returns To Class- Ngige
Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government did not promise to pay striking Academic Staff Union…
Court Rejects Maina’s Request For Adjournment
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, rejected another request by former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task…
Nigeria’s population now 206 million –NPC
The National Population Commission says Nigeria’s population is now estimated at 206 million. This comes exactly two years after the…