FG declares Friday public holiday, excludes bankers, others
Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections. Ministry of Interior in a statement, Wednesday, however, excluded...
SSS issues disclaimer on former boss, Lawal Daura
State Security Service on Tuesday warned the public to desist from engaging its disgraced former director-general, Mr Lawal Daura, on its behalf. The secret police says it has been inundated...
FG protests as Ghana deports 723 Nigerians
Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Michael Abikoye, has protested the inhuman treatment of Nigerians by Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with the deportation of 723 Nigerians between 2018 and 2019....
Leah Sharibu remains in captivity one year after
Abducted Nigerian school girl, Leah Sharibu, on Tuesday marked one year in her kidnappers’ custody. Sharibu was abducted alongside 109 other girls from their secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State,...
National Assembly postpones resumption
National Assembly has announced postponement of its resumption scheduled for Tuesday, February 19 to Tuesday, February 26. Clerk of National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori, made this known in a statement...
INEC postpones today’s elections
Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a...
Here’s why Osinbajo’s helicopter crashed
Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, yesterday, released preliminary report on the helicopter crash involving the Vice President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo and members of his team. The helicopter, Agusta AW139 with registration...
Use any finger to vote, INEC tells voters
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that voters can use any finger to cast their votes in forthcoming general elections. The commission made the clarification on its official twitter...
Polytechnic lecturers suspend strike
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its two-month-old strike, five days after its university colleagues halted theirs. Mr Usman Dutse, national president of ASUP, confirmed that the strike...
15.2 million passengers travel through Nigeria’s airports in 2018 – FAAN
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says a total of 15.2 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 227,834 aircraft movements in 2018. This was revealed in FAAN’s 2018 Annual...
Ex-army chief, David Ejoor, is dead
A former Chief of Army Staff, Mr David Ejoor, is dead. Ejoor was army chief between 1971 and 1975 during the Yakubu Gowon military regime. Ejoor was Urhobo from Delta...
Buhari makes 30 new appointments for RMAFC
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a list containing 30 names to Senate for confirmation into Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). RMAFC was established by Decree No.49 of 1989...
Buhari appoints acting Chair for NPC
Mr Hassan Bashiru has been appointed as acting Chairman for National Population Commission (NPC). Director, Public Affairs Department of NPC, Mr Mohammed Isah, made this known on Friday in Abuja....
INEC extends PVC collection deadline
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended deadline for collection of permanent voters cards (PVC) by three days. Collection of PVCs was scheduled to end on Friday, February 8. The...
Sultan, 20 emirs commission Borno’s grand mosque
Sultan of Sokoto, Mr Muhammad Abubakar (III), on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno State, led 20 emirs to commission the city’s Central Mosque. The structure was recently completed, 32 years after...
PDP, APC heavyweights, others lose police orderlies ahead of elections
Policemen attached to politicians in ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party as well as others serving Very Important Persons in the country will be withdrawn ahead of the...
Army to deploy 95 per cent of troops for elections
Nigerian Army has said it will be deploying 95 per cent of its troops to engage in security duties during the forthcoming elections. Director, Army Public Relations, Mr Sani Usman,...
ASUU suspends strike, asks lecturers to resume work
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has officially suspended a strike it commenced three months ago. The union directed university lecturers to resume duty from today, February 8. Suspension of...
HND/Degree dichotomy stays – FG
Federal Government has said the controversial dichotomy in the placement of HND and Degree holders in federal civil service cadres has not been abolished. This is despite wide held belief...
NAF acquires 22 aircraft to fight insurgency - Air force Chief
Chief of Air Staff, Mr Sadique Abubakar, on Wednesday said Nigerian Air Force recently acquired 22 new aircraft to support various ongoing military operations across the country. Abubakar disclosed this...
Boko Haram in charge, issues movement permit in Baga – Fleeing residents
Displaced residents of Baga, a border community in Borno State recently taken over by Boko Haram insurgents, said the federal government is lying in claims that the town has been...
FG presents licences to four new private universities
National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday presented provisional licences to four newly approved private universities in Nigeria. The new universities are Greenfield University, Kaduna; Dominion University, Ibadan Oyo State; Trinity...
NMA tasks FG over cancer control plan
Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan President of Nigeria Medical Association, (NMA), Mr. Francis Faduyile, has called for urgent implementation of National Cancer Control Plan 2018-2022 by the Federal Government. Faduyile who made...
Oyo to launch BESDA
Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Oyo State government through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) will on Thursday launch Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) Programme in the state. The...
God, Adeboye’s prayers saved me - Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said God’s mercy and the special prayer of protection that General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr Enoch Adeboye, prayed for him...
How we survived helicopter crash with Osinbajo - Buhari’s adviser
Mr Babafemi Ojudu, a political adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday thanked safety measures and quick response of security personnel for saving himself and 11 others who were in...
Buhari salutes Osinbajo’s spiritual strength after crash
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his “resilience” over how he handled the helicopter crash. According to a statement from Mr Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman,...
Ex-senator, Waku is dead
A former Senator, Mr Joseph Waku is dead. According to a family source, Waku died yesterday evening at National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. Born on June 12,...
Osinbajo, again, escapes death as helicopter crash lands
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo escaped death on Saturday as his helicopter crash-landed in Kogi state, his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, said. Mr Akande in a tweet said, “VP Osinbajo’s Chopper crash...
Labour Minister, 10 others on-board Osinbajo’s crashed helicopter
Vice-president’s office has released additional details about the incident. Mr Laolu Akande, a presidential spokesperson, said 12 people including minister of state for labour and productivity, Mr Stephen Ocheni, senior...
Why our helicopter carrying Osinbajo crashed - Caverton Group
An air charter service, Caverton Helicopter, on Saturday blamed hazy weather conditions for the helicopter crash involving Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The Lagos-based firm said the incident occurred at about 3:00...
Universities remain shut as FG, ASUU fail to reach agreement
For the ninth time in about three months, Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday, failed to reach a compromise on ending the three months old...
Onnoghen loses bid to stop CCT trial
Court of appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a motion filed by Mr Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria, seeking stay of proceedings on his ongoing trial at Code...
Nigeria remains as corrupt as it was before Buhari – Transparency International
Nigeria is still perceived as a country deep in corruption without clear policies to address the menace, Transparency International said on Tuesday. The anti-corruption campaigner released its 2018 Corruptions Perceptions...
NJC gives Onnoghen, Acting CJN seven days to respond to petitions
National Judicial Council has given seven days to suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter Onnoghen, to respond to a petition written against him. NJC also gave the acting Chief...
Lawyers in Rivers, Ogun, others boycott courts, Lagos, Kano ignore NBA
Lawyers in many states on Tuesday complied fully with the boycott courts order given by leadership of Nigerian Bar Association to protest suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter...
PSC approves appointment of 8 new DIGs
Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday approved the appointment of 8 new Deputy Inspector-General of Police, just as it announced its approval of the re-constitution of the Management Team of...
Reps approve N30,000 as new minimum wage
Members of House of Representatives on Tuesday set the new National Minimum Wage as N30,000. They reached the decision a day after conducting a public hearing on the bill for...
14.3m Nigerians abuse cocaine, tramadol, others – FG
Report on the first-ever National Survey on Drug Use in Nigeria, presented by Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja, has shown that 14.3 million people, representing approximately 14.4 per cent...
Nigeria has 11 million stunted children – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the second largest number of stunted children in the world, with over 11 million children under the age of five affected. Annefrida...
