Broadband penetration rises to 33% by February – NCC
Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said broadband penetration made remarkable improvement as it...
NIS arrests four over alleged human trafficking in Ekiti
The Nigeria Immigration Service Ekiti State Command has arrested four suspects over alleged human trafficking to Italy, News Agency...
Don’t aid Boko Haram insurgents, Borno govt warns fishermen
The Borno State Government has warned fishermen and fish merchants against aiding Boko Haram insurgents so as to fast...
NLC applauds Nigerian lawmakers’ approval of N30,000 new minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Gombe State Council, has applauded the National Assembly’s speedy passage of the bill proposing...
Emir of Patigi in Kwara dies
The Emir of Patigi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, is dead. Umar...
Hundreds pay tribute to Pius Adesanmi in Lagos
Hundreds of Nigerians and foreigners on Sunday graced the interdenominational commiseration service to pay tributes to the late Nigerian-born...
We will win all supplementary polls – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday expressed confidence that it would win all the governorship supplementary elections scheduled...
I am not afraid of rerun — Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says he is not jittery over the March 23 Governorship Election Re-run in the...
Court sentences man to death by hanging for armed robbery
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Monday sentenced a man, Akeem Lawal,...
6,000 babies at risk of contracting HIV in Kaduna —UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said that 6,000 newborns in Kaduna State are at risk of contracting...
Court okays dismissal of three policemen over $5,000 bribe
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday affirmed the dismissal of three policemen who were sacked for receiving $5,000...
Senate approvers N30,000 minimum wage
From IYKE Ndumele, Abuja The Nigerian senate on Tuesday, approved N30,00 as national minimum wage for workers in Nigeria....
Ugomuoh advises Nwosu, others to accept guber defeat
By Victor Madu Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Charles Ugomuoh has asked governorship candidates who lost at the...
Ajumbe opens up, Araraume will be a governor
• Narrates how suicide bombers were arrested in Ikeduru March 9 By JOHN Meziem A chieftain of the All...
INEC decries military intervention in Rivers guber election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) came down hard on the Nigerian Army over the manner its men intervened...
Nigerian, Ethiopian survivors recount horrific New Zealand mosque attacks
As the bullets tore into worshippers during Friday prayers at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, taxi driver...