Israel and Britain have announced new travel restrictions on several African countries over concerns about a new Coronavirus variant. Israel reclassified South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, […]
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said expressed optimism that the dredging of the the Lower Rivers Niger and Benue […]
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, said it seized contraband worth N318.2 million between Oct. 13 and Nov. […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has urged the new cadets of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) […]
At least 43 people were killed and 46 villages were burned and looted in Sudan’s West Darfur State, United Nations Office for the Coordination of […]
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – On his second day of commissioning tour in Southern Borno, Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday commissioned a skill acquisition centre […]
A yet-to-be-identified man and a woman suspected to be his wife, on Monday, escaped death by a whisker after ramming into two coffin shops around […]
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the increasing cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria, saying […]
Data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggest that globally 81,000 women and girls were killed in 2020. The UNODC report […]
The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) has said the current effect of climate change has made agricultural insurance imperative for all farmers in the country. […]
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a new Water Strategy for 2021-2025. In a […]
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has flagged off the construction of Kofar Kaura and Kofar Kwaya interchange bridges in the state at an estimated total […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other […]
An economist, Dr Abayomi Awujola, has said that cooperative societies contributed over N500 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020. Awujola, Head of […]
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister, […]
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Thursday said the Federal Government would establish a special court that will try Sexual and Gender-Based […]
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commissioned a 4.2 kilometer road constructed by the Bauchi State Government and named after […]
Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy, has called for special funding towards reactivating the Ajaokuta Steel Company […]
Some residents of Ikare-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo State defied Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s 24-hour curfew on Thursday and razed a bank […]
The Defence Headquarters has said Nigerian troops eliminated more than 128 bandits and arrested 64 others in different operations across North West and North Central […]