Category: NEWS

Democracy day: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday
May 25, 2017 No Responses

Democracy day: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29, as Public Holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day. Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, (rtd) congratulated Nigerians for witnessing yet...
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FG Releases 2017 National Common Entrance Examination Result
May 25, 2017 No Responses

FG Releases 2017 National Common Entrance Examination Result

The Federal Government has released the result of the just concluded 2017 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Schools. A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja said the Minister of...
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Biafra: We Didn’t Plan to Wipe Out Igbo, says Obasanjo
May 25, 2017 No Responses

Biafra: We Didn’t Plan to Wipe Out Igbo, says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said it was not the intention of the Federal Government to wipe out Igbo during the civil war. Obasanjo said this at an event tagged, ‘Memory and Nation Building: Biafra 50 years later’, which held...
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Osinbajo: Fasting and Prayer Won’t Grow our Economy
May 25, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: Fasting and Prayer Won’t Grow our Economy

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s economy will not grow by fasting and prayer but by the collective effort of all citizens. Speaking with heads of ministries, departments and agencies at the state house on Wednesday, Osinbajo, who is a...
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Osinbajo Felicitates with Edwin Clarke at 90
May 24, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo Felicitates with Edwin Clarke at 90

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has felicitated with former Federal Commissioner of Information and elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark on his 90th birthday, billed for May 25th, 2017. Osinbajo, in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on media and public...
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Nigeria Condemns Manchester Attack, Condoles with UK Govt
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Condemns Manchester Attack, Condoles with UK Govt

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has condemned “the despicable terrorist attack on innocent people in Manchester, United Kingdom, on Monday, May 22.” The Acting President’s remark was in a statement by the Vice Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande on Tu...
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Presidency Dismisses Coup Plot Report
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Presidency Dismisses Coup Plot Report

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians to ignore the media reports on Coup plot, saying it should not be stretched beyond what the military authorities had said. Adesina stated this...
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Kano State Fruit Vendors Deny Using Insecticide as Ripener
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Kano State Fruit Vendors Deny Using Insecticide as Ripener

The Kano State branch of Nigerian Fruit Sellers Association, on Tuesday, said its members never used insecticide to quicken the ripening process of fruits. The Chairman of the association, Malam Muhammad Umar, said this in an interview with the News...
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Police to Recruit 30,000 Personnel Annually says I-G
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Police to Recruit 30,000 Personnel Annually says I-G

The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police have concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually. Idris, represented by Mr Shuaibu Gambo Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and Administratio...
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Onuekusi, Channels TV’s state house correspondent, is dead
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Onuekusi, Channels TV’s state house correspondent, is dead

Chukwuma Onuekusi, Channels Television’s state house correspondent, is dead. The journalist sadly passed on at Zenith Hospital in the Garki area of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday “He first fell sick in March but we didn’t see this...
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