Niger Government says it has spent N39 million to combat the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mustapha Jibril, told newsmen on Friday in Mina that the state recorded 33 deaths out Read more
A Dana Air aircraft en-route Port Harcourt on Friday morning, made an ‘air return’, some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aircraft, with registration number 5N-SRI returned Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it may declare a former Commissioner of Local Government in Niger wanted after a further N2 billion was traced to his UBA account by the agency. EFCC sources on Friday in Abuja Read more
The Adamawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of a suspected drug dealer, Ahmed Buba in Yola. Mr. Yakubu Kibo, the Commander of the agency in the state, disclosed this in an interview Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed shock over the event that took the lives of several Nigerians at a football viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River State, Thursday night. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Read more
Communities in Okrika local government area of Rivers State have requested licences from the federal government to operate a modular refinery in the area. They also urged security agencies to return stolen crude and petroleum products recovered from the area Read more
• Policy reveals N200m fake products in Ogun • Coalition urges speedy passage of anti-graft bills The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has urged whistleblowers to report the misconduct of policemen to the appropriate quarters.He made the call yesterday Read more
• Leaders decry trade deficit, untapped potential • Nigeria offers to lead change crusade The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has disclosed that there is no single African carrier among the 35 ship-owner countries which constitute about 95 per cent of Read more
As part of measures to mitigate the dwindling manpower of the police and meet the United Nations (UN) standard of effective policing in Nigeria, the Nigeria police, said it is poised to recruit about 155,000 policemen and women in the Read more
The Lagos State Government has instituted a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the collection of N50 stamp duty by the Federal Government on every N1,000 transaction within its territory without remittance to it. In the appeal filed by its Read more