Depot fire will not affect petroluem supply – NNPC
July 9, 2018 The NNPC on Monday assured residents in Niger State and environs that the fire incident at its depot at Pogo Village in Paikoro Local Government area will…
Nigerian airline takes off this year, targets 30 planes in five years
The proposed national airline for Nigeria would be unveiled before the end of the year, the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has confirmed. Sirika, a former pilot,…
‘Cancer kills 72,000 Nigerians yearly’
Former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja,Kogi, Prof. Abdulmumini Rafindadi says out of 102,000 cases of cancer recorded annually, 72,000 die. Rafindadi, a Professor of pathology at the Ahmadu Bello…
FRSC to recruit 4,650 officers
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the corps will recruit additional 4,650 officers and procure new logistics vehicles to improve road safety management in the…
We will resolve APC crisis amicably, says Orji Kalu
July 8, 2018 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, says that the leadership of the party is currently…
Militia group allegedly kills 41, pack corpses in a bush
The Zamfara state police command has arrested 11 suspected members of volunteer group known as “yansakai” in connection with the killing of 41 unidentified persons. The command’s Public Relations Officer,…
Crime: IGP Idris raises security alarm, charges AIGs, CPs
Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has directed Commissioners of Police in state commands and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to be on red alert. Force Spokesman,…
Supreme Court ruling: Nigerians should emulate Saraki
President Muhammadu Buhari says the country’s judicial system, no matter the challenges it faces, is truly working and no one should be allowed to undermine or break it. The President’…
Corruption, major impediment to Nigeria’s development, says Tanko
July 7, 2018 Justice Tanko Muhammad of the Supreme Court has said that corruption remains one of the major impediments to Nigeria’s development. Muhammad said on Saturday in Kano…
NEMA donates relief materials to fire victims in Bauchi State
July 7, 2018 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday donated three trucks containing relief materials to the victims of fire outbreak that affected 14 villages in Itas-Gadau Local…