WHO launches global campaign to promote physical activity
June 5, 2018 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a global campaign to promote physical activity among adolescents and adults as a strategy aimed at preventing and treating Non-communicable…
Super Eagles need total support to excel at Russia 2018 World Cup
June 5, 2018 Now that Coach Gernot Rohr has unveiled the final 23 man squad, for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia, it behooves on Nigerians to throw their…
Buratai says`Operation Last Hold’ to relocate IDPs to communities
June 5, 2018 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has restated that the ongoing “Operation Last Hold’’ in Borno North and Lake Chad Basin is “primarily aimed at…
Singapore launches ‘World Peace’ medallion to mark Trump – Kim summit
June 5, 2018 10:07 Singapore on Tuesday unveiled a commemorative medallion ahead of next week’s summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders in the wealthy city-state, carrying the inscription…
Nigeria clears $600 million belonging to international airlines, says IATA
June 5, 2018 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria has repatriated the 600 million dollars belonging to international airlines that was trapped in the country due to foreign…
Our graduates among world best – Adinde, Digital Bridge Institute boss
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde is the Administrator of Nigeria’s foremost digital capacity building institution, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI). In this interactive session with the media, he prescribes ways the nation can…
Nigerian migrants, others stranded in France as police shut camps
French police removed around 500 migrants – mostly Afghans but some Africans – from a makeshift tent encampment in central Paris at dawn Monday. Nigerian migrants were among the affected…
What new Petroleum Industry Bills will do for Nigeria – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the three new Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB) being considered by the Senate will boost economic growth. He said that…
Interview: Nigeria is now self-sufficient in rice production – Osinbajo
INTERVIEW WITHÂ VICE PRESIDENT, YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, CONDUCTED BY DAVID PILLING (AFRICA EDITOR, FINANCIAL TIMES), AT THE FINANCIAL TIMES NIGERIA SUMMIT, WITH THE THEME: DISPELLING UNCERTAINTY AND BUILDING RESILIENCE, AT…
Gunmen kidnap Delta monarch, injure others
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a monarch, Mr Sunday Olisemokwu, the paramount ruler of Ogodor community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered…