Abuja-Kaduna Road Kidnapping Crisis: Average Daily Train Passengers Surges To between 2,500/ 3,000 – NRC Boss
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would increase the number of trains plying the Abuja-Kaduna route to run a train per hour before the end of 2019. Mr Freeborn…
Homegrown School Feeding Now in 30 States As FG Targets 10m Nigerians to Benefit From GEEP Schemes
President Buhari In continuation of its efforts to invest in the country’s human capital development, the Buhari administration has continued to make significant strides through its National Social Investment Programmes…
Nigeria’s foreign debt now $25.27bn; Lagos, Edo top high debtor states – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at 25.27 billion US dollars as at 31st Dec., 2018. The NBS said this in “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign…
Panic Buying: Report Any Filling Station That Sells PMS Above N145 Per Litre – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has asked Nigerians to report any filling station that sells Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol above the N145 per litre approved…
USAID Inaugurates ‘Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity’ in Nigeria
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has inaugurated a new scheme, ‘Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity’ under a new contract with Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA). CNFA…
Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 15 New Cases in 6 States, Confirmed Cases Now 510
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever from six states in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu,…
Brothel Shut Down Order: Sex Workers, Illicit Drug Peddlers Now Live in Palpable Fear in Umuahia
Commercial sex workers in Umuahia, the Abia capital, have gone into hiding to evade police arrest, following state government’s order to shut down brothels in the city. News…
Banditry: KSG Imposes Dusk to Dawn in Troubled KajuruÂ
The Kaduna State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the troubled Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA). Other communities affected by the curfew are Kujama and Maraban Rido. Kajuru…
NNPC to Build Combined 4,000MW IPP in 3 States, Fertilizer Plant in Bayelsa
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will build three Independent Power Plants (IPP), with a combined capacity of 4,000 megawatts of electricity in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano…
Presidential Poll: 2019 Tops With Voided Votes Compared to 2011, 2015
The just-concluded presidential election recorded 1,289,607 rejected votes nationwide, according to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…