Italy funeral for 26 Nigerian shipwreck victims
The coffins of 26 young Nigerians lie in state in the winter sunshine at a cemetery in southern Italy, where a bishop and an imam lead prayers for the all-female victims. The Mediterranean claimed at...
View ArticleAfrican Union calls for Libya ‘slave market’ probe
The African Union on Friday called for Libyan authorities to investigate “slave markets” of black Africans operating in the conflict-torn nation, following the release of shocking images showing the...
View ArticleBrooks+Blake wins 4th consecutive MWA PR laurel
Perception management outfit, Brooks and Blake Nigeria has won the Marketing World Awards as the best public relations agency in Nigeria for the fourth year running at the 7th Marketing World Awards...
View ArticleUNICAF offers scholarships to corps members in Lagos
UNICAF has announced its partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ikeja Secretariat, Lagos. The partnership, which was reached by the NYSC’s state co-ordinator, Prince Mohammed Momoh...
View ArticleWe’re safe but afraid – Benson, President, Nigerian Community in Zimbabwe
The President of the Nigerian Community in Zimbabwe, Mr. Babs Benson, speaks to JESUSEGUN ALAGBE about the situation of things following the military takeover of the South African country What is the...
View ArticleLagos sensitises pupils, parents on sexual violence
The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, and in partnership with the traditional ruler of Igbogbo town in Ikorodu, Oba Semiudeen Kasali, has sensitised...
View ArticleCompetence test: Oyo, Katsina may move against unqualified teachers
Olufemi Atoyebi, Femi Makinde, Simon Utebor, Peter Dada, Olaide Oyelude and Adeniyi Olugbemi More troubles may await teachers in the country as more state are not ruling out the option of conducting...
View ArticleRivers police arrest killers of Shell worker
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two persons linked to the murder of one Cletus Onyekwele, a contract staff member of the Shell Petroleum Development Company....
View ArticleBlock revenue leakages, Saraki urges auditors-general
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has called on auditors-general in the country, particularly at the local government level, to partner with the Senate to block financial...
View ArticleASUP strike: Students give FG 14-day ultimatum, vow to storm Aso Villa
Olaleye Aluko and Umar Muhammed As the indefinite strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics enters the sixth day, the National Association of Polytechnic Students has given the...
View ArticleFirm wins big at ADVAN awards
Power Oil has emerged the best in the Corporate Social Responsibility at the 2017 West African Advertisers Association of Nigeria Awards for Marketing Excellence. The company had contended with the...
View ArticleCommunity-based leadership best for Nigeria — Expert
The President of the Lions Club, Ikorodu chapter, Lagos, Ven. Tope Odunlami, has described community-based leadership as the best for the country. Odunlami stated this recently during his investiture...
View ArticleNIMC working on identity data harmonisation – Oyinlola
The Chairman of the National Identity Management Commission, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says it is taking seriously the issue of identity data harmonisation and authentication. Oyinlola stated this...
View ArticleForeign products not superior to local ones, says expert
The Co-founder of Kingpost Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anietie Akpan, has called on Nigerians to patronise made-in-Nigeria products, saying foreign products are not always superior to local ones. Akpan stated...
View ArticlePSN hails Buhari for appointing Adeyeye as NAFDAC DG
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the appointment of Prof. Moji Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug...
View ArticleApapa gridlock: NPA issues fresh directives to truck drivers
As part of the efforts to manage the serious traffic situation at Apapa and its environs in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority has issued fresh guidelines to truck drivers plying the route. It said...
View ArticleBuhari commiserates with Iran, Iraq over earthquake
Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday joined world leaders to commiserate with President Hassan Rouhani and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the devastating earthquake,...
View ArticleBuhari, Senate probe death of 26 Nigerian female migrants
Olalekan Adetayo, Leke Baiyewu and Jesusegun Alagbe President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a cabinet committee to probe the circumstances that led to the recent death of 26 Nigerian girl migrants...
View ArticleCourt rules on Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts Dec 13
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed December 13 to deliver its judgment in a suit seeking an order to compel the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce the leader of the...
View ArticleKwara State University lecturer commits suicide
A lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of Agriculture, Kwara State University, Malete, Dr. Solomon Osunlola, has committed suicide. The Director of the institute’s Public Relations...
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