Osinbajo leaves for ACP summit in Papua New Guinea
Abuja – The 8th Summit of Heads of State of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States begins in Papua New Guinea on Monday, a statement said in Abuja…
40 Nigerians deported from UK, Australia
LAGOS — For the second time in a month, United Kingdom and Australia, yesterday, jointly deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees, males and females, arrived the Hajj…
President Buhari felicitates with Soun of Ogbomoso as he turns 90
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, as he turns 90 years on May 27. This is contained in a statement…
Nigeria spends over $4bn on importation of granite annually
Abuja – The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, says Nigeria spends more than 4 billion dollars on importation of granite annually. Fayemi made this known in Abuja…
Shoprite partners FoodClique to fight hunger
Africa’s leading retail shop giant Shoprite, in it bid to help tackle hunger in Nigerian and also fulfill its corporate social responsibility in the society, has thrown its weight behind…
772 of 9,000 road accidents in 2015 caused by burst tyres- FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said 772 out of the 9000 Road Traffic Accidents (RTCs) recorded in 2015 across the country were caused by burst tyres. The…
How I emerged overall LASU best student
Graduating with a cumulative grade point average , CGPA, of 4.68, Mr. Arowosegbe Michael Aderibigbe became the cynosure of all eyes at the Lagos State University, LASU 2014/2015 convocation ceremony,…
Omisore threatens to sue EFCC, demands N500 million
Former Osun State deputy governor, Iyiola Omisore, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to pay him N500 million as damages for declaring him “wanted” and alleging that he…
Kogi govt sacks NLC leader, says he’s a “ghost-worker”
The Kogi State government says the state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, is a “ghost worker”, and has fired him. Mr. Edoka was one of about 9000…
TheNews publisher, BBC journalist, others appointed DGs of NTA, NAN, VON
The Federal Government on Wednesday named the chief executives of six agencies under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The appointments were announced in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture,…
