Michelle Obama in Morocco to launch girls’ fund
US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a $100 million aid package in Morocco Tuesday to promote the education of girls in a country where half of females over 15 are illiterate.
Erratic power supply: TCN to boost grid capacity
IN a bid to increase capacity in receiving megawatt against it’s current realities, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, said it had commenced expansion of its grid capacity.
Nigerian Navy smashes petroleum smuggling gang, intensifies patrol around Badagry
By Evelyn Usman BADAGRY metropolis of Lagos, a border town between Seme and Benin Republic, has always been in the news following usage of the route by smugglers of various kinds of contraband goods, including vehicles. In addition to the nefarious activities of these recalcitrant smugglers, is the diversion of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS popularly […]
Account Freezing: Court put Fayose’s mandatory order in abeyance, summons EFCC
By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti-Efforts made by Governor Ayodele Fayose to lift the restriction order placed on his accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) in Zenith Bank Plc suffered a setback Tuesday, as the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, deferred ruling on the mandatory order. Governor Fayose, last week Tuesday had his […]
LASUTH conducts 10 successful cochlear implant surgeries
Dr Wale Oke, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, on Monday said the institution had conducted 10 successful cochlear implant surgeries.
Customs, Immigration to blame for illegal mining
CUSTOMS and Immigration Agencies are to blame for illegal mining in Nigeria, the Special Adviser to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Professor Okey Onyejekwe said.
