Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma has urged beneficiaries of the ongoing Technical Training on Agricultural Modernisation to acquire the necessary skills to boost the country’s economy. The minister made the call on Tuesday at the China-Nigeria Agricultural Modernisation Cooperation Forum, organised by the Chinese Government in Abuja. Udoma, who was represented […]

The Federal Government says it provided free surgeries to 4,349 patients and screened 17, 793 indigent Nigerians in 2016.

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has condemned the directive to state chapters to choose platforms for members contesting imminent elections across the country.

Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of five men in prison custody for alleged trafficking in 22.170 kg of Indian hemp.

Police in Katsina have arrested Abubakar Dauda, 33, and five others who specialise in killing commercial motorcyclists and snatching their motorcycles.

A Turkish journalist was sentenced to 18 months in jail after being convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda during a stint as guest editor of a pro-Kurdish newspaper, a report said on Tuesday. Ekrem Celikkan sat in as Editor-In-Chief of Ozgur Gundem for one day and also wrote several articles for the paper. Celikkan was part of […]

Recent reports have indicated improved access to malaria interventions especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnostic testing for children as well as preventive treatment for pregnant women has significantly increased. According to the 2016 World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the estimated number of malaria cases declined by 88 percent while death rates […]

Dr Victor Okereke, a researcher at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), said on Tuesday that the institution had recorded a major breakthrough in biogas technology.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted localised thunderstorms over the Central States of Minna, Bida, Mambilla Plateau, Makurdi, Jalingo, Ibi and Abuja on Wednesday morning.

Mr Adeyemi Abidemi, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Environment, on Tuesday, said the State Government would soon make flooding a thing of the past in the state.