Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday reiterated his government’s commitment to reforming the civil service to enable it attain global standards.

Some workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos over delayed payment of entitlements estimated at over N78 billion.

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on Wednesday inducted 87 graduates of the University of Jos as medical doctors.

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday said that the bank would continue to explore further avenues to ensure that interest rates were supportive of domestic production needs.

With tears dripping down his cheeks, Oluwarotimi Sikiru looked lost. He knelt down as if addressing some audience. “I am appealing to good spirited Nigerians to come to my aid. My suffering has been compounded since going to prison for an offence I did not commit,” Sikiru said. Sikiru was in jail for 13 years as prisoner awaiting trial until February 14, 2003 on trumped-up robbery charge. He remarried after his release as his wife abandoned him during his years in jail.

Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has received certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to handle C-checks on Boeing B737-300, B737-400 and B737-500.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday attended Federal Executive Council meeting, FEC, to discuss issues on governance.

Real Madrid vice-captain Marcelo extended his 11-year stay with the Spanish giants by signing a new contract until 2022, the club announced on Wednesday.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on Wednesday elected Nigeria as Vice President, Africa at its ongoing 22nd General Assembly in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of Southwest China.

Nasarawa State Government has warned communities in the state against indiscriminate felling of trees to avoid flooding.

A technician working for a bank, Olusesan Orebajo, who allegedly stole eight laptops valued at N3 million belonging to his employer, was on Wednesday charged before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Bestselling author and former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Pastor Reno Omokri, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari created the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, gave him powers and may equally create the sovereign state of Biafra if care is not taken.

The Police in Lagos on Wednesday brought two Pastors, Dorothy Ekutosi, 51, and Asekameh Victor, 27, who allegedly stole a 2-year-old girl in a market before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates ’ Court.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, says appointment of judges to fill vacant seats in the various divisions of the Federal High Courts is under way.

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