The newly appointed Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman has promised to use the sector as a vehicle for the delivery of all government policies.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday he was “deeply concerned” by wildfires that have devoured large sections of the Amazon rainforest, blanketing several Brazilian cities in thick smoke.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Thursday said that it has arrested many Nigerians who are involved in fraudulent act.

The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world, covering 5.5 million square kilometers (2.1 million square miles), an ecological treasure threatened by escalating deforestation and forest fires.

The non-teaching staff of the Nigerian Universities have accused the Federal government of discriminating against them and giving preferential treatment to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and warned that unless the government meets their demands, the warning strike which is expected to end on Friday may snowball into what they called mother of all strike.

The Nigerian Army says its troops repelled the attacks coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents on military units in Gubio and Magumeri Local Government Areas of Borno on Wednesday.

A confessed murderer linked to a months-long killing spree in 1994 that targeted older gay men faced execution Thursday in the US state of Florida.

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Kogi have called for the immediate removal of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam.

THE Federal Government has directed that the Accountant General office and National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission should commence the process of including in the payroll sacked teachers of Staff Schools in the 2020 budget. 

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory  Commission  (NERC) said the planned increase in tariff was done through consultation with Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) and stakeholders in the sector.

Prof. Isaac Albert, Dean, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan says many Nigerians are not impressed by the assignment of portfolios to the newly inaugurated ministers.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has set a Tuesday deadline for squabbling political parties to form a workable coalition government, two days after a dysfunctional alliance broke up.

The Ogun Police Command on Thursday, arrested four members of a kidnap gang that abducted three persons at Ode-Omi Community in Ogun Waterside Council Area on Aug. 11.

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, yesterday, stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is claiming that it is owed N797 billion by Nigeria, comprising the Federal, State and Local Governments.

The Minister of Science and Technology Dr.Ogbonnaya Onu has promised that the 2020 budget of the Ministry would be ready by September in line with Presidential directives to return the budget to January-December fiscal year meeting.