By Bashir Bello KANO – The Nigerian Custom Service, NCS on Friday said it is working tirelessly to ensure decongestion of abandoned and overtime cargoes in the Nigerian ports and terminal. The NCS Coordinator of Zone B, Acting ACG Uba Ahmed stated this while declaring open a one-day sensitization workshop organized for stakeholders in the […]

The National Youth Service Corps has reaffirmed its commitment to the security and general welfare of corps members wherever they are deployed in the country. The Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave this assurance on Friday when he addressed the 2021, Batch ‘B’, Stream II corps members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Zamfara. READ […]

Delta State Government on Friday explained that it was not acquiring lands for herdsmen as wrongly reported in some quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu said in a statement in Asaba, that the bill before the State Assembly was for the regulation of livestock breeding, raring and marketing in the state. READ […]

Save the Children International has urged the Federal and state governments in Nigeria to put in place mechanisms that would ensure the protection of schools and other learning environments. 

The Abuja based clergy and founder of Shiloh Word Chapel, Prophet Samuel revealed one of the missing links to greatness in life, in a brief chat our correspondent had with him at his Abuja office this morning.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA- Law Students Association of Nigeria, LAWSAN, on Friday, said it was concerned about the rising spate of insecurity in the country, even as it advocated the payment of compensation to victims by both state and federal governments. The body, in a press statement that was signed by its National President, Dr. […]

Nigeria spent over N6 trillion in combat terrorism between 2008 and now, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abrulrasheed Bawa, has revealed.

Investors net worth on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd dropped further by N146 billion on Friday due to losses posted by some major blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N146 billion or 0.71 per cent to close at N20.278 trillion, from N20.424 trillion reported on Thursday. Also, the NGX All-Share Index dipped 279.55 points […]

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has begun a sensitization campaign among people in the North Central zone to protect them against negative effects of unwholesome food, fake medical products, harmful cosmetics, poor water and other substandard regulated products.

Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, commemorated annually on Sept. 10. Studies show that the global crisis has exacerbated risk factors associated with suicidal behaviours, such as job loss, trauma or abuse, mental […]

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, called on Nigerians to embrace peace and love, saying they were panacea for rising insecurity and apathy in the country. Okowa gave the charge at the funeral mass for former Military Administrator of Kano and Benue states, late Brig.-Gen. Dominic Oneya (retd) at St Jude’s Catholic Church, Effurun, […]

The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State “for the ongoing investments in infrastructure and human capital development with notable progress in education, healthcare, and economic growth”. 

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MEDICAl doctors in the country have said resident doctors were pushed to the wall to resort to their ongoing strike, asking Nigerians to hold government at all levels accountable for the development.

…promises govt’s intervention By Adeola Badru, Ibadan Governor Seyi Makinde, Friday, commiserated with the family of a 28-year old boy, Abiodun Adeleke, who died in a recent flood at Onilu-Moniya Ibadan. Makinde, who was represented by the Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, Mr Kamil Mudashiru, expressed his sympathy when he visited the Onilu […]