By Francis Belux Nigeria National Parks Service has appealed to the public to assist the service in facilitating the recapture of wild animals that strayed from parks due to flood incidents across the country. Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General of the Parks Service, made the appeal in Abuja via a statementContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is making progress in the fight against corruption as shady oil deals and the brazen theft of billions of Naira are no more. The president stated this in his address to the nation as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 58th Independence Anniversary inContinue Reading
Former Taraba Acting Governor, Mr Sani Danladi, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) party primaries, defeating nine other aspirants who contested with him. The Chairman of the APC governorship primary election for Tarabe, Sen. Emmanuel Ocheja, while declaring the results at the Fast Track Hotel in Jalingo in the earlyContinue Reading
The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday debunked the news trending on social media that the Federal Government had approved the hike in tuition fees of Nigerian universities to N350,000. Mr Sonny Echono, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry made the clarification at a symposium in Abuja. Echono, who saidContinue Reading
By Ige Adekunle Some customers of Polaris Bank, formerly Skye Bank, in Sango-Ota, Ogun, have advised the management of the bank to improve on its service delivery to restore depositors’ confidence. They gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Sango-Ota, Ogun.Continue Reading
by Mateen Badru The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Lagos on Monday said it had trained 16 of its personnel in core crime investigative skills as it inaugurated a forensic laboratory in the state. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, disclosed this at the inauguration of theContinue Reading
By Ikenna Uwadileke The Federal Ministry of Communications says will partner the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore the role of ICT in reducing indices of electoral malpractices in the country. The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu said in Abuja on Monday that the collaboration would provide the neededContinue Reading
By Patricia Amogu Dr. Maxwell Odiegwu, a gynaecologist, on Monday advised young girls to embrace vaccination against cervical cancer early in life. Odiegwu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said: “It is better for young girls to go for vaccinesContinue Reading
By Constance Imasuen The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active mobile telephone lines in Nigeria decreased marginally to 160.5 million in August from 161.42 million in July. NCC made this known in its monthly subscribers’ operator data posted on its website on Monday, saying the lines decreased by 904,767 inContinue Reading
