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15m Nigerians connect to internet daily,  say foundation, GoogleConnectivity Abuja, April 29, 2018(NAN) Mimshach Obioha, Programme Director, Ventures Capital Foundation (VPF) says an average of 15 million people use social media in Nigeria but laments that many don’t go beyond sending messaging and making calls.Obioha said this on Sunday during an interviewContinue Reading

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Tuesday stopped the  Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE) branch of the Investment and Security Tribunal (IST) from embarking on any strike action. Justice Sanusi Kado, who gave the order, held that the order will be subsisting pending the hearingContinue Reading

The absence of an Abuja Federal High Court judge, Justice Silvanus Oriji, on Tuesday, staled the trial of former Inspector-General of Police Sunday Ehindero, and a former police commissioner, John Obaniyi. The Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), arraigned the duo before the Judge on a five-countContinue Reading

The Kano Police Command has denied a media report alleging that its officers shot four persons at Shoporite located in Ado Bayero Shopping Mall Kano on June 17. The denial is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Magaji Majiya  and issued to newsmen inContinue Reading

PARIS:  Even if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said Tuesday. A sweeping survey of research conducted over the last two decades covering more than two million people aged 42Continue Reading

Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former Governor of Kaduna State and former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has formally joined those jostling for the party’s 2019 presidential ticket. Former Cross River State governor Donald had last week also declared his intention to run for the 2019 presidentialContinue Reading

By Cecilia Ijuo Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged Nigerians not to give up on Super Eagles after their Saturday loss to Croatia in ongoing World Cup competition in Russia. Ekweremadu made the call in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu, onContinue Reading

The Nigerian Government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking withContinue Reading

Agency, traditional rulers collaborate to  stop open defecation in Katsina State By Zubairu Idris The Katsina State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) says it  is collaborating with traditional institutions to stop  open defecation in the state. Alhaji Aminu Dayyabu, the Executive Director of the agency, disclosed this inContinue Reading