NAF launches Operation ‘RUWAN WUTA IV’ against Boko Haram insurgents
February 14, 2018 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said it had begun Operation RUWAN WUTA IV in furtherance of its offensive to root out remnants of Boko Haram…
LASUTH, Apollo Hospital inaugurate kidney centre
February 14, 2018 The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, on Wednesday, in Lagos inaugurated a Renal (Kidney) Transplantation Centre that would carry out kidney transplants for residents. The…
Over 250,000 PVCs uncollected in FCT – INEC
February 14, 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said over 250, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected by registered voters in the Federal…
Warning: Spike in pump price of fuel may push up inflation again, experts predict
Hopes for Nigeria’s first rate cut since 2015 dimmed as higher fuel costs in January countered a drop in food prices and kept inflation well outside the central bank’s target,…
President Buhari directs TETFund to offer more intervention to tertiary institutions
February 14, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to continue to offer meaningful and purposeful interventions in Nigeria’s higher education institutions to realise government’s…
CBN spends N55bn to improve local food production
February 14, 2018 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has disbursed N55 billion to more than 250,000 farmers within two years of implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme…
China has no job for you if you have no skill, Envoy warns Nigerians
Mr Wale Oloko, the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday admonished young Nigerians aspiring to travel to China for employment purposes to look elsewhere….
Abuja Chamber rolls out courses for SMEs development in Nigeria
February 14, 2018 The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, through its Business Entrepreneurship, Skills and Technology (BEST), has rolled out programmes for capacity building for Small and Medium Enterprises…
Two Niger Delta Communities Lose Case Against Shell in London
The Court of Appeal in London ruled on Wednesday that two Nigerian communities cannot pursue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts over oil spills in Nigeria’s Delta region, reports Reuters….
Governor Ambode donates N365m mobile cancer centre
February 14, 2018 Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday donated a mobile cancer centre worth N365million for the diagnosis and treatment of residents afflicted with cancer-related diseases. Ambode…