Extension of PVC registration: Ortom advises Benue people to register
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised Benue people to take advantage of the two weeks extension of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) registration by INEC by ensuring that they…
Snake rearing, most lucrative hard-currency-earning business
The officer in charge of Snakebite Treatment and Research Centre, Kaltungo in Gombe state, Dr Abubakar Ballah, has encouraged members of the public to embrace the trade of rearing snakes to…
Nigeria records 102,000 new cases of cancer annually
The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, an NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, says Nigeria records about 102,000 new cases of cancer every year and a significant low surviving rate. Chidebe made…
Resolve LAUTECH crisis, ASUU tells Ajimobi, Aregbesola
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, has called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his Osun counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, to resolve the crisis at Ladoke…
INEC promises credible governorship election in Osun
Mr Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state would be credible. Agbaje said this on Friday at a…
Court discharges 9 men accused of murdering Apapa PDP chairman
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday discharged nine men charged with the murder of the Apapa local government PDP chairman, Adeniyi Aborisade. Delivering a ruling, Chief Magistrate…
Tunisia confiscates ex-bin Laden’s bodyguard passport
Tunisia has confiscated the passport of a man suspected of being an Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard to prevent him returning to Germany, a judiciary…
NDLEA nabs 46 suspected drug barons with 230.34kg substances
National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, said it arrested 46 suspected drug barons in the last eight months. The state NDLEA’s commandant, Mr Aliyu Adole, made the…
US Honours Nigerian Business Partners, Promotes SMEs Financing in Nigeria
The Networking with the USA, NUSA, forum has honoured Nigerian business leaders who promote U.S. products and services and who have contributed significantly to the achievement of the goals and…
Nigeria’s cash economy fuels kidnapping by Boko Haram – UN; Saudi Arabia spends $100m to rebuild Syria
Aside accusing Nigerian government of paying huge sums of money to procure the release of over 100 Dapchi school girls dramatically abducted by Islamic insurgents, Boko Haram, the UN report…