Kaduna State Govt. imposes immediate 24-hour curfew on Kajuru LGA
Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El’ Rufai The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Kajuru Local Government Area following security breaches in the area. The curfew, which is…
NAFDAC refutes report of 70 per cent fake drugs in Nigeria
DG NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denounced a newspaper report that 70 per cent of medicines in Nigeria were fake….
Insecurity: The current security system has failed the country – Wabba
NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has decried the increased state of insecurity in the country. Wabba, who disclosed this…
World Bank’s new president skips China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Summit for Africa trip
New WB President, David Malpass Nearly 40 world leaders and scores of finance officials, including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, are gathered in Beijing for China’s second Belt…
Lagarde says China’s Belt and Road infrastructure programme should only go where debt is sustainable
IMF MD, Christine Lagarde China’s massive Belt and Road infrastructure program should only go where it is needed and where the debt it generates can be sustained, International Monetary Fund…
FG registers over 3m Nigerians in ongoing NSR for Poor, vulnerable households
The Federal Government has registered 3, 031, 065 individuals and 755, 112 households in the ongoing National Social Register (NSR) being handled by the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)….
Osinbajo, Ambode, others for Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Convention
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has concluded plans to hold its Biennial Convention in Ikeja, the Lagos State Capital. The convention, scheduled to hold from May 3-5, 2019, will…
Lawyer lands in EFCC net over N7m land scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a legal practitioner, Akeem Jimoh over an alleged scam over plots of land that belong to his client,…
EFCC nabs 14 undergrads, 18 others for Internet fraud in sting operation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Thursday arrested 32 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.” The suspects were arrested at Liberty Estate, Laderin…
PTDF receives over 19,000 applications for 2019/2020 MSc, PhD overseas scholarship programme
No fewer than 19,323 candidates have applied for the 2019/2020 overseas MSC and PhD programmes of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the agency has said. In a statement in Abuja…