LASG disburses over N500m to 181 retirees
Gov. Ambode The Lagos State Government has presented Retirement Benefit Bond Certificates worth N524.46m to another batch of 181 Public Service retirees, many of whom were from the mainstream of…
Lagos to begin compulsory occupational interest test screening exercise for JSS 3 students May 1
The Lagos State government has announced that an aptitude test and screening exercise in Occupational Interest Inventory will be conducted for 110,000 JSS3 students in public schools across the State…
IPOB Declares May 30 as sit-at-home day to honour fallen heroes
Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared May 30 as sit-at-home day throughout Biafra land and Nigeria in remembrance of its fallen heroes and heroines….
Over 60,000 Congolese refugees cross illegally into Uganda, raising risk of Ebola- aid groups
People fleeing violence in an Ebola-hit region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being forced to cross the border illegally into Uganda, risking the virus spreading into the neighboring…
Reps consider report on Bill for sports administration, management in Nigeria
The House of Representatives on Thursday, considered the report of its Committee on Sports on a bill for an act to Provide for Administration and Management of Sports in Nigeria….
FEC approves N1.6bn for the procurement of first‐line, second-line regimen of antiretroviral treatment drugs
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohmmed The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Thursday approved N1.6billion for the procurement of first‐line and second-line regimen of HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment drugs….
DSDP: NNPC reveals 132 firms, companies bid for oil swaps, saves $2.2bn from scheme
Maikanti Baru, GMD, NNPC The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said that 132 (local and international business partners, and potential off-takers and suppliers) companies had bid for the right to…
Alleged drug offence: Silent diplomatic efforts aided the release of two Nigerians by Saudi – Ministry
Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama Foreign Affairs Ministry says its silent diplomatic efforts in the past few weeks culminated in the release of Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar arrested…
Sudanese Professionals Association, allies to protest military clinging to power
ousted Omar al-Bashir The organisers of Sudan’s protests have threatened a general strike and civil disobedience as tensions escalate with the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of…
Libya coast guard stops over 100 migrants from reaching Italy
Seized migrants ship The Libyan coast guard has stopped 113 migrants trying to reach Italy over the past two days, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as boat departures resume…