FG declares public holiday for Eid-el-Fitri
The Federal Government has declared July 5 and 6, 2016 as public holiday to mark the Eid-el Fitri. The Minister of Interior, retired Lieutenant General...
Monthly Archive: June 2016
Ritualists kill 4 in Edo, remove vital organs
Men suspected to be ritualists have invaded the peaceful town of Ubiaja in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, killing, at least,...
Kaduna Arraigns 19 Kadnap Suspects
19 suspected kidnappers where Tuesday arrainged before various magistrate and chief magistrate courts in Kaduna on offences bordering on criminal conspiracy, theft and kidnapping. At...
APC seals hope of Imasuagbon, Ogienwonyi
There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Committee for the Edo State governorship primaries may have upheld the result of the...
UNICEF collaborates with NBS for information on nutrition
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that it would continue to collaborate with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to provide up-to-date information on...
Nigeria Ranked One of World’s Most Unstable Countries
The Fund for Peace, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit, non-governmental research and educational institution, has ranked Nigeria as one of the world’s most unstable countries. In...
Choice Of Obaseki’s Running Mate Splits Edo APC
Choice of the running mate to Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the September 10 election, is generating a fresh crisis...
Ojo Madueke is dead
former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Madueke, is dead, Vanguard newspaper is reporting. Another report has it that Madueke collapsed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
Presidency Intervenes Over Borno IDPs Malnutrition, Summons Shettima
The Presidency on Wednesday intervened in the reported cases of poor conditions of Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Borno State. The Borno State Governor, Kashim...
UNIBEN Suspends UTME
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Tuesday suspended it’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise following directives of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, instructing...