FG secures $3bn World Bank loan for power sector
Orders MTN to suspend planned charges on bank services By Etuka Sunday Despite spending N1.5trillion on the nation’s power sector, the Federal Government has secured a fresh $3billion (N915billion) World Bank More...
Again, 147 inmates rescued from illegal rehabilitation center in Kaduna
From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has led a raid on another illegal rehabilitation centre in Rigasa community, Igabi local government area of Kaduna State. During the raid More...
174 LG retirees get N251.6m arrears in Yobe
From Uche Uche Damaturu Yobe state governor, Hon. Mai Mama Buni has approved the payment of the benefits of 174 retired local government staff to the sum of N251.6 million. Out of this amount, the sum of N195.86 More...
Assistant Commissioner of Police kidnapped in Kaduna
From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna The incumbent Area Commander of Suleja,Niger State Police Command ACP Musa Rambo, has been kidnapped along Barde to Jos Road by Kanock Forest, a boarder area between Kaduna and Nasarawa More...
Fire razes 300 shops in Santana market in Benin
No fewer than 300 shops and goods worth millions of Naira were, on Saturday night, destroyed by fire that engulfed Santana market on Sapele road in Benin, Edo. News Agency of Nigeria reports that residents and owners More...
Auto crashes kill 275 in Borno, Yobe, Bauchi in 5 months-FRSC
From Ahmad Mohammed, Bauchi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that not less than 275 people were killed in various road crashes that occurred in Borno, Yobe and Bauchi states from April to September, More...
527,815 spaces in 2018 admissions not utilised —JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said over 500,000 spaces were not utilised in the 2018 admissions processes to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin which More...
Steer clear of Kogi guber, PDP warns el-Rufai
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who is the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kogi State National Campaign Council, More...
Masari wants military to be ruthless with unrepentant bandits
By Ese Awhotu Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has charged the military to show no mercy to unrepentant bandits who shun the window of peace opened by the state government in order to restore and sustain More...
Guild of Medical Directors host 25th annual conference Friday
By Tobias Lengnan Dapam The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD), said it has concluded plans for its 25th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Abuja. The GMD in a statement issued yesterday by its Public More...