Barcelona Football Club has said Argentina forward; Lionel Messi will leave the club this summer. The decision was reached after the La Liga club was unable to fulfil a new contract that had been agreed with the player due to…
The 2019 candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the House of Representatives election in Akoko Northeast/Northwest federal constituency of Ondo State, Olawale Ogunleye is dead. He reportedly attended a social event in Ikare Akoko area of the state…
By Moses Adeniyi The Lagos State Government (LASG) has reiterated that intending Developers in the State have the advantage of obtaining planning information without charges through the Physical Planning Department of its Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The…
The Nigerian Navy has just taken inventory of an assortment of 50 assault gunboats, high-speed interceptor boats, patrol boats, houseboats, HD cameras and surveillance drones to tackle economic crimes and sabotage in the nation’s marine territory. The assets, which were…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has suspended the evacuation of electricity to eligible customers, it was learnt on Thursday. In July 2018, the immediate past Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, announced the introduction of the Eligible Customer policy, explaining that…
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, has said that it’s a sin for nursing mothers to deprive their children of exclusive breastfeeding which is the child’s first food as an infant. The organisation lamented the low rate of exclusive…
By Seun Ibiyemi Barely a year after the Federal Executive Council (FEC), approved the purchase of $18.12million scanners for Port Harcourt and Tin Can Island ports to fast track port operations, Nigerian NewsDirect learnt that scanners are yet to be…
Some economists and oil and gas expert have backed the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval of the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stakes by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemical Refinery. They made…
By Tina Omoregie The Nigerian government has given assurance that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure security of schools at all levels across the country. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arch Sonny Echono said…
By SAKA Laaro, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday said the administration has achieved a lot in the area of fixing basic infrastructure and bringing governance closer to the people, adding that the government still has a lot…
