A 75-year-old grand mother, identified as Iforiti Oloro, has allegedly set her son, daughter-inlaw and two grandchildren ablaze in the Aponmu area of Ondo State capital Akure. The grandmother who lives in the same compound as her son reportedly woke…
The Niger Delta Develo pment Commission, NDDC has reaffirmed its commitment to pursuing Public Private Partnerships, PPP, arrangements to drive development in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during an Executive Management and staff meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Port…
From Emeka Chiaghanam, Awka A devastating fire on Tuesday morning, razed a two-story building that housed the Onitsha Main Market Police Station and shops selling lace fabrics. The inferno destroyed goods worth millions of naira. Onitsha Main Market, famed to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the new Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC). The two state-of-the-art facilities are meant to optimise efforts at addressing evolving security challenges in the country, especially terrorism and violent…
The Federal Government, in partnership with the Atmosfair, a German company on Tuesday revealed plans to distribute one million ‘Save80 Clean Cookstoves’ annually to curtail the use of firewoods by 80 per cent. The Director-General of National Council on Climate…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has officially presented a Certificate of Yoruba Territory to Quilombola territory in Brazil, making the city the first outside Africa to receive the title. The highly revered Yoruba king also on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has described the Governorship and House of Assembly elections held on Saturday as peaceful and true reflection of people’s expectations. The APC spokesperson in the state, Mr Tunde Oladunjoye said this in a…
The trial of former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, for money laundering continued on Tuesday in Lagos, with defence cross-examining the12th prosecution witness, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Ccommission (EFCC) before a…
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEF) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have called for the review of forests law in Nigeria to protect our environment. They made the call on Tuesday during tree…
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says Nigeria will begin exporting skilled labour to Europe and other parts of the world under the Nigerian Youths Skills Empowerment (NYSE) Programme. A statement by the NBTE Head of Media, Hajiya Fatima…
