The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) carried out the first in a series of airdrops to replenish rapidly diminishing food stocks for more than 100,000 people in South Sudan who have fled fighting in Sudan. On Wednesday afternoon, 32 metric tons...
Disaster risk management must become a central feature of development planning, the United Nations development agency chief declared today as she highlighted her agency’s intent to boost overall support for global disaster reduction. In a s...
The members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the attack that killed a United Nations peacekeeper and injured another while they were protecting civilians in Nyala, South Darfur. According to a news release issued by the U...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has introduced the Lady Chauffeur Training Scheme (LCTS) in Imo, aimed at training female drivers to meet the demands of the labour market. The State Coordinator of the Directorate, Mr Roy Isaac, disclosed t...
South African Development Commission-appointed facilitator to the Global Political Agreement, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, has acknowledged progress achieved by parties in the inclusive Government. He, however, said there were still &qu...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will soon commence the removal of abandoned aircraft from about eight airports, its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Akin Olukunle, has said. Olukunle told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
A businessman, Mr Okon Iyanam, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged unlawful arrest and threat to life. In the petition, Iyanam accused the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NP...
An Ojokoro Senior Magistrates' court on Thursday in Lagos, sentenced a 23-year-old man, Ojo Agbaje, to 11 years’ imprisonment for rape. The convict was sentenced on a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence and having unlawfu...
The Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau said weapons and ammunition were recovered in the villages of Riyom and Barkin local governments of the state, where villagers were asked to vacate for military operations. The operations took place place la...
As part of security measures ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr festivity, the Plateau police command has closed the Rukuba and Polo grounds usually used as Muslim praying ground during the festivity. Police Commissioner Emmanuel Ayeni said in a statement in Jos...
The Gombe State Government has released N120 million for the payment of scholarship to students who are studying in various tertiary institutions across the country. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Isa Wade, made this known in Gombe on Thursd...
The PDP in Nasarawa on Thursday called on Muslims to use the Sallah celebration for sober reflection and unity of the country. The Secretary, Adamu Onyaki, in a Sallah message to the people of the state, urged Muslims to continue to pray fo...
The Jigawa Government has warned land developers against erecting illegal structures capable of distorting the Dutse master plan. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Lawan Audu, gave the warning while inaugurating an 11-member reconstituted b...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has approved the posting of the newly decorated Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Philemon Leha, to the ``B’’ Department (Operations) at the force headquarters. This is contained...
Some state government have taken preemptive measures against looming flooding as predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. During the presentation of the agency’s 2012 Seasonal Rainfall Pre...