The naira fell for a third day against the dollar on the Nigerian interbank market as import demand increased. The currency fell 0.2 per cent to N158.5 a dollar in Lagos. The naira has advanced 2.4 per cent this year, the best performer in Africa accor...
Loveline Obiji became the fourth Nigerian woman to claim gold at the Paralympic Games in Powerlifting after claiming victory in the -82.50kg competition.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday in Abidjan said rapid growth in West Africa could be achieved with less conflict and more focus on education and skills development. Speaking to newsmen after the inspection of training facilities for ex-com...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd), has urged Nigerians to support the police in the fight against crime. Olubolade made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop organised by the Community Policing Campaign of Nigeria (C...
National Planning Minister Shamsudeen Usman said on Tuesday that the proposed N5,000 note would not be for normal circulation but would be reserved for banks and heavy cash users. The minister said this in an interview with the State House Corres...
The Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday wore a mournful look following the murder of Mohammed Sani, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law. Sani, who holds the Otunba chieftaincy title of Isinbode, a community in the ...
Vehicular queues for petrol in many states across in the country continue to lengthen in most filling stations amidst reported scarcity of the commodity. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) across the states shows that the scarcity has caused ...
Mr Labaran Maku, the Minister of Information, on Monday in Abuja appealed to university administrators to do more to checkmate the declining standard of university education in the country. Maku made the appeal when Prof. Shamsudeen Amali, the Vice Cha...
Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State on Tuesday warned that the state government has no room for corrupt, indolent and incompetent people. Yuguda gave the warning in Bauchi while swearing-in Sole Administrators for the 20 Local Government Councils in the st...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night shot dead Alhaji Mohammed Salisu, the secretary of Bama Local Government Council (LGC) in Borno, at his residence on Damboa Road in Maiduguri. Neighbours told newsmen in Maiduguri that the deceased was killed alongside hi...
Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday said electronic voting would be possible in 2015 if the National Assembly include it in the current constitutional amendment. Jega said this in Nsukka on Tuesday a...
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Niger has issued 7,243 international passports to Nigerians between January and September this year, the state Comptroller, Alhaji Aminu Abdulkarim, has said. ``We have issued a total of 7,243 international passports ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commended engineers in the country for their contributions to national development. He urged them to continue to play pivotal role in the development of infrastructure in the country. The president made the remark...
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) on Tuesday expressed its willingness to partner with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to boost sugar production. A statement issued by Ahmed Waziri, the Head of Public Affairs Unit of NSDC in Abuja, said...
The Taraba State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Danladi, over allegations of gross misconduct, sharp practices and abuse of office. This is contained in a statement signed by 19 out of t...