The recently introduced conditional cash transfer programme of the Katsina State government, which sought to provide financial support to female children, has led to an increase in the enrolment of girls in schools across the state, the special adviser...
After seven years and six children,Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally engaged. Robert Procop, a private jeweller for the couple, today revealed he designed an engagement ring for the actress under the actor's guidance. And Brad's spokeswo...
Weekly maritime activities ended on Friday with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) pledging to develop deep seaports in Lekki in Lagos State and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom. Mr Omar Suleiman, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), made the pledg...
The FRSC has warned motorists violating traffic regulations between Mogadishu Cantonment and Karu bridge along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi highway to desist from the act or be arrested and prosecuted. Mr Narth Ugboh, the FRSC Unit Commander at Nyanya, gave ...
The Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board (PEFMB) on Friday said it had commenced monitoring distribution of petroleum products electronically across the country from April. Mr Goddy Nnadi, the General Manager (Customer Services) in ...
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have detained former prime minister and presidential election front-runner Carlos Gomes Junior in West Africa's second military power grab in a month, political and diplomatic sources said. “Carlos Gomes Junior and t...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has evolved modalities to give loans to cassava farmers in the country through various commercial banks. Mr. James Olatunji, an offi...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said North Korea's long-range rocket test on Friday was deplorable, in direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874, and threatened regional stability. ``Despite its failure, the launch of a so-called app...
Some Lagos lawyers on Friday called for enhanced security at the nation's prisons, to stem the increasing spate of jail breaks. The lawyers made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while reacting to the recent esc...
The Police in Katsina State on Friday offered to pay N250,000 reward for information on those who killed, Alhaji Kabir Yahaya, the Assistant Director, Finance of the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina. This was contained in a statement issued in Katsina b...
ECOWAS Foreign Affairs Ministers on Friday in Abidjan said the bloc would ensure the restoration of peace in Mali, declaring the "inviolability of the country’s borders." This was contained in a communiqué made available to the N...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it will prosecute table water producers that fail to meet the best standard practice in their factories. Mr Festus Anumba, the Head of Aba Special Zonal Office, gave this warn...
About 14 ships laden with petroleum products are waiting to berth at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos at the weekend. This was contained in the "Shipping Position", a document of the NPA, released in Lagos on Friday. It indicated that ...
Power generation in the country has dropped below 2,000 megawatts due to system collapse at Egbin Power Station. An official of the Ministry of Power, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent on Friday in Lagos that power supply had worsened in ma...
Mr Aloysius Okolie, the ASUU Chairman, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has expressed concern over irregular payment of salaries to the university's staff. Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Friday that the staff ...