Nigeria

JUST IN: 10 months later, Obaseki finally names cabinet 

By Salim Yunusa   The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday released a list of nominees for post of commissioners in the State Executive Council.     This...

Dutse LG loses N30m annually to ghost workers

By Salim Yunusa The Chairman house committee on education in Jigawa state house of Assembly, Honourable Suraja Kantoga said Dutse local government council alone is...

NYSC denies advising corps members to pay ransom to kidnappers

By Salim Yunusa The management of the National Youth Service Corps has denied an express advice in the handbook issued to youth corps members. The handbook,...

Free Business Registration: We have registered 245,000 companies – CAC

  By Salim Yunusa The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed that it has registered 245,000 businesses under its free business name registration scheme so far this...

Outrage as NYSC tells corp members families to prepare for ransom payment

By Salim Yunusa   There has been widespread condemnation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after its updated handbook on security asked corps members to...

Buhari, Queen of Netherlands rub minds on improving agriculture in Nigeria

*Border closure has benefited Nigeria immensely - Buhari By Ismail Auwal President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria looks forward to assistance from the Netherlands even...

Police arrest 39-year-old man for defiling five-year-old stepdaughter in Ogun

    By Salim Yunusa Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 39-year-old man, Oladapo Akinola, for allegedly defiling his five-year-old stepdaughter.   The suspect was...

Fire guts NPA headquarters in Lagos

By Salim Yunusa   A section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority was gutted by fire on Wednesday.   This is coming 11 months after property...

We’re tackling online supply of narcotics – NDLEA

By Salim Yunusa   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has called on its counterparts in Africa to consider targetting assets of drug cartels as a...

BREAKING: Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ibrahim, dies at 91

By Salim Yunusa   A first class Emir in Kano state, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ibrahim, the Emir of Gaya, is dead. His death was confirmed by Alhaji...

Kaduna’s N10bn cattle ranch will be ready in two years – El-Rufai

By Salim Yunusa Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Tuesday, said the state has embarked on a N10 billion cattle ranch project to centralise...

UK hires over 300 Nigerian Doctors in 100 days

By Salim Yunusa As a nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) enters its seventh week, data from the official register of...

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