Efforts are being intensified to give Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) a degree-awarding status, the Rector, Mr Olayinka Sogunro, said on Saturday. The rector gave the…
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Obasanjo solicits Thailand’s support for Agric sector
Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has solicited the support of the Thailand government in the country’s quest to boost its agricultural sector. Obasanjo hinted that…
View More Obasanjo solicits Thailand’s support for Agric sectorNigeria takes steps to curb tuberculosis
The federal government has deployed health officers, resources and strategies to all the states to investigate, test and treat tuberculosis patients for free. The National…
View More Nigeria takes steps to curb tuberculosisMyanmar: 586,000 kids vaccinated to shield their brains
About 586,744 children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are to be vaccinated against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) from Dec. 11 to Dec. 21, the official Global New…
View More Myanmar: 586,000 kids vaccinated to shield their brainsPolice promotes 250 senior officers
Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday said it has approved the promotion of 250 senior police officers. A statement signed by the spokesman of the commission,…
View More Police promotes 250 senior officersYahaya Bello opens his new mansion
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, has completed his state-of-the-art country home on Mahmoud Atta street, GRA Okene. Dignitaries including Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim, Ohinoyi of…
View More Yahaya Bello opens his new mansionRecipe: Stuffed Plantains
Today’s recipe, colourful stuffed plantains, is a healthier break away from the usual fried plantain. The plantains in this recipe are baked first and then…
View More Recipe: Stuffed PlantainsFG, World Bank, others verify gas flare sites
The Programme Coordinator of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Justice Derefaka, says the federal government has commenced the verification…
View More FG, World Bank, others verify gas flare sitesFG approves six private universities
The federal government has approved the establishment of six new private universities. The approval was given Wednesday at the federal executive council meeting chaired by…
View More FG approves six private universitiesFayose has right to probe Fayemi – Court
An Ekiti High Court on Wednesday affirmed the legality of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the state government to look into financial…
View More Fayose has right to probe Fayemi – CourtChristmas Bonus: Ugwuanyi approves 13th month salary for workers
In keeping with the commitment of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration to the welfare of the workers, the Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO), today approved a…
View More Christmas Bonus: Ugwuanyi approves 13th month salary for workersFG sets 10-member c’ttee for Ekwueme’s burial
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10-member committee to plan a befitting state burial for former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme who recently died in…
View More FG sets 10-member c’ttee for Ekwueme’s burialUNICEF: Pollution damages babies’ brains
UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency has sounded the alarm over the damage that pollution is doing to babies’ developing brains in Asia and Africa…
View More UNICEF: Pollution damages babies’ brainsBloomberg: Dangote is only African among 50 most influential people
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, has been honored for his contribution to increasing local food production and lessen food imports in Nigeria. Dangote was among…
View More Bloomberg: Dangote is only African among 50 most influential peopleBacteria outbreak kills 36 in South Africa
An outbreak of food-borne listeria bacteria has claimed 36 lives and infected almost 600 people in South Africa, the health minister said Tuesday, warning that…
View More Bacteria outbreak kills 36 in South AfricaScientists record major HIV breakthroughs
11% sufferers in poor countries risk becoming resistant to AIDS-prevention drugs, dying from condition Hope for vaccine as two American-funded clinical trials launch in Africa,…
View More Scientists record major HIV breakthroughsWomen education key to development – Banigo
By Bestman Orji PH Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has described Education as the key to the total emancipation…
View More Women education key to development – BanigoUS Survey links untreatable cancer to unforgiveness
A recent survey in the U.S. has it that 61 per cent of men and 59 per cent of women of difficult to treat cancer…
View More US Survey links untreatable cancer to unforgivenessUgwuanyi flags off construction of additional rural roads
IN keeping with his administration’s drive to open up more rural areas, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has flagged-off construction of four additional rural…
View More Ugwuanyi flags off construction of additional rural roadsNewborn baby rises from death in India
A miracle has occurred in India after a newborn declared dead by a doctor was seen breathing again some hours later while the parents and…
View More Newborn baby rises from death in IndiaI will pay workers’ salaries, pension arrears before 2018 – Gov Bello
Kogi State Gov. Yahaya Bello, has said he will pay all salary arrears of civil servants cleared and the pension arrears of retirees before the…
View More I will pay workers’ salaries, pension arrears before 2018 – Gov BelloGov. Bello inaugurates FADAMA facilities worth $323m
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Friday inaugurated FADAMA III-Additional Financing (AF) facilities worth 323.1 million dollars in the state. Bello was represented by his…
View More Gov. Bello inaugurates FADAMA facilities worth $323m25 Nigerians die in the Sahara Desert: Libyan returnee
A Nigerian returnee from Libya has revealed that 25 compatriots, ferried from Nigeria to Libya by a trafficker identified as Charles, perished in the Sahara…
View More 25 Nigerians die in the Sahara Desert: Libyan returneeINEC creates new 370 CVR centres
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has approved the creation of additional 370 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres across the country. The commission,…
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