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 sitesCategory: Society
FG 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,…
View More INEC creates new 370 CVR centresNo traffic management agencies in 18 states— FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged state governments that have yet to establish their traffic management agencies to do so in line with…
View More No traffic management agencies in 18 states— FRSCNorth Korea says new missile puts all of US in striking range
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of continental United States. State television…
View More North Korea says new missile puts all of US in striking rangeEzekwesili, Ibru others canvass better role for women in governance
Prominent Nigerian women, who include former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Nigerian envoy to The Netherlands, Dr. Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu and Publisher, The Guardian,…
View More Ezekwesili, Ibru others canvass better role for women in governanceKaduna sacks 4,042 workers
The Kaduna state government has sacked over 4,000 workers. Commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Jafaru Sani, said the affected workers were from the…
View More Kaduna sacks 4,042 workersUgwuanyi has remembered the most neglected community in Enugu, says Monarch
The traditional ruler of Umuigbo Amurri in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Fidelis Nsiegbu has applauded Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for entrenching…
View More Ugwuanyi has remembered the most neglected community in Enugu, says MonarchImported banana floods Abuja markets
Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well…
View More Imported banana floods Abuja marketsWhy angry people die sooner
*Just one of ten reasons why you should try to keep your cool Researchers from Iowa State University, United States (U.S.), found that angry men…
View More Why angry people die sooner