The federal government says it has concluded plans to give interest-free loans to 98,000 beneficiaries of its restructured Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), known as GEEP 2.0. According to NAN, Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed Willie Obiano, governor of Anambra, on its watchlist. The development comes months before Obiano is expected to leave office as governor — he is expected to hand...
The International Passport Office in Ikeja, Lagos, has begun operations on Saturdays and Sundays to meet rising demand by applicants. Mrs Rose Bukar, its new Passport Control Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Governor Douye Diri has presented a N310.7 billion budget estimate for 2022 to Bayelsa House of Assembly in Yenagoa. The 2022 appropriation bill christened “Budget of Sustainable Growth’’ is to be funded partly from borrowing and...
A fire outbreak was reported at the federal secretariat at the three arms zone in Abuja yesterday. Ibrahim Muhammad, spokesperson, FCT fire service, said an 18-seater bus was gutted by fire and was the only affected...
The Senate of the University of Benin has approved the removal of N20,000 late registration fee that led to a two-day mass protest by students of the institution. The Registrar of the university, Ademola Bobola, announced...
The Lagos State Government has announced that it would bar the outbound lane of Oba Akran inbound Simbiat Abiola Way from vehicular movement by 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, 18 September, till 6:00 a.m. September 19,...
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said it has identified 1.7 million out of 1.9 million Nigerians living with HIV. NACA’s Director of Community Prevention, Care and Support Services, Alex Ogundipe told...
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed Friday for further hearing in a suit between the federal government and the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The judge, Bashar Alkali, directed both...
A 23-year-old student of Auchi Polytechnic has committed suicide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Diploma (ND) 1 student of Public Administration was found dangling from the ceiling of his room on...