Managers of Orphanages in FCT Beg Govt. For Assistance
Managers of orphanages in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have pleaded with government to come to their aid to enable them effectively carter for the children in their facilities. Ark of Refuge......
View ArticleG20 Leaders’ Summit Begins in Japan
The two-day G20 summit of the leaders of powerful nations kicked off in the Japanese port city of Osaka on Friday. G20 Leaders’ summit begins in JapanJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, also the...
View ArticleBuhari Suspends `Ruga’ Programme, Backs NEC’s Livestock Plan
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the `Ruga Settlement’ Programme initiated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in preference for the National Economic Council (NEC)’s National Livestock......
View ArticlePresident Buhari Set to Sign Africa Free Trade Agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. Buhari......
View ArticleTrump Announces Presidential Delegation For Women’s World Cup Final
The White House on Wednesday announced it is sending a presidential delegation to the Women’s World Cup final where the U.S. will take on the Netherlands. U.S. President Donald TrumpJackie Groenen......
View ArticleReps Reintroduce Nigerian Peace Corps Bill
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, reintroduced a Bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps. Members of the Nigeria Peace Corps as House of Reps reintroduces BillThe Bill titled... [[...
View ArticleFacebook Services Back Online After Worldwide Outage
Facebook said it was “back at 100 percent” after an outage on all of its services affected users in various parts of the world. FacebookOnline monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the... [[...
View ArticleNigerian, French Producers to Work on 12 Nollywood Projects
Twelve Nigerian film projects have been presented to French filmmakers at the maiden edition of the French- Nigeria Cinema Days for co-production deals. Some notable Nollywood filmmakers as... [[ This...
View ArticleSPARK Initiative: FirstBank to Empower 500 Widows
First Bank of Nigeria Limited says it will scale up its empowerment of widows to 500 before the end of the year. The bank, which provided funding to the widows to grow their micro-medium scale... [[...
View ArticleTribunal: INEC ad-hoc Staff Admits Alteration on Election Documents
Dr Adamu Abubakar, the Returning Officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Yobe South Senatorial election held on February 23, said that there were alterations carried......
View ArticleNAPTIP, NACTAL Partner to Fight Trafficking, Abuse
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for...
View ArticleWhy Infants’ Brains Must be Protected — Paediatrician
A professor of paediatrics at the University of Ibadan, Ikeoluwa Lagunju, has stressed the need to protect the brains of infants in order to reduce child disability in Nigeria. Why infants’ brains......
View ArticleFacebook Faces Financial Crisis as U.S. Govt. Imposes $5bn Fine
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg might be in serious financial difficulty if the U.S. government make good its threat to impose a fine of about five billion dollars against Facebook over privacy... [[...
View ArticleHalep Shatters Serena Williams Bid For 24th Grand Slam Title
Simona Halep on Saturday shattered Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a devastating Wimbledon win. Simona HalepThe Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in front of an... [[...
View ArticleOnitsha City Marathon Gets IAAF, AIMS Approval
The promoters of the first ever Onitsha City Marathon, known as the Onitsha Business School, says it has secured authorisation to organise the tournament in the commercial city of... [[ This is a...
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