Nigeria’s Capt. Kunle Olayiwola has been decorated as a Chartered Master Mariner, making him the first African to achieve the feat. Retired Commodore Duncan Lamb, Chairman of the Registration Authority, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The […]

The Kogi chapter of the Social Democratic Party, PDP has appealed to the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to provide maximum security for members of the All Progressives Congress, APC who will be in Ajaka town as […]

The Anambra State Government has invited the leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) for a meeting over the claim of over N900 million in debt to contractors who supplied diesel. Mr Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, Commissioner for […]

Nigeria’s electricity grid has collapsed again, with all the distribution companies reporting power outage. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC) told customers on X that the power outage being experienced “is a result of system failure from the national grid in […]

China has taken to its Space Station the artwork of a young Nigerian, Prosper Peter Dania, partially helping him to fulfil his childhood dream of going to Space. Dania’s artwork, titled “Shared Aspiration” is among 10 African youth paintings to […]

Nigeria will host the 12th General Assembly of All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in November, the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Dr Israel Akanji, has said. Akanji told journalists on Wednesday in Abuja that the event would be used […]

At a news conference shortly after he was sworn in, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, promised to restore the Abuja Master Plan even if it meant demolishing all illegal buildings and structures. “It is not […]

The National Chairman of South West Agenda for Bola Tinubu (SWAGA), Sen. Adedayo Adeyeye, says Nigeria is on the right track of economic growth and development under President Bola Tinubu. Adeyeye said this on Wednesday in Oyo, during the distribution […]

The government in Ogun state said it remains illegal for school heads in both public primary and secondary schools across the state to collect any form of fee or levy. The Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Education, Science […]

Private employers of labour have warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against going ahead with its plans for a nationwide strike next week. The Director-General of the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale-Smart Oyerinde, who featured on a Television programme […]