News (302093)

Elumelu urges US Congress to pass Electrify Africa Act

NLC declares war on governors over planned retrenchment

Ministries handling women-related issues to get more money: Buhari

Union issues 7-day ultimatum to NIMET

Saraki's wife seeks awareness campaign for improved maternal health, Zika Virus prevention among pregnant women

Court remands NURTW boss for murder

Iran, Amnesty Int’l under fire for alleged interference in the probe of Army/Shiites clash

Lufthansa Aerial Services and DJI join forces to develop commercial applications for drone technology

Food taboos among pregnant women

Electricity: Kuje (Abuja) monarch warns against vandalism, says culprits to be handed over for prosecution

Security operatives storm deadly forest, recover 30,000 stolen cattle

Invest in your business, NBA President urges Nigerian lawyers

Sokoto earmarks N500m for purchase, repairs of fire fighting vehicles

Aggrieved Ekiti PDP member goes public with evidence of how Gov. Fayose was allegedly rigged into office

Today’s Weather: Suspended dust in the atmosphere may reduce visibility in parts of Nigeria, says NiMET

Okorocha’s concession policy will expose Imo people to serious danger: NLC

Why Boko Haram bombed Chibok and Gombi markets, razed Dolari —Buhari

2016 budget achievable despite falling oil price —Minister

Abia Guber: Alex Otti’s supporters fast, pray for favourable Supreme Court judgement

African leaders unite against Boko Haram and Al Shabaab

Nigerian Army reinstates General implicated in mass murder

Why we’re investing heavily in cocoa production —Aregbesola •Says state has identified 60 million active cocoa trees

El-Rufai didn’t give us $30,000 —Father of boy whose eyes were plucked by ritualists

Group urges EFCC to investigate CBN’s $7 billion loan to consortium of banks

Amaechi emerges 2015 Igbo Man of the Year •Selection well deserved —Rivers APC; also applauds appointment as UNITAR BoT Member

9 Americans named among 33 nabbed in Saudi terror crackdown

Catholic Church uproots Father Mbaka from Enugu •This is mega suffering, says controversial priest

Ex-Chief Justice heads committee to assess performance of State Governors

How Boko Haram over-ran Borno village, refugee camps: Eyewitness account •Officials put death toll at 86

Nigerians abroad to develop software to boost war against Boko Haram

Presidency influenced court verdict on Nnamdi Kanu —Southeast rights activists

Suspected militants blow up oil pipelines in Bayelsa

Consumers protest impending hike in electricity tariff

Nnamdi Kanu: Ex-militants hijack ship, threaten to blow it up, kill crew

Soldiers, Boko Haram fighters battle near Maiduguri