The Federal Road Safety Corps said on Friday that no fewer than 393 children were involved in crashes towards the end of the year out of which 29 lost their lives. The corps noted that the fatality figure represented 21 per cent increase in the casualties recorded during the same period in 2017. In total, […]
The Czech Republic has promised to pay immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries to leave the country and never return. According to Remix, a newspaper based in Czech Republic, the gesture is being run by the country’s interior ministry under a programme tagged ‘Returns’. The report said the country has promised to pay Nigerian […]
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) says Nigeria will join other countries of the world to experience a total lunar eclipse on Monday. Felix Alle, head, media and public communications of the agency, said this in a statement on Friday. A lunar eclipse is a celestial incident where the moon appears darkened as […]
The Kano State Government has revoked three contracts awarded to Tiamin Multi Services Ltd, a company belonging to Aminu Mohammed. Mr Mohammed is believed to be the contractor behind the videos showing the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, receiving money from contractors. The three projects were worth N1.6 billion. The state commissioner of information, Mohammed Garba, […]
The Nigerian government, through the National Council of State, will announce its final stance on the N30, 000 minimum wage on January 22, 2019. This was disclosed by Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment while speaking with State House correspondents after the National Economic Council meeting on Thursday. Ngige maintained that the government […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered over 300,000 candidates for its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in one week. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Benjamin said that this was coming a week […]
The Federal Government has said it is working with the Indian Government to access $100 million concessional loan to develop Nigeria’s rural broadband connectivity. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said unveiled at the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day held in Abuja on Thursday night. Shittu said that the loan to be […]
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is confirmed to have arrived in the U.S after 13 years of abstaining from the country. His Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibeh, who had earlier doubted the journey, on Thursday, said in a statement that Abubakar arrived at 8:20 p.m. Nigerian time and 4:20 p.m. […]
The adoption of a new minimum wage of N30, 000 has necessitated the review of the national revenue sharing formula as demanded by state governments. Reports say that the federal government has therefore resolved to engage the 36 state governors and the Council of State in a review of the nation’s federal allocation sharing formula. […]