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  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 720 road traffic accidents were recorded across the country in July. The Federal Road Safety CRSC said in a report signed by the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. The report...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday ordered the redeployment of 159 top government officials across different ministries. The circular containing the redeployment was approved by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Mrs. Winnifred Oyo-Ita. Those affected in the exercise are those in the directorate...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Thursday declared that gang up against President Muhammadu Buhari towards the 2019 presidential election will not stand. According to him, Buhari will win the 2019 presidential election as all gang ups against him will fall. Adesina...

  It was a thrilling contest last weekend as representatives of the South-South states of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa grabbed the last four slots in the on-going 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show, being sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the leading brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. In the preliminary Group...

  I am happy to welcome the distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential Candidate and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome the Presidential Candidate himself. Let me start by congratulating President-to-be, Atiku Abubakar, for his success at the recent PDP...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on the invitation of Oxford University, United Kingdom, would be delivering a special lecture highlighting ongoing investments, efforts and plans of the Nigerian government on human development on Friday, 12th October 2018 at the globally recognized institution. At the event, Prof. Osinbajo will also be...

  … Beneficiaries to receive training on cloud development, artificial intelligence and data analytics In line with its commitment to help build a stronger, viable and sustainable technology ecosystem in the state, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) through its technology driven initiative, ‘Lagos Innovates’, has collaborated with IBM...

  The Senate has confirmed the appointment of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Muiz Banire as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria. The appointment was confirmed at the chamber on Wednesday. Banire was the National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress...

The Federal Government has filed two charges against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Senator Albert Bassey Akpan (Akwa Ibom North-East) for allegedly failing to declare some of their assets. The charges marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/62/2018 (for Ekweremadu) and FHC/ABJ/CR/88/2018 (for Akpan) were filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja on...

A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday said Nigeria needs a president with a sound knowledge of the economy to make progress and develop the country. Obasanjo reiterated what a former German Chancellor, the late Helmut Schmidt, who was one of his friends, told him during a discussion about...