Buhari To Commission 650,000 Dangote Refinery On May 22
President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the multi-billion naira Dangote Refinery in Lagos on May 22. RipplesNigeria reports.Information Guide Nigeria The Special Assistant on Digital Communications to the President,…
Ibadan-based Socialist Sanda is dead
An Ibadan-based human rights activist, Comrade Laoye Sanda is dead. DAILY POST reports. Sanda was among the academics sacked by the then Olusegun Obasanjo military government. They were…
NAFDAC: All bad pesticides stopped in Europe but used in Nigeria will be reviewed
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says toxic pesticides reportedly imported and sold in Nigeria will be reviewed and banned. THE CABLE reports.Information…
UN warns govt against returning fleeing citizens to Sudan
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has advised governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them back. DAILY POST reports. Elizabeth Tan,…
UK court sentences Ekweremadu, wife, doctor today
A UK court will today, Friday, hand sentence to a former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta,…
Newly Founded Rano Air Commences Operations Sunday
The Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will flag – off the inaugural flight of Rano Airline from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday, May…
Imo govt paying corps members N10,000 ‘allowee’: Official
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says the Imo government has begun paying an N10,000 monthly stipend, otherwise called ‘allowee’. PeoplesGazette reports.Information Guide Nigeria This is contained in…
‘70% of teachers in Southwest private schools unqualified’
The Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, has said unqualified persons in the teaching profession are not teachers, but cheaters. THE NATION…
376 Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrive Abuja
The first batch of Nigerians fleeing war-prone Sudan has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. NIGERIAN TRIBUNE reports.Information Guide Nigeria The 376 returnees, who took off from…
We’ll continue to keep relationships with civilians: Nigerian Army
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya said the Nigerian Army would continue to strengthen and sustain mutual relationships with the civil populace across the…