The federal government is introducing a funding mechanism to carter for patients with confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country, the director-general, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said. Ihekweazu told the News Agency of ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is beginning mass metering of electricity consumers nationwide on May 1. Its General Manager, Public Affairs, Dr. Usman Arabi, in a statement, said the exercise would be executed under the Federal Government’s Meter Asset ...

The Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, yesterday insisted that power must shift to the south in 2023. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the call was ...

The actual status of air travel, its traffic and the attendant total ticket sales nationwide are yet a subject of controversy among aviation stakeholders. While the body of travel agencies, the downstream sector of the industry, has declared N525 billion ...

The Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, Dr. Bala Mohammed Liman, has warned principals and workers of the territory’s secondary against indiscipline. He stressed that they must work within the stipulated rules and regulations to avoid creating a bad ...

The Federal Government has rebuilt over 4000 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the federation in line with the 10,000 rehabilitation target of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who spoke while opening the six-day ...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to account for the N360 billion allegedly withdrawn from the account for security. In a statement, he claimed that there ...

Programme Coordinator of the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC), Tengi George-Ikoli, has expressed fears that the dip in oil prices could send the country back to recession going by the depletion of the Excess Crude Account (ECA). Recalling the calls ...

Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has described the last general elections as the worst ever in the country’s annals, following the irregularities that trailed it. The activist, who lost his return bid to the Senate, has challenged the result ...

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan, has assured businesses at Ariaria Market in Aba, Abia State of better ease in receiving their payments. Akinwuntan, who launched the Ecobankpay zone at the market, said it will facilitate easy, secure and convenient ...