Putin’s planned expulsion of 35 US diplomats was in response to Thursday’s expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from US among other sanctions over Russia’s interference in the US presidential election
Author: NAN
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that market capitalisation for the third consecutive day maintained an upward trend, growing by N31 billion or 0.34 per cent to close at N9.246 trillion against N9.215 trillion achieved on Thursday
The Chief Fire Officer, James Owoh, also told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that properties estimated at N683 million were lost to the disasters
NAN learnt that the Local Government Education Authorities began to issue salary cheques to the teachers on December 28
The Ministry of Local Government in the state had embarked on the screening of personnel to identify the genuine workers and make out the ghost workers
The police spokesman in the state, David Misal, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo that the story of a purported killing of an APC chieftain in the state was false
The South-West Chairman of NUPENG, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the clampdown was as a result of a threat by the management of Total to sack 70 workers for belonging to the union
Murray, who had not conceded a set in his previous five encounters against the Belgian, was beaten 6-7 (4-7) 4-6
NiMet made the prediction in the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday
Amid one of the US’ sharpest confrontations with Israel since the 1956 Suez crisis, Kerry said in a speech that Israel jeopardised hopes of peace in the Middle East by building settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by the agencies as saying he had proposed the measures to President Vladimir Putin
Obama announced on Thursday that he had passed executive actions to impose sanctions on Russia’s cyber intelligence community, including several companies, and expel 35 Russian diplomats
Chime, the Media Officer of the club, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu that it would kick-start the tour from Benin Republic
Dr. Kehinde Akingbehin, the Medical Director of the Do-alars Maternity Hospital in Ikotun, Lagos State, where they were rushed to for treatment, disclosed this on Friday
The residents said that since the dredging, the river had overflowed its banks and took over farmlands and access roads in the area
With free-flow of traffic on the newly rehabilitated portions of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Godwin Eke, on Friday appealed to motorists to avoid excessive speed on the road to avert accidents. Eke made the appeal during an inspection to monitor traffic flow on the highway by engineers supervising sections one and two of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Reconstruction/Rehabilitation project. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that section one of the project spans from Lagos to Sagamu Interchange and is being handled by Julius Berger, while section two spans from Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan, and is…
The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Bisiriyu Danu, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State
The Director-General of the State Fire Service Department, Alhaji Ibrahim Dingyadi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Friday
The National Publicity Secretary of the association, Stanley Ezenga, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, made the rebuttal in his Facebook page on Thursday