A bus in the fleet of the Bus Rapid Transport of the Lagos State Government in the early hours of Wednesday caught fire on the Third Mainland Bridge.
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Wife of the Edo State Governor, Betsy Obaseki, has identified man-made poverty, greed and bad governance by past administrations in Nigeria as the root causes of irregular migration.
The Centre for Peace, Transparency and Accountability has commended the Federal Government for regularising payments of pensions and gratuity of retired military officers.
Senator Kabir Marafa, on Tuesday accused former Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu of diverting his N300 million constituency allowance meant for Gusau Federal Medical Centre.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says conscious efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to reach out to neighbouring countries have helped in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government has closed three of the nation’s foreign missions and downsized another due to insufficient funds.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government has engaged the US Government to make the issue of visa issuance less difficult for genuine Nigerian visitors to America.
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says he is unaware of alleged new guidelines by National Assembly’s Director of Information, Emmanuel Agada, for accreditation of journalists covering the activities of the legislative arm.
A London based organisation, Brooke Action for Working Houses and Donkeys, has commended the House of Representatives for initiating a bill to criminalise indiscriminate killing of donkeys in the country.
Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, on Tuesday in Ibadan, said the ongoing Standard Gauge Railway from Abeokuta to Ibadan was 70 to 80 per cent completed.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says it did not exclude people living with disability in its ongoing recruitment process.
A French woman whose husband died in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a US lawsuit against the planemaker, seeking no less than 276 million dollars in damages.
The Federal Government said it would provide over N10million grant and mentorship programmes to some young Nigerian entrepreneurs to help kick start their businesses.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has filed processes in opposition to a suit, instituted against it at the Federal High Court Abuja, by Pinnacle Communications Ltd.
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory says there will be diversion of traffic at the Goodluck Ebele way and Shehu Shagari Way leading to Court of Appeal, venue of the Presidential Election Tribunal on Wednesday.
Labour unions in the nation’s aviation sector say they will from May 22 begin an indefinite industrial action over the new organogram approved by the Federal Government.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government has engaged the US government to make the issue of visa issuance less difficult for genuine Nigerian visitors to America.
Premium Times Centre For Investigative Journalism has urged Nigerian media practitioners to engage in fact checks before publishing to curb high level of fake news trending across the globe.
Delta Government on Tuesday approved the payment of salary arrears to local government workers and primary school teachers in the state.
A book of essays in honour of frontline journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, will be unveiled on May 27 at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.