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Four staff members of Independent National Electoral Commission, an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed.

Fire has gutted about 156 shops at the timber and furniture section of Nkwo Ngwa market in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia, leaving many families in grief for their losses.

Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja that local content could be developed with direct engagement of indigenous engineers by Nigerian governments.

The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Bilkisu Oniyangi, gave the warning in Ilorin on Sunday.

As the trial of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for alleged use of N1.3 billion from the National Security Adviser’s office to fund his election in 2014 is set to begin at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, an Abuja-based…

As part of its Ember Months campaign, the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps), has embarked on road safety campaign in churches.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday said the State has over the years emerged as a viable gateway for honest and genuine businessmen and women to invest and make good return on their investments.

Social Workers across the country on Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, elected new national officers to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Dr Muktari Aminu-Kano, raised the alarm in Lagos on Sunday.

The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday that 70 of the shops were razed down completely.

Speaking during the funeral service by Jehovah’s Witness, a member of the congregation, Joseph Owolabi, extolled the virtues of the deceased, who passed on at the age of 84, saying she devoted her life to the service of God and humanity

Sadiq, who visited Maiduguri to review progress of the operation, disclosed that several Boko Haram insurgents’ hideouts were destroyed by airmen in the past three days.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday lauded the Federal Government for the commencement of the reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway, saying the project would bring permanent relief to motorists…

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Onyema made the pledge on Saturday after he was conferred with an Honourary Doctor of Business Administration by the university during its 9th convocation ceremony.

Leading Nigerian online daily newspaper, News Express (newsexpressngr.com), has announced its decision to expand into the hard copy sector with the introduction of News Express Special Print Edition, a periodic all-gloss magazine scheduled…

The Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, which began its public hearing in Lagos on Tuesday, November 13, ended its sitting on Saturday after listening to 36 cases.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation Representative in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, disclosed this while inaugurating distribution of planting materials for dry season farming at a farm centre, in Maiduguri.

Olubunmi Lawal, the National President, National Association of Paediatric Nurses on Saturday said Nigeria ranked third with about 800,000 preterm births annually.

The outgoing governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he did not earn salaries throughout the eight years of his administration.

Madami said this on Saturday in Omu-Aran, the headquarters of Irepodun Local Government area of the state while speaking with newsmen.