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Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also…

The Federal Government has condemned the breach of regulations by a foreign airline carrier on the repatriation of the remains…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that Nigeria generated the sum of N204.77 billion as Value Added Tax (VAT)…

The President, Well being Foundation Africa, Mrs Toyin Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to collaborate with relevant stakeholders…

A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Dino Melaye, has called for the declaration of a state-of-emergency in Kogi, saying…

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has advised Nigerians to revive reading culture amidst rapid evolution of Information Communication…

The Senate on Tuesday gave Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) seven days to recover monies collected by banks on behalf…

The University Graduates of Nursing Science Association of Nigeria (UGONSA) has commended Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State for footing…

The Federal Government on Tuesday started a move to return the country back to a predictable January to December fiscal…

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday began consultations with leaders of thought from the North. Osinbajo also warned that…

The Nigeria Youth 4 Peace Initiative (NY4PI) has vehemently berated a call demanding absolute withdrawer of Igbos from the region…

The Defence Headquarters has set up a high-powered committee to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent clash…

Men of the Lagos state Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Lucien Tosume suspected to be a ritualist, for…

The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Tuesday in Abuja began the process of preparation for the 2018…

Police in Lokoja said that no arrest has been made in connection with the Monday gun attack on Sen. Dino…

The Speaker of the House of Rep, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said the Bill for an Act to protect Whistleblowers was…

National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday reaffirmed that the party-led Federal Government would not disappoint Nigerians.…

Some irate youths on Tuesday disrupted activities at the secretariat of Baruten Local Government Council of Kwara state over the…

House of Reps resolved that late Abiola be conferred with posthumous Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic…

Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr Rabiu Yusuf, has promised Igbo residents in the state protection against last week’s eviction threat.…