Nigeria’s government on Thursday stepped in to stop a long-running strike by university lecturers, ordering an immediate end to the dispute and vowing to sack teachers who refused to cooperate. Education minister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike said he was dismayed…
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Three Lebanese nationals suspected of being Hezbollah members were cleared of terrorism charges in Nigeria on Friday but one of the accused was convicted of a weapons offence and jailed for life. Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahini and Talal Ahmad Roda…
The Nigerian Government has directed the Vice Chancellors of federal universities under siege by the current strike action of the…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has called for increased synergy between the Nigerian and Brazilian business community to engender…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has ordered immediate release of Pa Nelson Tempurah, father of the State Commissioner for…
250 youths from Bayelsa State are to undergo vocational training in automobile technology, cinematography, photography, fashion designing and ICT at…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is feeling much better today after becoming ill in London on Thursday. He was in Britain for an investors conference. VOA’s Heather Murdock joins VOA’s Vincent Makori via Skype from Lagos to discuss his health and…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has inaugurated the principal officers of the 7th session of the Abia State Council of…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, was among the governors of the South-East/South-South who unanimously agreed to organise a summit…
A new and more aggressive strain of HIV discovered in West Africa causes significantly faster progression to AIDS, researchers at Sweden’s Lund University said Thursday. The new strain of the virus that causes AIDS, called A3/02, is a fusion of the…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Nigeria today agreed to set up a committee in a bid to…
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (Bernama) — The Export-Import Bank of Malaysia (Exim Bank) is looking to facilitate Malaysian contractors who…
Intending Christian Pilgrims from Ogun State to this year’s holy pilgrimage to Israel have been charged to shun acts capable…
The N210.21b 2014 budget proposal presented by Governor Ibikunle Amosun to members of the Ogun State House of Assembly last…
When established, the Directorate of Citizens’ Rights in Ogun State would be an avenue for residents, particularly, the vulnerable group…
As part of measures to encourage the use of crash helmets among commercial motorcyclists in Ogun State, the Traffic Compliance…
The dream of the current administration in Ogun State to transform it into an enviable status with the New Abeokuta…
Nigeria’s success story with the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) in the Agricultural Sector has been lauded by agricultural experts from…
The Federal government has declared that the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin) initiative of the present administration has…
Air strikes on Boko Haram camps in northeast Nigeria have killed “many” insurgents, the military said Thursday of latest operation aimed at crushing the four-year Islamist uprising. The bombardment last Sunday targeted the notorious Sambisa Forest area…