UN okays $10.5m new funding for flood response in Nigeria 

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced $10.5 million dollars in new funding…

Nigeria’s out-of-school children now 18.3 million, says UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that discrimination against children based on ethnicity, language,…

Shell distributes relief materials to flood victims

* In Bayelsa, Delta, Imo, Rivers Shell Petroleum has begun distribution of relief materials worth $1…

2023: Catholic Bishop urges electorate to vote honest, credible leaders

The Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Dr Anselem Umoren (MSP), has advised the electorate…

US returns another $20m Abacha loot to Nigeria

The United States Department of Justice says it has transferred over $20.6 million to the Federal…

Work with latest NBS data to reduce poverty in Nigeria, UK tells FG

The United Kingdom has reacted to the multi-dimensional Poverty Index released Thursday by the National Bureau…

Buhari orders implementation of enhanced salaries for judicial officers

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate implementation of the enhanced salaries and welfare scheme for…

Abia doctors threaten to withdraw services over 12 months’ unpaid salaries

Doctors in public and private facilities in Abia State have threatened to embark on strike, and…

Buhari sacks Gen Fadah as NYSC D-G after 6 months in office

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah from office as…

Court dissolves 22-year-old marriage after wife eloped

A Jos Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama 1, on Thursday, dissolved a 22- year-old marriage…