Gombe State remains one of the safest states for investors in the country, according to the state governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, who said that his three-month-old administration has been able to address security challenges and other distractions t...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has agreed to offset the N450 billion owed the Federation Account. The minister of state for finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, made this known at the end of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC)...
Ahead of today’s arraignment of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Abuja, the former governor of Lagos State has alleged that the evidence used against him were manufactured by the attorney-general of the federation ...
The Senate will today screen the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Dahiru Musdapher. Musdapher’s screening, which might be televised live , is in line with Section 231(1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Senate spokesman and Chair...
I am not hiding — Shehu Sani, The last interview given out by Babakura Alhaji Fugu, brother in-law of the late leader of the Boko Haram,Mohammed Yusuf was yesterday released by an online media. The audio released was a pre-interview arrangement r...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday dismissed the petition by the Action Congress of (ACN) governorship candidate in the April 16, 2011 poll, Prof. Steven Ugbah against the election of Governor Gabriel Suswam. The ...
Indications emerged yesterday that the bill for the establishment of a University for the Nigeria Police Force would be tabled before the House of Representatives today. The development is part of measures by the Federal Government to boost the human c...
The federal government yesterday hinted that it had approved a new monthly wage bill of N11bn for employees of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). The new wage bill is said to be coming on the heels of an earlier approval of 50 per cent increa...
Nigerian students with first class and second class upper division in science, technology and information technology-related subjects may have the cause to smile as they can now further their studies abroad through the National Information Technology D...
Every September 13 has been set aside by the African Union to commemorate the African Day for Technology and Intellectual Property (IP). Nigeria joined the rest of Africa to celebrate this day, which indicates the great importance it and other African ...
Handling shylock landlords has proven to be a great challenge to tenants in Lagos State, as apart from charging exorbitant tenancy rates, the payment options were generally unfavourable to the tenants. Thus, it was a day of joy for tenants when the Lag...
The National president National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Usman Yasin, says he is on a mission to rebrand the union. He however identifies key intervention areas the government can wade into, to transform the transport sector. He ...
On September 12, 2011, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in a televised media chat with four senior journalists responded to a wide range of burning national issues. Stella Din (Silverbird TV), Tukur Abdulrahman (New Nigerian), Wole Laoye (Daily Trust...
Mr. Emmanuel Bello is the Information Commissioner in Taraba State. In this interview with John Mkom, Bello gives a pass mark to Governor Danbaba Suntai and justifies the sack and arrest of the governor’s aide, Mr. Kabiru Dodo. What is your gener...
The Kuje Divisional Police Headquarters has confirmed the arrest of two men, Sunday Kadani and Peter Audu, over the death of an 11-year-old girl, Joy Sunday. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Danladi Isa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...