Nigeria Oil & Gas Exhibition 2012, Abuja
The Nigeria Oil & Gas Exhibition 2012, holds at the Abuja International Conference Center in Abuja, FCT from February 20-23, 2012.
Tunde Kelani’s “MAAMi” showing in Nigerian Cinemas
Tunde Kelani of Mainframe Film and Television Productions rolled out his new movie “MAAMi” into cinemas in Nigeria on Friday 3rd February 2012.
ICRC Advises Aviation Ministry To Embrace PPP
Mr Mansur Ahmed, Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, has advised the Aviation Ministry to embrace Public Private Partnership (PPP) in developing the sector. Ahmed gave the advice in an interview on Monday, in Abuja, while...
Mubi Residents Decry Acute Water Scarcity
Residents of Mubi in Adamawa have appealed to the state government to provide hand pumps to enhance access to potable water in the area. The people were facing water shortages occasioned by the prevailing dry season as most of the available open wells ...
LAGBUS To Get More 500 Buses
Lagos State Government is to add 500 buses to the fleet of its mass transit luxury buses, LAGBUS, in the next eight months to reduce transportation problems of the state’s residents. Mr Babatunde Disu, the Managing Director of the Lagos Asset Man...
Jigawa Approves Water Project For 76 Towns
Jigawa State government has approved the construction of solar powered water scheme in 40 towns across the 27 Local Government Areas of the State. However, the State Small Town Water supply Agency, in collaboration with the office of the Millennium Dev...
Adele, Foo Fighters, Kanye West Win Big At Grammy Awards
Adele went six for six, collecting all of the awards for which she was nominated – including top honors for album, record and song of the year – at Sunday's 54th AnnualGrammy Awards. As she tearfully accepted album o...
Nasarawa To Collaborate With CBN On Agricultural Financing
The Nasarawa State Government is set to collaborate with the CBN in agricultural financing inorder to boost agricultural production. This was made known by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura at the 2011 annual dinner and award ceremony organised by the CBN...
Erring PDP Members Granted Pardon In Delta
Erring Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have been granted pardon by the party. The chairman of the party in the area, Chief Okafor Chiejima told newsmen at the weekend that the party granted ...
Pope Commends Obi For Returning Schools To Missionaries
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday received commendation for the second time from an unusual quarters, Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope who earlier commended Governor Obi through his Bishop, Paulinus Ezeokafor who had, during his last Ad Limina v...
Fayemi signs 2012 Budget
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has signed the 2012 appropriation bill of N88, 828, 351, 795.25 into law. It could be recalled on December 22, 2011, the Governor presented a budget estimate of N98, 992, 811,073.50, but later re-presented an...
Aluko Will Be Missed By All – Akande
National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande, has commiserated with the Ekiti State Government on the death of renowned economist, Professor Samuel Aluko, who passed away on Monday in a London hospital after an illness. ...
Army Warns Officers On Exam Malpratice
Maj-Gen Joseph Okunbor, the Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army, has warned junior officers who are writing the 2012 Lieutenant-Captain Practical Promotion Examination (LCPPE) to shun examination malpractice. Okunbor gave t...
Oyo Re-Run: ACN Rejects Results, Heads For Tribunal
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in Oyo State, has rejected the result of the re-run election held in Irepo/Oorelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency which was won by Mr. Afeez Ona-Ara Tijani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party, in a s...
SADC Countries Pledge Support For South Africa’s Candidate For Top AU Job
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its support for South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. The six foreign ministers of SADC unanimously ...