The World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) have agreed to sponsor the second phase of Rural Access Mobility Project (RAMP II) with 3.6 million dollars. Mr Ifeanyi Okereke, the Development Communication Officer of RAMP, made this known to th...
Nigeria transferred N474.34 billion to its Excess Crude Account (ECA) in February and March, Dr Yerima Ngama, the Minister of State for Finance, said in Abuja on Friday. He told to newsmen after the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee meeti...
Malam Mohammed Garba, the National President of NUJ, has said that the insurance policy initiated by the union will become compulsory for all working journalists in Nigeria from 2013. Garbamade the statement in Lafia on Friday while address...
The Ogun Government on Friday inaugurated six Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and 125 security vans to beef up security in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Gov. Ibikunle Amosun said at the ceremony in Abeokuta that th...
The 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ohafia in Abia, has vowed to fish out the soldier who allegedly killed a civilian, Mr Chukwunonso Ifedi, in Aba. Chukwunonso, 35, was allegedly clubbed to death by a runaway soldier in a hotel on April 6 in Ab...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat Rufa'I, says lack of quality assurance is the major concern of government in implementing its education sector reforms. Rufa'I made the observation on Friday in Abuja on the occasion of the inaugu...
The Ministry of Trade and Investment has inaugurated the Technical Committee for the 2012 Trade and Investment Forum on Oil and Gas Free Zone, Onne, Rivers. Dr Samuel Ortom, the Minister of State for the ministry, who inaugurated the committee in...
The UN should send 300 monitors to Syria as soon as possible to try to stop a wave of killing and violence that a ceasefire has failed to halt, Annan’s Spokesman said. Seven unarmed UN observers are in Syria monitoring a week-old truce, wit...
The FCT Sector Command of the FRSC will on May 1, begin the enforcement of the ban on the covering of number plates, Mr Sunday Ajayi, the sector’s Head of Operation, has said. Ajayi, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says a total of 110 million SIM cards have been registered and collated by all the GSM service providers operating in the country. Mr Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Public Relations Officer, stated this in an int...
The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Friday recorded further appreciation as the market capitalisation rose by N117 billion. The market capitalisation closed at N6.94 trillion as against N6.82 trillion posted on Thursday due to p...
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Eko Distribution Company has refunded N8 million to residents of Victoria Garden City Estate in Lagos. Dr Sam Amadi, NERC chairman, told newsmen in Abuja on Friday that the money was the excess ...
World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has charged African Leaders to make policies that would boost economic growth and reduce poverty in the region. Ezekwesili said this at the on-going Spring Meeting of the World Bank and Int...
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on Friday expressed serious concern over developments in the region’s south, following attacks by armed moveme...
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP) against the emergence of Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu as senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District. The National Assembly/ Legislative House Election...