President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday pay a working visit to Niamey, Niger Republic, for a scheduled meeting of the High Authority of the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Specia...
With polls suggesting women voters were shifting their support to Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama made an aggressive pitch to them on Tuesday that yielded awkward moments for the Republican and a favourite new catch phrase on social media. Obama hi...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday expressed concern over the outright looting of public funds by some Nigerians. Jonathan expressed the concern while swearing in the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences ...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday in Abuja warned petroleum products marketers against diverting and hoarding the products. Mr Fidel Pepple, acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, gave the warni...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained on the upbeat on Wednesday as the market indices grew by 0.31 per cent The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index appreciated by 84.51 points or 0.31 per cent to close at...
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted bail to an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, charged with conspiring with others to commit N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Abdullahi, son of a prominent businessman, Alhaji Abdull...
The police in Delta have arrested six persons for allegedly vandalising an oil well head and removing the spray pump at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. Mr Charles Muka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta State Pol...
Mr Odeyinka Popoola, Manager of Festac Business Unit of the PHCN, on Wednesday said that the unit was being owed about N1.5 billion by customers. Popoola, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that it was unfortunate that...
The Board Chairman of the Legal Aid Council, Mr Bolaji Ayorinde, on Wednesday in Abuja called for a review of the 2011 Legal Aid Council Act to ensure better service delivery. Ayorinde, who made the call at a pre-event news conference said that u...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday stressed the need for all arms of government to partner in the fight against corrupt practices in the country. Jonathan made the call while swearing in the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and o...
Minna, Oct. 17, 2012 (NAN) Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Wednesday said that his government had uncovered plans by main opposition parties in the state to destabilise the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Aliyu’s Chief Press Se...
Four unemployed youths on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court for allegedly stabbing one Idowu Bamidele on the cheek. The accused, Chibuike Onyekachi, 21; Chinedu Smith, 28; Sunday Imoh, 25; and Olabode Falodu, 21, were arraigned ...
Worried by incessant killings of students in some tertiary institutions in the country, stakeholders on Wednesday called for measures aimed at tightening up security on the campuses and students’ hostels. The stakeholders, including a former Comm...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said that 14 fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available to newsmen in Lagos, the NPA...
An Abuja bound Aero Contractors flight, which made an air return to Lagos on Tuesday night, had a problem with its ``internal air borne auxiliary power unit (APU)’’, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Mr Simon Tumba, Chief Executive Officer of ...