As widespread flooding in Nigeria raised the risk of disease outbreaks and food shortages among more than 7.7 million affected people, the United Nations humanitarian arm at the weekend issued an urgent appeal for $38 million to respond to the crisis. ...
Gov. Gabriel Suswan of Benue State on Saturday said the state government had entered into an agreement with Bank of Industry (BOI) to provide one billion naira loans to entrepreneurs. Suswan disclosed this during the Benue State Special Day ...
Visiting Vice President Namadi Sambo, heard on Saturday in Shendam, Plateau that residents had resorted to canoes for transport following the massive floods that hit the area. ``The five major bridges in Plateau south were washed away by the flood...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says non-power companies that want to refinance existing loans have to apply two years earlier. The apex bank gave this directive in a circular posted on its Website titled: “N300 Billion Power and Airline Interv...
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday said that the Federal Government had collected N10 billion as donations to resettle flood victims in the country. ``The donations were from individuals and organisations and we shall ensure they got to only the v...
Some Nigerians have commended the National assembly for its initiatives to allow the people at the grassroots to participate in the constitution review. In Sokoto State, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said that the public...
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in Jos on Saturday to assess the extent of damage to parts of Plateau devastated by the August floods in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice president, who moved straight to Shend...
Wema Bank Nigeria Plc has concluded plans to reapply for national banking licence, its Managing Director, Mr Segun Oloketuyi, said. This is contained in a statement by the bank boss in Lagos on Saturday. The statement noted that the reapplication follo...
The Jigawa state police command says it has provided adequate security arrangement for the constitutional congresses in 12 Federal constituencies in the state for 1999 constitutional review. Mr Theophilus Kayode, the state police commissioner, tol...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that boosting the availability and affordability of life-saving drugs nationwide was one of the strategic primary objectives of the federal government in achieving significant improvements in national healthca...
The police in Calabar have recorded a major breakthrough in their war against crime with the arrest of a robbery gang. The robbery gang, which poses as commercial drivers, specialises in dispossessing unsuspecting passengers of their belongings. Luck, ...
Indications emerged yesterday that the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has concluded arrangements to appoint a new speaker, following the forceful resignation of the erstwhile speaker, Mr. David Iorhemba over alleged financi...
A coalition of 15 civil society organisations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has threatened to convoke an alternative and “autonomous people’s session” for FCT residents if members representing the FCT fail to organise or shab...
Telecommunications and oil giants in the country, which operatesin Nigeria failed to show up at the Presidential committee fund raising dinner held on Thursday night at the presidential villa, Abuja. AlhajiAlikoDangote, business mogul, who donate...
Stakeholders of the Zamfara Lead Poisoning Group, in collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders, have said that without immediate government intervention, more children are at risks of lead poisoning in Zamfara State. In a...