Some Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftains on Sunday extolled the virtues of Chief Lam Adesina, a former governor of Oyo State, who died on Sunday. In a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Segun Osoba, a former govern...
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the death of elder statesman and former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr R...
The Mobil Producing Nigeria on Sunday deployed its men and equipment to tackle a spill at its Ibeno operations in Akwa Ibom. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the Atlantic coastline in Ibeno, reports that the spill, w...
No fewer than 20 graves will be relocated in Sapon and Ilugun in Ogun following the expansion and rehabilitation of major roads in the state. The State Government started the rehabilitation of major roads in Abeokuta on Sunday. The News Agency of Niger...
A former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, has died at the age of 73. Adesina, who died at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, after a protracted illness, would have celebrated his 74th birthday next January. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, who announc...
Fifty days after Gov. Sullivan Chime began his annual vacation, anxiety is mounting in Enugu State over his whereabouts. Many residents of the coal city who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend expressed worries that the governor ...
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday in Abuja, called on ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to defend the collective vision of a peaceful, stable and economically prosperous region. Jonathan made the call at the opening of an extra-ord...
The Edo North coordinator of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Abdulahi Mohammed, has disclosed that over 350 hectares of cassava farm were destroyed by flood in Edo. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said on Sunday that it had spent N360 million on World Geodetic Survey (WGS-84) of 22 airports and procedural design of four major airports in Nigeria. Mr George Amadi, NAMA’s Acting General Manager...
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has reported an oil spill from its Qua Iboe oil fields, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Idris Musa, the Director in charge of Oil Spills in the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), ...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru has charged Nigerian missions abroad to ensure that issuance of visas did not last for more than 48 hours. The minister made remark at the signing of `Performance Contract’ with Heads of...
The Bauchi State Government has released N1.34 million to its Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board to assist 41 pilgrims who lost various sums of money. Alhaji Jibrin Hassan, the Secretary, Committee on Lost of Money and Travelling Documents, made t...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has explained that his government took a tough stance against erring teachers, because even ``the Bible says he who does not work, does not eat.’’ Oshiomhole said this at an Inter-denominational Service org...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Saturday said that the state’s boundary with the Federal Capital Territory FCT ought to be well-defined in the constitution to eliminate unnecessary controversies. The governor said this&n...
A person who is always happy can be fun to be with, and that is one thing that a man with good intentions will look for in a lady. Blessing ukemena writes. How would your man know that you are happy? It's not very complicated, because every person ...