Senate President David Mark is to lead Federal Government’s delegation to the consecration of Archbishop John Onaiyekan as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. The ceremony is to be performed by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Saturda...

Journalists were on Friday barred from covering the swearing in of the acting President and a Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justices Zainab Bulkachuwa and Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo respectively. The event, which took place in one of the chambers of the Suprem...

Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Friday promised to complete the N40 billion road projects embarked upon by his administration before the end of his four-year tenure in May 2015. Yari made the promise in Magami village in Maru Loca...

The Kaduna State Government on Friday announced the cancellation of Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise in the state, to enable participants to attend the 50th anniversary of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The Commissioner for Environme...

The United States Department of State, Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Project, is to hold a two-day stakeholders’ workshop on alternative ways of cleaning oil spills in the Niger Delta. A statement by the Team Leader, Dr Morufat Balogun and Dr...

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, on Friday called on past military leaders to “step aside” and allow the country to move forward. He gave advice in Abuja at a dinner orga...

The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) says it has concluded arrangments to establish seven additional distribution stations in the north-west zone. Alhaji Muhammad Balogun, the Managing Director, Kano Electricity Distribution Company, said&n...

Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says  that the nation's economy would not experience meaningful growth without the capital market. Sanusi stated this in his Lagos office during a courtesy visit by...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning returned to Abuja after attending the D-8 Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan. The president, who left Abuja on Wednesday night, attended the opening session of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of ...

Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Friday pledged to strengthen the cordial relationship existing between the state executive and the legislature so that development could be sustained in the state.   Suswam gave the pledge on Thursday night in ...

Senate President David Mark has described second republic Senate Leader, late Olusola Saraki, as a political bridge builder, who worked tirelessly for the unity of the country. Mark said this in Ilorin on Friday when he paid a condolence visit to ...

The Kano Government has commenced preparations for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the enthronement of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Kano Emirate Council, Alhaji Tijjani Sanka, made th...

Honourable Terna Kester-Kyenge is the Senior Special Adviser to the government of Benue state on Special Duties. He is contesting for the Chairmanship of Logo Local Government under the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP}. In this interview with ABIODUN OLU...

The Senior Special Adviser to the government of Benue on Special Duties who is also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} in Saturday's local government election in the state, Honourable Terna Kester-Kyenge, has called for a strong ec...