The Plateau State government has said the steps it had taken would not allow the state to be thrown into crisis again. It however accused some leaders of introducing religion into the crisis for pecuniary gains. In an interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday assured Nigerians of his preparedness to support ideas that would make the country stronger and united. Jonathan, who stated this while hoisting the national, state and games’ flags to kick off th...
The Plateau State police command has said it had arrested three criminals suspected to be members of a killer-gang terrorising residents of Bokkos Local Government Area The suspects were arrested with arms including three locally made pistols, 32 cartr...
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Fika/ Fune federal constituency of Yobe State, Hon. Ismaila Ahmed Gadaka (Yariman Gudi), has claimed that there is no single federal project executed in the state since President Goodluck Jonathan ...
The Kaduna State Government on Saturday expressed concern on the reported outbreak of a rice disease, known as rice blast, in some parts of the state. Officials of the the Kaduna Agricultural Development Project (KADP) are already expressing fear that ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said work was at advanced stage toward transforming the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange into a world class exchange. Jonathan made the statement in Lagos at the opening of the 2012 Lagos International T...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu has again harped on the need for the private sector contribution to the realisation of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) by the year 2015. Chukwu said this on Saturday in Abuja at the 16th Annual ...
Barely five days after fire gutted a 5-storey building, fire has razed another three-storey building at Breadfruit Street on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with one person killed in the inferno. The fire started Friday around 2.00 pm at 46 Bre...
The Federal Government with Kano State Government has inaugurated an ultra-modern Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis treatment centre in Kano, a statement said. The statement was issued by Malam Halilu Dantiye, the Director of Press and Public Relations...
The Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) on Friday urged government to hasten the design and construction of Mambilla and Katsina-Ala hydropower dams as a measure to control floods in the areas. Alhaji Mustapha Shehu, President of NSE, made the pos...
Telecommunications operators and service providers in the country are planning to introduce discriminatory tariffs based on tax regimes and operating environments in different states. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman of Association of licensed Tel...
Chief Afe Babalola on Saturday disagreed with the National Assembly (NASS) on the process of amending the Nigerian Constitution, saying the problem with the constitution could not be solved by ``mere amendments``. The National Assembly is currently car...
Mr Ayo Opadokun, the General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), on Friday urged the Federal Government not to allow the Boko Haram group to dictate the pace of peace talks. He gave the advice in Lagos during the 11th Annual Leadership...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Friday restated the Federal Government's resolve to alleviate the sufferings of the victims of natural disasters. He gave the assurance in Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, after conducting an asses...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, says that the Federal Government will implement the White Paper on the reports of the task forces set up on the petroleum industry. The minister gave the assurance in Abuja on Friday duri...