Authorities of the Bayelsa Police Command have commenced a mop up of vehicles, especially those allegedly abandoned by suspected armed bandits along the major streets of the state capital, saying the action was to check the use of such vehicles for bom...
45-year-old Taibat Ismail, a resident of Kubwa District, Abuja, is battling with liver tumour and requires N15million for an urgent liver transplant in India. Ismail, who is on dialysis and twice a week haemodialysis care at the National Hospital...
Vice President Namadi Sambo, on Thursday said that successful bidders for investment in the power sector are to pay 25 per cent initial deposit within 25 days. Sambo disclosed this at the opening of the 13th Meeting of the Honorary International ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commiserated with former Head of State, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) on the death of his eldest daughter, Zulaihatu, saying he feels the pains the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) founder was going th...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given state governments up till December 31, 2012, to present a detailed valuation of their investments in electricity distribution assets. Sam Amadi, chairman/chief executive, NERC ...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, yesterday in Sokoto State, lamented the quality and inadequacy of lecturers in Nigerian universities. He said 57 per cent of the lecturers had no PhD, adding that inadequate a...
The Plateau State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the state government a 10-day ultimatum to pay the striking local government workers or face mass protest. Plateau State chairman of the NLC, Jibrin Bancir, who stated this during...
After failing to meet several self-set deadlines for the commencement of haulage of petroleum products, especially fuel by railway, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) said yesterday that the project would have been inaugurated last week but for dear...