The EU will likely adopt fresh sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the coming week, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Monday. Germany and other Western powers have repeatedly called on Assad to step d...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has restated the commitment of his administration towards the economic development of the state just as he declared that the task of making life more meaningful to the less privileged in the society is a task...
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samson Wudah, has said that the command would deploy 9,000 personnel for the Feb 25 gubernatorial election in the state.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has canvassed for greater investment in agriculture by organised private sector and donor agencies in the bid to transform agric-business in the country. Fayemi made the call at the public presentation of&n...
The Kano State Command of the Nigerian Police has stepped up effort towards reviving its Public Complaint Bureau that will give citizens chance to report any officer found wanting. The Command Public Relations Officer [PPRO], Magaji Musa Majiya, ...
The Kwara Sstate governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has restated his commitment to the completion of 21 ongoing road projects across the state in the next four years. The governor made this comment during the official presentation of a Second Class Sta...
The Niger State Government has said that before the rains set in, it will rally 250,000 farmers for the first phase of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the federal government. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Develo...
Two persons and some 30 domestic animals have been killed by a rampaging lion in the Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Wakil Sarki, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with our corresp...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday led the bank’s management team to commiserate with Saint Theresa’s Catholic Church , Madalla, Suleja, over the Christmas Day bomb blasts that killed more than 40...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned ministers, aides and other political appointees against campaigning for any office in 2015, saying that anyone who contravened the directive would be eased out of his government. Speaking at the 58th Nationa...
The effect of the partial removal of petrol subsidy on consumers was recognised yesterday in official quarters. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, in its report for the month of January 2012, said the inflation rate has risen to 12.6 pe...
Alex Ohikere was recently appointed the director-general, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA). In this interview with RUTH TENE, he unfolds his plans for the agency. Congratulations on your appointment; what do you hope to do diffe...
The Kwara State government will from March 1, 2012, commence the testing of vehicles for the release of gaseous substances as part of efforts to mitigate the challenges of climate change in the state. To achieve this goal, the state’s commi...
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has urged top government officials to ensure effective governance and public service delivery to facilitate the implementation of physical projects for the socio-economic development of the state and coun...
Members of the Fulani community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State yesterday refused to participate in the ongoing polio immunization exercise in the state, even denying health officers entry into their domains. The state government had recen...