Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Tuesday launched the rehabilitation and construction 16 road projects in Aba as part of his promise to give the city a face-lift. The roads are: Ngwa Road, Azikiwe, Cemetery, Nwala by Faulks, Brass by Aba-Owerri Jubil...
The violent crises in Syria, Gaza and Mali show how important it is for different religions to work together to promote understanding rather than sow hatred, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Monday. Addressing the opening of a new Saudi-backed ...
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) said it would confer honorary fellowship on former President Olusegun Obasanjo and two others for their contributions to the growth of Information Technology (IT) in Nigeria. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said on Tuesday that the party would collaborate with African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa to tackle continental and global challenges. Tukur said this when he led a delegation of the ANC to a...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the conferment of Nigerian National Order of Merit Award on two distinguished Nigerians for 2012. A statement on Tuesday in Abuja, signed by Mr Adamu Mu`azu, Secretary, Nigerian National Meri...
A global groundswell against Boko Haram terrorists’ activities is building as the International Criminal Court has now decided through the Office of the Prosecutor, OTP, to probe what is suspected to be crimes against humanity committed by the te...
The Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola has approved the constitution of a new Governing Council for the Lagos State University (LASU). Mr Adesegun Ogunlewe, the state`s Head of Service, announced the approval of the 12- man council in a stateme...
Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat's buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their...
Mr Pratap Hegde, Managing Director of Telematic4u Services Ltd, an Indian Telecommunication outfit, on Monday said that Nigeria was a ready market for ICT products and Services from India. Hegde, who led a 13-man delegation of India Electronics and Com...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has called for an amendment of the Public Procurement Act to expedite the process of procurement of projects by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) Maku made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2013 ...
Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday urged the National Assembly to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria to strengthen the monetary policy by using the interest rate to improve and stabilise the economy. Mr Gbolahan Yishawu (ACN -Eti-Osa II), who move...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday in Abuja solicited the support of Nigerians for the sustenance of Abuja carnival in the promotion of national peace. Ekweremadu made the call while declaring open the boat regatta of the 8th edition of...
The Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, AVM Abdullahi Kureh said the death toll of Sunday blasts in Jaji, Kaduna had increased to 15. Kureh confirmed this to Gov. Patrick Yakowa on Monday when he visited the site of the atta...
Dangote, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have expressed optimism towards polio eradication in the next three years from Kano State. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Founder of the Dangote Foundation, stated this in Kano on Monday, while signing a Memorandu...
Mrs Zainab Kure , the Chairman, Senate Committee on Marine Transport said on Monday that the committee had been inundated with complaints of arbitrary charges in Nigerian ports. Kure said this while on an oversight function visit to the Nigerian Ports ...