Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Phillips Shuaibu, in this interview with PATRICK OCHOGA, speaks on the recently introduced land use tax bill accented into law by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, saying it will create employment and d...
Despite the investor apathy suffered by the Nigerian Stock Market in the wake of the near crash of the market, the equities market has remained the most attractive investment to foreign investors, accounting for a whopping 78 per cent of total capital ...
Following warning travel advisory issued to visitors to Edo State by the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of state, the Edo State government yesterday faulted the US action, insisting that the state is safe. The State Governme...
As the year 2012 gradually winds down, the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has assured Nigerians that the president would fix Nigeria before the end of2013. Speaking with senior editors in Lag...
An alleged contract fraudster, Tope Akinmoladun told journalists yesterday that his advert publications calling for tenders from the general public to construct two blocks of 12 classrooms for primary and secondary schools in 774 local government counc...
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State yesterday reiterated his commitment to be just and fair to all the people of the state. Governor Yero declared this when he received members of the Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) led by...
In a bid to restore peaceful coexistence among the Tiv elite, the Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam and the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prof. Steven Ugba will engage in a football match. This was revealed yesterday...
Former Governor of Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame, has called on the people of the state to continue to pray for Governor Danbaba Suntai who is currently undergoing treatment in a German hospital. It would be recalled that Governor Suntai was involved i...
Prominent Kebbi State elders comprising seasoned administrators, politicians and other prominent citizens have implored Governor Saidu Dakingari to put all machinery in motion to ensure an industrial development of the State. The Chairman of Kebbi Elde...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, has read the Riot Act to some army officers aggrieved over their retirement benefits to stop fanning embers of ethnic and religious sentiments or face the consequence. Reacting to accusati...
The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma, has denied speculations on recruitment scandal in the service. She also observed that the Minister’s directive cancelling a supposed recruitment exercise and added that the...
The Kwara State government will commence the rehabilitation of Ajasse-Ipo-Offa-Erin-Ile federal road, which links Kwara State to Osun state, in the first quarter of 2013. The state governor, Alh. AbdulFatah Ahmed disclosed this in Offa during the commi...
The Kogi State commissioner of Works and Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has attributed poor roads construction across Kogi State to lack of effective supervision by ministry engineers. The commissioner disclosed this recently when he hosted...
Elders of the Nunku community of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have apologised to the acting governor of the state, Dameshi Barau Luka, who was recently attacked by youths when he went to sympathise with the families of two persons t...
Following the unprecedented passenger movement at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos occasioned by the Yuletide season, passengers are having a tough time reclaiming their luggages on arrival due to faulty conveyor belt. In-bound passeng...