Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says that the nation's economy would not experience meaningful growth without the capital market. Sanusi stated this in his Lagos office during a courtesy visit by...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning returned to Abuja after attending the D-8 Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan. The president, who left Abuja on Wednesday night, attended the opening session of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of ...
Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Friday pledged to strengthen the cordial relationship existing between the state executive and the legislature so that development could be sustained in the state. Suswam gave the pledge on Thursday night in ...
Senate President David Mark has described second republic Senate Leader, late Olusola Saraki, as a political bridge builder, who worked tirelessly for the unity of the country. Mark said this in Ilorin on Friday when he paid a condolence visit to ...
The Kano Government has commenced preparations for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the enthronement of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Kano Emirate Council, Alhaji Tijjani Sanka, made th...
Honourable Terna Kester-Kyenge is the Senior Special Adviser to the government of Benue state on Special Duties. He is contesting for the Chairmanship of Logo Local Government under the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP}. In this interview with ABIODUN OLU...
The Senior Special Adviser to the government of Benue on Special Duties who is also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} in Saturday's local government election in the state, Honourable Terna Kester-Kyenge, has called for a strong ec...
Internal military emails obtained by some foreign media are providing additional details about Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea after the terrorist leader was killed by Navy SEALs in 2011. The emails obtained by the news organization via th...
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday signed a deal with an investment company, Chapel Hill Ltd., to raise N80 billion bonds to complete ongoing projects. Fashola signed the deal at the Completion of Board meeting held in his office, ...
Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, has tasked the Hydro-carbon Pollution Restoration Programme (HYPREP) to fast track the cleanup of oil spills in the Niger Delta. The minister gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja at a mee...
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Thursday in Abuja directed sub-committees of the Presidential Committee on Centralised Demographic Database to develop a central demographic database for the country. Sambo gave the directive after receiving progress repo...
Transport Minister Idris Umar says the Transport Sector Reform Bill will be fine-tuned and sent to the National Assembly to provide legal framework for an increased private sector partnership. Umar, who made this known at the meeting of 12th National C...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Islamabad commended the Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, for negotiating a ceasefire in the Israeli -Hamas conflict in Gaza strip. Jonathan spoke when he received the Vice President of Egypt, Mr Mahmoud Mek...
Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the high price of petrol in the state. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Bauchi that a litre of petrol had risen to N120 at filling stat...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2012 budget of N250 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The breakdown of the budget revealed that N17 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure, while cap...