The Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Olusola Obada, on Thursday in Abuja signed a Performance Contract Agreement with the permanent secretary, service chiefs and directors in the ministry. Speaking at the ceremony, Obada said the signing of the...
The trial of Sani Shuaibu and 33 others, accused of stealing N12 billion pension funds, was stalled at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. Shuaibu is a former Director of Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of Service of the Feder...
The Rivers Government said on Thursday in Port Harcourt that it spent nearly N800 million on flood-related issues in the state. The Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, made this known in an interview with the New...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested 81 armed robbery and kidnap suspects between September and October. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, disclosed this to newsmen in Asaba on Thursday. The commissioner, who paraded som...
The National Union of Electricity Workers (NUEE) on Thursday gave Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State 48 hours within which to apologise over his alleged flogging of one of its members. Wamakko, allegedly flogged the manager of Wamakko PHCN Sub station,...
The Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the creation of Adada State out of the present Enugu State. Presenting the motion during plenary, the sponsor of the motion and Leader of the Assembly, Mr Sund...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said that he would not resign his position because of the spate of bombings by Boko Haram sect in the state. Yakowa said this at the PDP National Headquarters in Abuja while fielding questions from ...
Plans have been concluded for the inauguration of the Nigeria-Germany Bi-National Commission (BNC ) in Abuja, Nigeria's capital on Nov. 2, sources at the Ministry of foreign affairs told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Berlin. NAN g...
The Managing Director Proctor and Gamble (P&G), Manoj Kumar, on Thursday, described the visit of the Williams sisters, as a shared vision to empower the youth, particularly the girl child. The ongoing visit has been dubbed ``Breaking the mould&rdqu...
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on a positive note on Thursday after three consecutive days of decline. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation rose by N55 billion or 0.65 per cent to close at N8...
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to uplift Nigerians' living standard by adhering to the right policies. The party's Deputy National Secretary, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla made the cal...
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay-rights group, has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate an onslaught of anti-Obama text messages. The group said the unsolicited messages, which reached an unknown number of people Tuesd...
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Life Camp on Thursday ordered Ifeanyi Ogbonna, a lawyer, to be remanded in prison for alleged criminal breach of trust and threat to life. Ogbonna was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal brea...
President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his appointment as the Country Representative for Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Ab...
As increasing sea banditry threatens vital maritime economic activity and national security, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), backed by its Joint Task Force (JTF) kick-off a powerful, all-out offensive to check these dan...