Tension is building up in Kaduna following the killing of a commercial motorcycle rider by a mobile police officer for unknown reasons. The incident which took place at the Kaduna Stadium round about in broad daylight generated heavy tensio...
The Plateau Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr. Silvanus Dantoe, says the State is now a safe place for tourists to visit at any time. Dantoe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday that government had put all security measures ...
Some stakeholders have advised the Federal Government to be more transparent in the bidding process towards the sale of PHCN power plants. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, they said that the pro...
The UN Security Council is to hold discussions later on Wednesday on ways to co-operate with the Arab League on conflict resolution, particularly with situation in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. The meeting, attended mostly by foreign ...
Okitipupa (Ondo), Sept. 26, 2012 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday called for full participation of the citizens in Ondo State to make their votes count in the Oct. 20 governorship election. Mr Joseph Dahunsi, INEC...
Eighteen fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth and discharge their contents at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available ...
Agricultural transformation is a real possibility in Africa if governments will put in place the right policies, infrastructure and input support for small farmers, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday. Speaking to journalists before t...
Justice Abubakar Umar of the FCT High Court has fixed Oct. 16 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by the EFCC against, one Adeolu Olugbenga, who is accused of forgery and fraud. The EFCC arraigned Olugbenga in 2004 for allegedly conspiring and obtainin...
Equities traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday ended on negative note with some highly capitalised companies recording price depreciation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index, which opened at 25,947.60, deprec...
The Senate on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to invoke Article 61 of the International Court of Justice statute to appeal against the judgment ceding Bakassi to Cameroon. The Senate's appeal followed a debate on a motion entiltled &ls...
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, a member of the National Assembly, on Wednesday said she had set aside N1.3 million for the welfare of 1,300 elderly persons in the Lagos Central Senatorial district. The lawmaker disclosed this in Lagos at the 4th edition of the L...
It was a beautiful Monday morning, characterized by the usual heavy traffic which has now become a trade-mark of the Federal Capital Territory on weekdays. So much hustling and bustling, cars blaring their horns and commercial bus drivers working their...
Recently, residents of Abuja have continued to decry the indiscriminate way some government agencies in the city operate. Molestation and brutality has been the order of the day. Anthony Ada Abraham reports on the various ways this ‘men’ do...
It may be regarded as dividends of democracy. But the fact remains that Lagos State has become a giant construction site with the man at the helm of affairs in haste to deliver. One area the present administration led by Mr. Babatunde Fashola has stamp...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week re-admitted the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, into its fold. Making the disclosure to newsmen after the meeting, National Publicity Secretary of the part...