The Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Chime, is not a state chief executive who likes to blow his own trumpet; rather, he prefers his achievements to speak for him. But in this interview with James Ume, the govenor says his administration is ...
No fewer than 14 persons, including two children, lost their lives in two separate auto crashes in Bauchi and Ogun states yesterday. In Obada Oko area, few kilometers to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, 11 persons, including two children were sent to ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has declare open a three-day meeting of eminent Nigerians for an indepth talk on insecurity in the country. The event will be held at the Unity Hall of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Ku...
Barely 48 hours after the deadly flood said to be the worst in over 50 years that hit Adamawa, Niger and Katsina States respectively as a result of excess water the Ladgo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon, claiming over 15 lives, governors of the frontli...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and leader of the ANPP caucus, Hon. Suleiman Kawu, has condemned the denial of commercial permission to three airlines by the Ministry of Aviation, accusing the minister, Stella Oduah, of pursu...
The Comptroller-General of Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde, has slammed damages of one billion naira against the publisher of Shipping World Magazine, Asu Beks for allegedly defaming his character through some unguarded utterances he made ...
Anambra’s Gov. Peter Obi has urged politicians to play politics of economic development and job creation to improve the living standards of Nigerians. Obi said this on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra while taking federal and state lawmakers from Anam...
In the bid to check insecurity in Nigeria, the Barrack Obama-led administration in the United States has promised to assist Nigeria develop a more balanced security strategy to counter Boko Haram, an Islami Sect which takes into account the legitimate ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is discussing its proposed currency restructuring policy with the Senate. Mr Ugochukwu Okoraofor , the CBN Director of Corporate Communications, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
Sen. Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, (PDP Kogi Central Senatorial District), on Tuesday berated the high rate of under development in the state, 21 years of its creation. Abatemi-Usman said this in a news statement signed by his media aide, Mr Micheal Jegede, ...
A member of the House of Representatives, Abiodun Balogun on Tuesday, said the call to rewrite the constitution should be seen as a legitimate call that would enable Nigerians make their inputs. Balogun, who made ...
The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 20-year-old taxi driver, Idris Ahmed of Piwonyi village, Airport Road, Abuja, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for joint act and theft. Police prosecutor Paul Anigbo told the court that the case was repo...
UNESCO has urged investors to channel their funds toward harnessing Africa’s hydro power potential to boost the continent’s economy. Prof. Andras Szollosi-Nagy, who is the Rector, UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education), made the call in...
The Kano State Rehabilitation and Emergency Relief Agency on Tuesday confirmed the death of 15 persons in a flood that swept through nine local governments. Alhaji Shehu Maitama, the Director of Operations at the agency, told the News Agency...
The Imo Government is planning to build a waste recycling plant, Dr Okey Obidike, the General Manager, Imo Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), has said. Obidike, who said this in Owerri on Tuesday at a news conference, said the establish...