As part of security measures ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr festivity, the Plateau police command has closed the Rukuba and Polo grounds usually used as Muslim praying ground during the festivity. Police Commissioner Emmanuel Ayeni said in a statement in Jos...
The Gombe State Government has released N120 million for the payment of scholarship to students who are studying in various tertiary institutions across the country. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Isa Wade, made this known in Gombe on Thursd...
The PDP in Nasarawa on Thursday called on Muslims to use the Sallah celebration for sober reflection and unity of the country. The Secretary, Adamu Onyaki, in a Sallah message to the people of the state, urged Muslims to continue to pray fo...
The Jigawa Government has warned land developers against erecting illegal structures capable of distorting the Dutse master plan. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Lawan Audu, gave the warning while inaugurating an 11-member reconstituted b...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has approved the posting of the newly decorated Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Philemon Leha, to the ``B’’ Department (Operations) at the force headquarters. This is contained...
Some state government have taken preemptive measures against looming flooding as predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. During the presentation of the agency’s 2012 Seasonal Rainfall Pre...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Wednesday urged stakeholders to assist government to resuscitate the education sector in the state. Yakowa made the appeal when he received members of the Board of Trustees of Zaria Education Development Associati...
Long fuel queues have resurfaced in most of the filling stations in Abuja and it environs due to non-payment of subsidy claims to oil marketers by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were long queues of vehicles ...
The Police Command in the FCT on Wednesday assured residents of the territory of adequate security before, during and after the Eid-el-Fitri. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Doris England, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency o...
The Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Yusuf Idris, on Wednesday urged members of the union to embrace the National Insurance Scheme for journalists. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kadu...
The Police in Gombe State have assured the people of the state of security of their lives and property during the Eid-El-fitr celebrations and beyond. The outgoing Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Ibrahim Abdu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on p...
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf of an Abuja High Court will on Aug. 23, hear a motion stopping FCT Minister Bala Mohammed from going ahead with the planned demolition of Mpape village. A resident, Mr Friday Chimezie, filed a suit against the minister and t...
A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, has urged the country's President, Mr. Barrack Obama and his South African counterpart, Mr. Jacob Zuma to ensure that credible elections hold in Zimbabwe. Speaking in his lates...
Progress has been made towards strengthening global nuclear safety after Japan's Fukushima accident last year, the UN atomic watchdog has said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) made the assessment in a report prepared for next month...
An armed robber, who wanted to pull out his gun probably to shoot policemen who were on routine patrol in Enugu State narrowly escaped death and blew off his private parts with his own gun. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer in the&nb...