Mrs Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Communications Technology, in Abuja on Wednesday said a 150-seat call centre in Abuja Technology Village would be inaugurated by the first quarter of 2013. The minister made the statement during th...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday that the cumulative fund disbursed from the Power and Airline Intervention Fund (PAIF) was about N144.6 billion as at Dec. 31. The bank said in a circular posted on its website that the two sectors ex...
The kidnapped mother of former Okitipupa Local Government Chairman in Ondo State, Mrs Maria Iwala, was released on Wednesday at Ode-Aye in Okitipupa. She was released at the entrance of Okitipupa-Ore road in Okitipupa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Thirty-four ships laden with various food items and 17 others carrying petroleum products have arrived at Lagos ports. Also, 70 others carrying various cargoes, including fish, rice, bulk salt, sugar, old and new vehicles, petroleum products and genera...
The Oyo State Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that 30 convictions with jail terms ranging from three months to three years were recorded in the first half of this year. The state Commander of the agency, Suleiman J...
A motion on the need to privatise Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) suffered a setback at the House of Representatives in Abuja on Thursday. The motion, which was sponsored by Rep. Chris Azubogu (AP...
Secondary schools teachers in Ogun have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to recognise and inaugurate the Principal-General, Egba Division, Mr Funso Ogun. Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, the President, Academic Staff Union ...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved a new funding structure for the Service Compact with Nigerians (SERVICOM). SERVICOM was established by the Federal Government to monitor quality of service rendered to the public by gov...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) is offering for sale Federal Government bonds worth N83.91 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The DMO, which posted details of the bonds on its Website, said the bids for the bonds opened on Wednes...
The Taraba Police Command has confirmed that three persons- an inspector and two civilians, died in a gun battle between the police and suspected armed robbers in Wukari on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Office...
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ court has ordered a 38-year-old man, Lomi Akinpelumi, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing his son. The accused is standing trial for the alleged killing of his one-year-old son, Sileola Akinpelumi, b...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday removed Engr. Austen Oniwon as the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and ordered the re-composition of the corporation’s executive management team. The president ha...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has witnessed change of its Group Managing Directors (GMD’s) six times since 1999 to date. Andrew Yakubu, who becomes the corporation’s sixth GMD since Nigeria’s return to democracy i...
Stakeholders in the Nigerian education sector have expressed displeasure with the decision of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to suspend part-time programmes in Nigerian universities. The angst is even more heightened as an estimated 10 mill...
Like a tropical Venice, the town of Abonnema is packed on an island in the Niger delta – a deep river to one side, meandering creeks to another and the pounding Atlantic 40km to the south. In the early days of British colonial rule, it was Nigeri...