The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has berated President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is the only truly democratic party and describing other political parties as one-man shows. ''Saying the PDP is the o...
In yet another drama, a mentally unstable man boarded the Associated Airline plane en route Akure to Abuja on Monday. A similar incident was recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), when a mad man over the weekend also beat all se...
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), have been charged to remain actively involved in contributing their quota to the business of nation building despite the recent security challenges facing the country. The Minister of Inte...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Platinum Parking Management Services (PPMS), Otunba Olusegun Olarewaju has said that street parking management was in the Act that created Abuja as a Federal Capital City (FCC). Speaking in an exclusive chat wit...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has kicked against the ongoing deductions from salaries of staff of the State Polytechnic, Bori, and other tertiary institutions in the state by the State Civil Service Commission. In a statement mad...
Suspected Boko Haram members reportedly attacked a prison, police station and local government office in Konduga, near maiduguri, wounding at least three police officers, officials and residents said Wednesday. State police spokesman Mr. Sam Vel Tizhe ...
Sokoto State Governor , Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has approved the release of over N 339.6 million for the payment of registration fees for two academic sessions for state’s students in tertiary institutions. This was contained in a statement si...
Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina State has said that his administration would not waver from its commitment of providing essential services to the people, assuring that the state government would continue to place emphasis on infrastructur...
The gubernatorial candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Jigawa State in the 2011 general election, Hon. Faruk Adamu Aliyu has expressed support to the convocation of a sovereign national conference (SNC). Hon. Aliyu, a forme...
Mr Augustine Nwokocha, the Rivers Commissioner of Information and Communication, on Wednesday said that the state Independent Power Generation Initiative would increase power generation to 720 mega watts by 2013. He disclosed this in a statement made a...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advised the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to evolve new strategies to ensure prompt delivery of pilgrims luggage after the Hajj. The Sultan, who was the 2011 National Amirul Hajj, ga...
The state congress of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Abia ended in fiasco on Wednesday as thugs invaded the party secretariat beating members of the party.. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that PPA in Abia has two factions - one loya...
The main host of the 2012 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards, will be the Haitian actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis. He was born in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He left Haiti for Paris at the age of 12. Earlier in is career, ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday waived the daily cash withdrawal limit of N1 million for some customers of Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs) and Microfinance Banks (MFBs). A circular by Mr Giaus Emokpae, Assistant Director...
Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha on Wednesday dissolved all Parents/Teachers Associations (PTAs) in both primary and secondary schools in the state. Okorocha announced the dissolution in Owerri while addressing staff of the State Universal Basic Education ...