The federal government said it is working towards rejuvenating the existing unity schools across the country with a view to positioning them as befitting learning centres. The minister of state for education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Nwike disclos...
Kogi State Governor-elect, Captain Idris Wada has disclosed that party chieftains and stakeholders have put him under immense pressure, lobbying for appointments since he was declared winner of the December 3, 2011 gubernatorial poll in the state. Addr...
Former national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has carpeted the recently conducted local government elections in Enugu State, describing the process as imposition rather than election. Nwodo, who stat...
The Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to audit all existing funds established by law to support key sectors of the economy. The funds which include the Education Trust Fund (ETF), Petroleum Develop...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday told Nigerians to get ready for a nationwide strike and mass protest in the country, following President Jonathan’s decision to remove subsidy on petroleum products by January 2012. This is coming barel...
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has issued new operational guidelines in product supply and allocation of petroleum product import permit in the fourth quarter (Q4) and thereafter. This is even as the agency has vowed to use al...
The Gombe State House of Assembly yesterday approved the nomination of Mr. Tha’anda Jason Rubainu as the new deputy governor of the state. Rubainu takes over following the death of Mr. David Miyim Albashi, the former deputy governor. Rubainu&rsqu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Nafada who are being prosecuted over alle...
Concerned about the increasing queues at filling stations due to scarcity of fuel, the House of Representatives has summoned the minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Allison Madueke, the group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corpor...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday tendered three documents as evidence in the prosecution of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and two others for the alleged alloca...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday forwarded a N249, 544, 27 billion Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) budget proposal for the 2011 fiscal year to the National Assembly for approval. The President also asked the Senate to approve the sack of...
Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), yesterday, arrested four ex-militant leaders over their involvement in the September kidnap of an Italian, Carmello Stella and the unlawful demand of N120 million as ransom before the release of their vic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday received MT Allegra, a vessel seized last year with a 25-man crew on board at Forcados, which had sailed without proper documentation. The delivery to EFCC was made by Naval Services, NNS De...
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday charged all Nigerians to collaborate with the government to tackle the nation's numerous challenges. Jonathan, who was speaking at the St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Apo, where he had morning devo...
FRSC Zone 1 recorded 1,148 deaths in 8,060 accidents in four states of the zone since January, Mr Samuel Obayemi, the Zonal Commander said on Wednesday in Kaduna. The zone comprises Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states as well as Jigawa. Obayemi, that...