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The people of Nasarawa State will on May 29, 2012, roll out drums to celebrate the first year anniversary of the administration of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura with grandiose and pomp having voted the candidate of their choice in the April 2011 gener...
Now that he has finally won the GOP presidential nomination, Romney should be moving toward moderation, but he’s still captivated by extremists like Donald Trump—and acting as if his captors are his friends. Mitt Romney’s long slog th...
They are called various names ranging from ‘Queens of the wheels’ to ‘Oshiomhole female drivers’. But one thing about them is that they are very diligent, dutiful and careful on the wheels- attributes that endear them to commute...
Under the yoke of bloody rampage by the militant Islamic Boko Haram sect, against the background of extreme poverty ravaging Northern Nigeria, several remedies are been bandied to broker peace and turn around the flagging fortunes of Arewaland. LOUIS A...
Ahead of next month’s governorship election in Edo state, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has given conditions the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should meet before corps members are released to serve as ad-hoc staff du...
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has rescued a six-year-old child, Kosi Akilo, who was kidnapped recently. The victim was abducted from their residence in the river lane axis of the G.R.A, Enugu by some hoodlums and whisked awa...
No fewer than 20 people were feared killed yesterday in a renewed ethnic violence that engulfed Assakio in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State. A disagreement which appeared to have been resolved over payment of a stipulated amount of money t...
The Deputy Senate President, yesterday emphasised the need for intellectual empowerment for legislators and their aides in order to effectively deal with the diverse and technical issues in keeping with their responsibilities. Ekweremadu stated this wh...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) caucus in the Kaduna State House of Assembly has called on Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa to utilise his wealth of experience and speed up developmental projects that would have a direct bearing on the lives o...
The 788 doctors that were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday have asked for official letters backing the recall. The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr.OlumuyiwaOdusote, who spoke at a press briefing organised by the Nigerian Medical Ass...
Minister of Interior, Comrade Abah Moro, has said that the series of media publications, where allegations were raised against him, are simply the handiwork of those who felt they ought to have been appointed into the position instead of him. In one of...
The T Y Danjuma Foundation will commence the training of about 200 ex-corps members whose proposal meet its requirement on agros-business today. The federal government through the Ministry of Youth Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ...
Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, is at a loss on how to discharge its constitutional role of developing the rural communities within its jurisdiction due to dearth of revenue accruing to it. Against popular expectations that the area council is buoy...
Uneasy calm now pervades the University of Abuja, as officials of the National Universities Commission(NUC),on the presidential directives, commenced the verification of certificates of both students and lecturers wi...
The management of Air Nigeria yesterday confirmed that its domestic and regional flights were disrupted. This followed a strike action embarked by a section of its aircraft pilots and engineers under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft Pi...