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In a bid to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed in Nasarawa and Benue States over boundary disputes, the House of Representatives yesterday directed the National Boundary Commission and the Inter- State Technical Committee to liaise with the governors of O...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher yesterday said efforts are being made by the Federal Judicial Service Commission to improve on the procedures for the appointment of Judicial Officers to ensure persons of unquestionable inte...
The Independent and Major Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Ilorin unit, Kwara State, yesterday, suspended its two day strike which paralyzed commercial activities in the State. The IPMAN chairman, Alhaji Agbolade Jamiu Bolaji said tha...
The Asset Management Coporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is in the process of selling the commercial lenders that it took over last year amid efforts to stabilize the country’s banking industry following a lending crisis, said central bank Govern...
Niger State government is set to streamline the taxation process and halt multiple taxations in the state in order to ease the difficulties faced by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The state’s deputy governor, Hon. Ahmed Ibeto, made th...
Osun state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated the national Leader of the party and former Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his installation as the Agba-Akin Adinni of Ijeshaland. The party in a statem...
The Nasarawa State government is set to improve the power supply to the state. This was disclosed by the state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, when he paid a visit to the Akwanga power station. The governor based his optimism on the 30/40 mega watt po...
The Senate yesterday confirmed Mr Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During the open screening at the Senate, Lamorde admitted that there was corruption within the commission but added th...
The sudden cancellation of investigation into an alleged scam in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the House of Representatives Committee on Health is creating ripples among its members, as some of them have alleged that the leadership of ...
The January 2012 report of Webometrics, a world tertiary education ranking institutions organisation, has shown that only three institutions in Nigeria made the list of first 100 best universities in Africa and none in the first 1,600 in the world. Mic...
The federal government has warned vice chancellors of federal universities to desist from creating duplicates of responsibilities for their aides as the action has placed unnecessary burden on the wage bills allocated to the universities. The warning w...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the union is not a pessimist group but a pressure group that has been established to ensure that the government does all in its power to make university education desirable for all Nigeria...
The minister of education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i has expressed the preparedness of the federal government to partner with states as well as provide the necessary framework towards the improvement of the education sector. She stated these d...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to conduct a three month staff audit and verification exercise for personnel working in all its departments and agencies. The audit exercise which is part of efforts by the administration to cu...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has re-opened talks with a Chinese company, CGC Nigeria Limited for the development of the Greater Abuja Water project. The project when carried out would boost water supply in the FCT with an additional 600,000 cubi...