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Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State says his administration has so far accessed more than N40 billion out of the N200 billion facility approved by the State House of Assembly for projects execution. Amaechi disclosed this in Calabar on T...
The Federal Government says it will launch a job creation scheme that enables young people with knowledge and capacity to employ other young people. President Goodluck Jonathan made the disclosure while hosting Mrs Helen Clark, Administrator of ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated his commitment to building virile institutions in the country to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and make the country a better place for all. Jonathan was speaking with the new Belgian Ambassador to ...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission says its operatives in Enugu have confiscated pirated products worth N8.5 million and arrested six persons. A statement issued by the commission, signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mr Vincent Oyef...
With the conclusion of governorship primaries by the political parties in Kogi State, the stage is now set for the battle for the soul of the state. Hamzat Baba in Lokoja observes that the forthcoming poll will not be a tea party as all the parties are...
Nigerians, mostly those resident in Gwagwalada area council and other suburbs of the FCT along the axis, have continued to decry the traffic jam on the Giri-Gwagwalada Road, which they noted, has become a permanent feature on the road. The residents ha...
Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties, represents Sagbama/ Ekeremor Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State.In his first term in office (between 2007 and 2011), he sponsored a bill that led to the amend...
Armed robbers on Monday raided the Shuwarin Market in Dutse, killing one person and injuring seven others. An eyewitness, Musa Ahmed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday that the robbers arrived at the market at about 6.30 pm when traders w...
A number of key leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Lagos State have petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over an alleged nomination of the wife of former PDP National Vice Chairman, South, Chief Olabode George, Mrs Roli Bode-George...
This demolition is the handiwork of the Gbagyi’s, the government has no hand in this. Although they came with some mobile policemen, we cannot be deceived into believing that they had the permission of the government What used to be the homes of ...
Former Technical Committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, and proprietor of the Early Start Weekend Football Academy, Barr. Dudu Orumen has lambasted NFF president Aminu Maigari for travelling during the last Federation Cup final held in La...
The Central of Nigeria (CBN) has said it would review the templates for bank charges and other commissions in the banking industry in order to check the cost of carrying out transaction in Deposit Money Banks. The Deputy Governor, Financial Syste...
Airtel subscribers yesterday could not make or recieve calls for several hours as the telecommunications firm shuts its facilities following “threats by its former workers to damage the facilities,” the company said....
Leadership Newspapers Group yesterday entered into a partnership with a non-governmental organisation, Global Association of Female Attorneys (GAFA) on the war against violence on women. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the media house yesterday in ...
Following the sustainable depression in the equity market, stockbrokers yesterday bemoaned the failure of government to salvage the situation even as they insisted that the government’s economic transformation agenda would fail unless urgent step...