Gov. Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State yesterday presented a budget proposal of N97.9 billion for the 2012 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Kebbi. The N97.9 billion budget estimate is N6.4 billion higher than the 2011 budget of N91.5 billion....

The Sokoto State government yesterday proposed a budget of  over N 100.8billion for the 2012  fiscal year . Governor  Aliyu Wamakko, who presented the budget proposal to the stateHouse of Assembly at a ceremony in Sokoto, said that the b...

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday said that the deregulation of the downstream sector would create more jobs and grow the economy. Maku made the observation in Lagos at a one-day seminar on ``Deregulation of Petroleum Sector ...

The Federal Government is set to reverse the dependence on food imports and has projected the addition of 50 million tons of food to the nation’s food supply system between now and 2015. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinw...

A 20-year-old technician, Paul Pam, on Friday, appeared before a Jos Magistrates' Court charged with being in possession of dangerous weapons. Pam was arrested by a police patrol team along Gada-biyu area of Jos with a machete and a knife as he tri...

The Osun Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has honoured three officers for their outstanding display of  honesty in operational matters. The officers; Messrs  Elijah Adesina, Adeola Segun and Isaiah Owoh were honoured for d...

The Federal Government has sought the assistance of the World Bank for a $500 million loan to tackle gully erosion in seven states in the country. Mr. Adekunle Oshikoya, the Director of Flood and Erosion Control, Federal Ministry of Environment, disclo...

There are strong indications that the country may not meet the 5000 megawatts electricity power generation promised by the end of 2011. Official in Lagos said the power generation had even dropped further from 4,089.4 to 3, 881 megawatts. While Prof. B...

A coalition of civil society groups comprising of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC), Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists,(NUJ), Edo  State Chapter, yesterday, ...

The Honourable Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has promised to offer scholarship to two children who were made orphans by the Madalla Christmas bomb blast in Niger State.  The children who will be the beneficiaries of the Minister’s...

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday denied the assertions of many people in the state that he was not liberal in the distribution of the wealth and resources of the state to the people. . Okorocha made the denial at a press conference he add...

Last week, the Ministery of Defence in collaboration with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) organised a Peace Week in Jos, the Plateau State capital, with series of programmes designed to restore peace to the State for social and and ...

Nasarawa State Government has said it will construct an airport and ensure the completion of ongoing projects initiated by the present administration and the ones abandoned by the past administration in the state. The state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-mak...

Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo yesterday presented a budget proposal of N93, 385, 150, 000 billion for the 2012 fiscal year to the House of Assembly.  The budget which is made up of N55, 120, 650, 000.00 billion as capital expenditure and N38,...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the federal government to either debunk, with facts and figures, a published informed analysis of the true prices of locally refined and imported fuel or apologize to Nigerians for cheating and deceiving t...