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The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, said on Thursday that Nigeria had witnessed fundamental changes since the country returned to democracy in 1999. Maku made the statement at the public presentation and launching of two books written b...
The Bill for an Act to make provision for the State of the Nation Address by the President passed through second reading on the floor of the Senate. The Bill sponsored by the Leader of the Senate, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba seeks to provide for a law that ...
A former minister of state for power and steel, Chief Goddy Ogbaga, has called for the retention of immunity clause in the country’s constitution. Ogbaga, who was a minister during the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s regime, made the call in an int...
The Nigerian Aviation Professionals Association (NAPA), on Wednesday backed the directive by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) that domestic airlines must install devices that could detect faulty equipment on flying or stationary aircraft. A...
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday placed an indefinite ban on motorcycles operations in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of the state from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the state commissioner for I...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Wednesday said the state would witness tremendous development in the next three years of his administration. Yakowa said while inspecting road projects in Kaduna that the state would witness transformation in educ...
Rep. Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, has called on new lawyers to sustain the dignity in the legal profession. The Deputy Speaker made the call when the Imo Law School graduates, called to bar on Nov. 20 visited him in Abu...
The Abia Police Command on Wednesday warned criminals still operating in the state to repent or relocate because ``a total war '' has been declared against them. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, gave the wa...
Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Wednesday appealed for “massive turn out and massive votes” for PDP candidates in the Saturday Local Government elections in the state. Nyako, who made the appeal when he spoke with newsmen in Yola...
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, on Tuesday promised to provide over 500 centres for the Prevention from Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in the state before 2015. Al-Makura said this at the flag-off of PMTCT scale-up programme in L...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday night left Abuja for Islamabad, Pakistan to participate in the summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of Eight Developing Nations (D-8). Jonathan was seen off at the Presidential wing of Nnamdi Aziki...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday cautioned people evacuated from flood-prone areas against returning to their former abode until proper assessment was done. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Information Officer of NEMA, South West ...
Dr Dalhaltu Tafida, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the UK on Tuesday said plans were on to establish a Consulate outside London. Tafida, told the Western Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in London that the co...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday advised traditional rulers in Ogun to abstain from partisan politics in order to guarantee public confidence and engender unity in their domains. Obasanjo gave the advice in Abeokuta at a one-da...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has directed Commissioners of Police to take measures to ensure the security of lives and property in their respective commands during the forthcoming yuletide. Abubakar gave the directive on Tuesd...