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President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday in Abuja, called on ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to defend the collective vision of a peaceful, stable and economically prosperous region. Jonathan made the call at the opening of an extra-ord...
The Edo North coordinator of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Abdulahi Mohammed, has disclosed that over 350 hectares of cassava farm were destroyed by flood in Edo. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said on Sunday that it had spent N360 million on World Geodetic Survey (WGS-84) of 22 airports and procedural design of four major airports in Nigeria. Mr George Amadi, NAMA’s Acting General Manager...
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has reported an oil spill from its Qua Iboe oil fields, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Idris Musa, the Director in charge of Oil Spills in the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), ...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru has charged Nigerian missions abroad to ensure that issuance of visas did not last for more than 48 hours. The minister made remark at the signing of `Performance Contract’ with Heads of...
The Bauchi State Government has released N1.34 million to its Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board to assist 41 pilgrims who lost various sums of money. Alhaji Jibrin Hassan, the Secretary, Committee on Lost of Money and Travelling Documents, made t...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has explained that his government took a tough stance against erring teachers, because even ``the Bible says he who does not work, does not eat.’’ Oshiomhole said this at an Inter-denominational Service org...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Saturday said that the state’s boundary with the Federal Capital Territory FCT ought to be well-defined in the constitution to eliminate unnecessary controversies. The governor said this&n...
Gov. Gabriel Suswan of Benue State on Saturday said the state government had entered into an agreement with Bank of Industry (BOI) to provide one billion naira loans to entrepreneurs. Suswan disclosed this during the Benue State Special Day ...
Visiting Vice President Namadi Sambo, heard on Saturday in Shendam, Plateau that residents had resorted to canoes for transport following the massive floods that hit the area. ``The five major bridges in Plateau south were washed away by the flood...
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday said that the Federal Government had collected N10 billion as donations to resettle flood victims in the country. ``The donations were from individuals and organisations and we shall ensure they got to only the v...
Some Nigerians have commended the National assembly for its initiatives to allow the people at the grassroots to participate in the constitution review. In Sokoto State, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said that the public...
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in Jos on Saturday to assess the extent of damage to parts of Plateau devastated by the August floods in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice president, who moved straight to Shend...
The Jigawa state police command says it has provided adequate security arrangement for the constitutional congresses in 12 Federal constituencies in the state for 1999 constitutional review. Mr Theophilus Kayode, the state police commissioner, tol...
Indications emerged yesterday that the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has concluded arrangements to appoint a new speaker, following the forceful resignation of the erstwhile speaker, Mr. David Iorhemba over alleged financi...