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The Senate, yesterday, expressed reservations over President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for a $7.905billion foreign loan for Pipeline Projects from 2012 to 2014. The request which eventually received the nod of the Senators was referred to the c...
The Delta Government will clean up and fumigate the homes of flood victims before they could be allowed to go back to their various communities, Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said. Speaking in Asaba on Tuesday while addressing flood victims at t...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday in Kaduna said recent raids of identified spots in Kaduna is part of security measures adopted to rid the state of terror and criminals gangs. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div., &nb...
The elevation of Justice Steven Adah to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday stalled the hearing of a suit challenging the Federal Government's renaming of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended the prompt response mechanism instituted by the Kogi Government toward handling internally displaced persons in relief camps. Dr. Brennan Richard, the Director, Emergency Risk Management and Humanitaria...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday donated 36 vitamin A test kits to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to intensify inspection of fortified foods. Dr Davis Omotola, Nutritionist, UNICEF, w...
A 42-year-old trader, Abdul Bello, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly pulling the private part of a man while fighting. Police prosecutor Adefisayo Adesida told the court that the accused on Aug. 10,...
I could not turn down the invitation to comment on this subject and express my personal views. US Presidential elections are important for one primary reason: they bear far-reaching implications for geo-politics, and since President Barack Obama’...
Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has dispelled rumour making the rounds that he had a strained relationship with his deputy, Mr. Nsima Ekere before he resigned from the government. On the contrary, the Governor said that he left on...
Americans will tomorrow troop out to vote to decide who they want to rule the country, between President Barrack Obama, the incumbent who is also the candidate of the Democratic Party and the Republican’s candidate, Governor Mitt Romney. Leadersh...
Elders from the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State yesterday rose from a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, debunking speculations that Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi orchestrated their protest over the boundary dispute between ...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Friday restated the Federal Government's resolve to alleviate the sufferings of the victims of natural disasters. He gave the assurance in Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, after conducting an asses...
Members of the AkwaIbomState House of Assembly at their plenary session yesterday, confirmed the nomination of Mrs. Valerie Ebe, as the state’s new deputy governor. GovernorGodswillAkpabio’s letter requesting the House to confirm the nomine...
The senior special assistant, Media, to the Nasarawa State Governor Alhaji Sani Musa Mairiga has said that his boss, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, should not be blamed for the state’s level of under-development since its creation some sixteen year...
Former Niger State Governor Engr Abdulkadir Kure has urged his party members to imbibe the virtue of patience, justice and fairness in the way they play politics in order for the party to enjoy more goodwill from the people. Kure, in an interactive som...