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Mr Afolabi Aina, the Area Postal Manager in Jigawa on Tuesday urged local government areas in the state to conduct house numbering in their respective areas to enhance its operations. Aina also called for proper naming and labeling of roads and streets...
The Senate Committee on Education on Tuesday gave the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) two weeks to explain why it failed to utilise the 2011/2012 grants from UBEC. The committee, led by Sen. Uche Chukwumerije, made the ...
Minister of Information Labaran Maku on Monday described as ``shameful’’ the attitude of some Nigerians who make it a duty to run down the country in the U.S. Speaking in New York while reacting to an online media report that he abandoned N...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Oct. 10, present the 2013 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). The President in a letter addressed to Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday in Abuja, which was read out to...
A medical doctor, Bissong Peter, 46, of phase 1, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday refused a female lawyer to enter appearance for him in forgery case at an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the female ...
An Abuja High Court has further adjourned to Oct. 16 ruling on an application to quash the criminal charges in the N32.8 billion Police Pension Fund scam against three of the six accused persons. Justice Abubakar Talba had on July 17, fi...
The trial of a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, was on Tuesday stalled again, following the absence of a prosecution witness, Mr Bolaji Ogunsola, who alleged threat to his life. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that At...
The Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) Staff Union has given the Federal Government a two-weeks ultimatum to settle the issue of the 10 months salary arrears owed its members. The union had on Thursday sealed off the head offfice of NITEL in A...
The National Publicity Secretary, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has advised INEC to be transparent in the conduct of Oct. 20, governorship election in Ondo State. Okechukwu gave the advice in Abuja on Tuesday durin...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja tasked the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Adm. Ola Ibrahim and the three service chiefs on national security and rising incidences of crude oil theft. The president set the task when he decorated ...
The Ogun Police Command on Monday held a meeting with representatives of more than 40 communities and interests groups on how to effectively police the state. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who observed the meeting...
A popular Nollywood producer, Ifeanyi Onyeabor, on Monday urged an Ikeja High Court to dismiss the N8.8 million theft charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Onyeabor’s counsel, Mr F.H. Awalah, made th...
The Senate moved last week to compel the Presidency to obey its resolutions via a bill that scaled the crucial second reading. UCHENNA AWOM writes that the bill which is now within the confines of the Constitutional Review Committee may open another vi...
Benue State Governor, Dr Gabriel Suswam (CON), was a member of the President’s delegation to New York for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He also attended the 3rd Nigeria Investment Summit at New York Palace hotel. The Go...
The Kano State Government has donated 52 truckloads of relief materials to flood victims in neighbouring Niger Republic. The items include 5,000 bags of maize, 5,000 bags of millet, 5,000 bags of guinea corn, 5,000 blankets, 5,000 pieces of ``Shadda&rs...