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Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday said electronic voting would be possible in 2015 if the National Assembly include it in the current constitutional amendment. Jega said this in Nsukka on Tuesday a...
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Niger has issued 7,243 international passports to Nigerians between January and September this year, the state Comptroller, Alhaji Aminu Abdulkarim, has said. ``We have issued a total of 7,243 international passports ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commended engineers in the country for their contributions to national development. He urged them to continue to play pivotal role in the development of infrastructure in the country. The president made the remark...
The Taraba State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Danladi, over allegations of gross misconduct, sharp practices and abuse of office. This is contained in a statement signed by 19 out of t...
Former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, yesterday told governors and other leaders in the country to quit the stage for new breed leaders who can lead the country to the promised land, if they have nothing to offer. Sultan Dasuki blamed the ins...
The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, in an interview with EZRA IJIOMA, explains why the Nigerian government does not want the US government to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organisation. He also speaks on the conten...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Monday condoled with the government and people of Adamawa over the recent flood that claimed some lives and property worth millions of naira in the state. Dankwambo delivered the condolence when G...
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia has threatened to pull down 1,800 buildings allegedly built on sewer lanes in Aba, the economic hub of the state. Orji issued the threat on Monday in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on the plans by his administration to trans...
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno said on Monday that the state would partner with German firms to set up power plants to address the energy challenges in the state. He made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Berlin, G...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, said on Monday in Abuja that discussions were under way to make Nigeria’s peacekeeping contribution better and more coordinated. Petinirin said this at the opening of the 3rd ECOWAS ...
Local government elections in Abia will hold in January 2013, baring unforeseen circumstances, Gov. Theodore Orji, has said. The governor said this on Monday in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on some of the landmark achievements recorded by his adminis...
An aviation group-- Civil Aviation Round Table-- has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify the proceedings of the ongoing coroner's inquest into the June 3 Dana Air plane crash. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 153 passengers ...
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State says his administration will replicate the German model of small and medium scale enterprises development to address the challenges bedeviling prospective entrepreneurs in the state. Amaechi said this in an int...
The Kano State Government has requested the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) to return the N50 million it released to the agency in the state for the implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. The Conditional Cash Transf...
The Plateau Government on Monday inaugurated a committee to compile a book on the centenary anniversary of the state. Mr Shedrack Best, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who inaugurated the committee, said the members would within...